Sat 23 April 2022: The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose backing for Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine has dismayed many fellow Christians, said on Saturday he hoped it would end quickly but again did not condemn it. At an outdoor service at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral on the eve of Orthodox […]
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Muslims in the United States hold tarawih prayers for the first time in Times Square, New York. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 22 April 2022: Average Muslim gave $2,070 in zakat last year Muslim Americans gave an estimated $1.8 billion in zakat, or charity, in 2021, according to a report. The average Muslim gave $2,070 in zakat, one […]
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Fri 22 April 2022: Pope Francis’s plan to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has been suspended, the pontifex told an Argentine newspaper. Reuters reported last week that the pontifex was considering extending a trip to Lebanon in June to meet with Kirill who has been a staunch supporter of Russian’s invasion on Ukraine. But […]
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Tue 19 April 2022: Two Muslim women wearing headscarves, or the hijab, who were beaten by French police last Thursday on the Clichy Bridge will file a complaint against the officers, their lawyer announced on Twitter, and Anadolu News Agency reports. Nabil Boudi said his clients who were subjected to police violence, still cannot get over the […]
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Sule Ambrose, 25 (pictured centre right), played Simon Peter in the crucifixion reenactment. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 18 April 2022: In a terrible incident, a Nigerian seminary student died while reenacting Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Sule Ambrose, 25, was badly injured, but the spectators didn’t realize it for a few minutes since they assumed it was all part […]
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Mon 18 April 2022: Saudi Arabia condemned the deliberate abuse of the Holy Quran by extremists in Sweden, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said early Monday. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of the deliberate abuse of the Holy Quran, provocations and incitement against Muslims by some extremists in Sweden,” […]
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Sun 17 April 2022: As he delivered his annual Easter message on Sunday, Pope Francis called for free access to Jerusalem’s holy sites amid simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. “May there be peace for the Middle East, racked by years of conflict and division. On this glorious day, let us ask for peace upon […]
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Sun 17 April 2022: Five people were injured in a mosque shooting Saturday in the Toronto area of Canada, according to police sources. A group of men, who had finished midnight prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, was randomly attacked in a drive-by shooting in the Scarborough district, said Toronto Police Department spokesperson David […]
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Sat 16 April 2022: The Turkish president on Friday inaugurated the Hagia Sophia Fatih Madrassa (religious school) in Istanbul. The religious school takes its name from Fatih (Conqueror), the title given to Sultan Mehmet II, who conquered the city in 1453. It was the first of its kind in the capital of the former Ottoman […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: A brawl broke out in a Swedish town where a demonstration with a Qur’an burning was planned, resulting in the hospitalization of three police officers. A car burned in the city of Linkoping on Sweden’s east coast, and hundreds of masked people attacked police cars, according to video from the scene. […]
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