Mon 11 April 2022: According to Al Arabiya, Saudi astronomer Khaled al-Zaqaq predicts that Muslims will observe Ramadan twice a year in 2030. This is because the Islamic Hijri calendar is based on lunar cycles, but the Gregorian calendar is based on the Earth’s rotation around the sun. Because of the discrepancy between the two […]
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Women prepare vegetables for Ramadan meals in Idlib city, Syria [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera] ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 10 April 2022: Over half of Idlib province’s four million residents have been displaced by Syria’s civil war. Idlib Province, Syria – Abu Munir struggles to look after his wife, three children, and elderly mother in the Ahl al-Tah camp for […]
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Sat 09 April 2022: On Thursday, Marine Le Pen, a far-right presidential candidate in France, promised to penalize Muslims who wear headscarves in public, as politicians made one last push for votes three days before a tightening election. President Emmanuel Macron built an insurmountable lead before of Sunday’s first round of voting, but Le Pen […]
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Sat 09 April 2022: Saudi Arabia raised the number of Hajj pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom to 1 million in 2022, authorities announced Saturday after two years of restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that it has […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Ikrama Sabri says that every morning in the mosque I remember Prime Minister Imran Khan in prayers. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri had a video link with Sheikh Ikrama Sabri in which the Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque said that Imran Khan’s unwavering stand on […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: In the first six weeks of the Spanish Catholic Church’s probe into sexual abuse at the hands of clergy, only 50 victims have come forward. The figure was reported on Wednesday by Javier Cremades, a partner in the law firm that is leading the investigation for the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE). […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia defense contractor, which paid developers […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy chief of Islamic Movement in Israel, yesterday called on Palestinians to increase their presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque to “undermine planned Jewish religious rituals,” Al-Resalah newspaper reported. Al-Khatib said that right-wing Israelis and rabbis are preparing to “practice animal sacrifice” inside the Islamic holy site on the occasion of the […]
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Wed 06 April 2022: Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned “the massacre of Bucha” and held up a Ukrainian flag sent to him from the town where tied bodies shot at close range, a mass grave and other signs of executions were found. “Recent news from the war in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: A far-right member of the Israeli parliament stormed into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque last Thursday. Extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir was guarded by a heavy police presence at the time. His incursion fell within the context of Israel’s long-term strategic political goal to Judaise occupied Jerusalem and its religious landmarks, the foremost of which […]
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