Sat 12 February 2022: United States government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom throughout the world has slammed Karnataka in the midst of a controversy over Muslim students’ choice to wear hijab on campus. The ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom (IRF), Rashad Hussain tweeted that “hijab bans in schools violate religious […]
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Fri 11 February 2022: Eric Zemmour, a French politician and presidential candidate, has made a fresh shocking statement about mosques and the call to prayer. According to TRT Haber, Zemmour is trying to gather supporters with his far-right rhetoric. He said that France should remain “the landscape of churches. “I reject huge mosques,” he added. Asked about […]
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Fri 11 February 2022: Since its launch a month ago, more than 200 alleged victims of child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church have contacted the commission to share their stories. People born between 1933 and 2006, from diverse backgrounds, from all regions of the country, as well as Portuguese nationals residing abroad, have […]
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In Dortmund Muslims took to the streets and drew attention to Islamophobia. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu 10 February 2022: Another mosque in Germany was vandalized after unknown attackers painted the shape of a swastika on one of its doors on Wednesday, according to an official. Turgut Ülker from the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) stated that […]
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Archbishop Peña Parra visits the UAE Ministry of the Interior. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 07 February 2022: The Vatican has opened a diplomatic mission in the UAE. Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, a close aide to Pope Francis and substitute of the Secretariat of State at the Vatican, inaugurated the Apostolic Nunciature in Abu Dhabi at a ceremony […]
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Fri 04 February 2022: The Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has declared that visiting Kaaba in the metaverse will not be considered a ”real Hajj”. After a month-long discussion, Diyanet concluded on Tuesday that although the metaverse visit of the Kaaba can be performed, this won’t count as real worship. “This [Hajj on the […]
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Six Muslim girl students who donned the hijab to mark World Hijab Day on Tuesday, February 1, were not allowed to attend classes. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 01 February 2022: Barring students from wearing hijab or headscarf is an attack on the “symbols of faith,” said activists and experts in India, Anadolu News Agency reports. For many weeks now, […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: The Muslim community of the town of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine is still hopeful for “peace and goodness” amid the recent escalation of tensions in the region. Though the industrial town in the Donbas region fell into the hands of pro-Russian separatists for a time in 2014, the Ukrainian army later managed to […]
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Sat 29 January 2022: The French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes suspended subsidies for a street-art festival in Grenoble because of a mural of a woman wearing a hijab. The region said in a statement that the mural was “provocative” and “unacceptable.” It argued that it only benefits extremists, fueling violence and hatred and said subsidies planned […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: The Catholic Church in France has raised more than $22 million in compensation for priestly sexual abuse of children. The dioceses had been facing intense pressure for turning a blind eye to the ”scourge” for too long. Over the past 70 years, French clergy have sexually abused over 200,000 children, according […]
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