Wed 13 April 2022: Far-right French presidential candidate and leader of the National Rally Party, Marine Le Pen, has sparked a wave of criticism after she said the late Tunisian leader Habib Bourguiba banned the head scarf worn by Muslim women in Algeria. Le Pen was a guest on France Inter radio yesterday when she vowed to completely abolish […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: Right-wing Hindu groups hold processions in Muslim neighbourhoods and make hate speeches during Ram Navmi celebrations in several states. Muslims in several Indian states are on edge after mobs came out in processions, making hate speeches and attacking their properties during the Hindu festival of Ram Navmi. Most of the violence […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: On Wednesday, Pope Francis condemned “armed aggression” in Ukraine as blasphemy and betrayal of God. Although the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics did not mention Russia or Ukraine by name, his comments plainly alluded to the continuing war between Kiev and Moscow. “The weapons of the Gospel are prayer, […]
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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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