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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Tue 25 January 2022: Former Pope Benedict XVI admits to lying to a child sex abuse investigation when he said he incorrectly told German authorities he did not attend a meeting in 1980 while he was the archbishop of Munich. The confession came on Monday, after a report issued last week on abuse in the […]
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Sun 23 January 2022: Over the past weeks, the Saudi authorities have accelerated the pace of demolition and removal of large neighborhoods in the city of Jeddah, in the west of the Kingdom, under the pretext of their randomness and the need to organize them. Saudi pages published scenes of the demolition work that began […]
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Thu 20 January 2022: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has clarified all rumors about the suspension of Umrah during a new wave of Covid-19. The misinformation was circulating on social media. The ministry has no plan to impose a ban on Umrah but precautionary measures will be enforced. Strict action will be taken […]
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Thu 20 January 2022: The legal company that conducted a major investigation concluded on Thursday that former Pope Benedict XVI failed to stop four pastors accused of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Munich. According to lawyer Martin Pusch of Westpfahl Spilker Wastl, who was charged by the church to conduct the investigation, […]
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Thu 20 January 2022: The French Senate has voted in favour of banning the wearing of hijabs in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late on Tuesday in favour of amending a proposed law stipulating that the wearing “of conspicuous religious symbols […]
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The photo of the girls sitting on the stairs of the college that went viral on social media. Tue 18 January 2022: Bengaluru, India – When A H Almas, 18, and two of her friends stepped into their classroom on a December morning, the teacher immediately yelled at them: “Get out.” The Muslim girls were not […]
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Sat 15 January 2022: A Roman Catholic bishop was acquitted by an Indian court of raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that became a major issue amid allegations of sexual harassment in the church. In a brief order issued on Friday, Sessions Judge G Gopakumar ruled that the bishop was not guilty […]
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