Fri 11 July 2025: The historical Ayasofya [Hagia Sophia] Grand Mosque celebrates its fifth anniversary after the landmark decision to change its status from a museum to a mosque in July 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the anniversary with a message shared on X on Thursday. “Five years ago today, we broke its chains and […]
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Fri 04 July 2025: France must better regulate private schools and allow prosecutions for abuse of pupils whenever it was committed, two lawmakers said in a report published on Wednesday after allegations of decades of abuse at a Catholic school. The parliamentary investigation into French schools was triggered by dozens of complaints of physical and […]
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Wed 02 July 2025: “Hunger must not be used as a weapon of war,” said Pope Leo on Tuesday, referring to Israel’s brutal and inhumane blockade of vital humanitarian aid, food, and medicines in the Gaza Strip since March 2. “We are now witnessing, with deep sorrow, the inhumane use of hunger as a weapon of war,” said the […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: A German court on Tuesday rejected a sexual abuse survivor’s claim for €830,000 ($980,000) in compensation, ruling that the Catholic Church cannot be held liable for the actions of a priest outside his “official capacity.” The Cologne Regional Court controversially ruled that the accused priest committed these crimes outside the exercise of his official duties […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: Police in Turkiye have detained four people over a cartoon published by the satirical magazine LeMan, which critics say appeared to depict Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Moses shaking hands in the sky as missiles fell below in a war-like scene – a claim the magazine denies. The cartoon, published last week, […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: Catholic pontiff says international rules have been ‘replaced by the presumed right to overpower others’. Pope Leo XIV has lamented what he described as the rise of blunt power over the rules of international law as conflicts rage around the world and global institutions continue to fail to end abuses and […]
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Visitors walk past a monument of the Ten Commandments outside of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, the US. Thu 26 June 2025: The complaint alleges that a law requiring the religious text violates ‘fundamental religious-freedom principles’ in the US. A group of faith leaders in the United States have filed a lawsuit seeking […]
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Sun 22 June 2025: Muslim Tech Fest, a rapidly growing technology event, kicked off on Saturday in London to highlight Muslim excellence in technology and encourage ethical, values-driven innovation. Founded in 2023 by Arfah Farooq and Zahid Mahmood, the festival brings together entrepreneurs, developers, and investors from all over the world to network, share ideas, […]
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Sat 21 June 2025: Pope Leo warned politicians on Saturday of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern. Speaking at an event attended by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and parliamentary delegations from 68 countries, Leo revisited a topic that he has raised on a number […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between 2010 and 2020. Christianity grew by 122 million members in that decade, but declined as an overall slice of the world’s population. Still, […]
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