Mon 20 December 2021: Foreign ministers who attended the latest meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed to establish a humanitarian trust fund to address the growing economic crisis in Afghanistan following the Taliban administration’s takeover after the United States’ withdrawal. The fund will be set up under the Islamic Development Bank to […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: On Friday, a group of migrants from Cyprus refugee camps who are being resettled in Italy at Pope Francis’ expense assisted him in celebrating his 85th birthday. “You saved us,” an African boy told the pope during a meeting in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace a day after the 12 arrived from […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: Denmark says it will take steps to protect teachers’ right to free speech and avoid the risk of “self-censorship.” Teachers should be able to speak about certain topics, such as Prophet Mohammed cartoons, the Holocaust, women’s rights, and LGBT+ issues, according to the Danish government. In January, the ruling Socialist Party […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: Muslims living in Belgium will appeal the country’s prohibition of halal animal slaughtering by taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). “The Belgian Muslim Executive and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium will challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg the ban […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Pope Francis a happy 85th birthday, telling him that they could work together to protect Christians. The remarks follow the pope’s announcement earlier this month that he was ready to travel to Moscow to meet with Patriarch Kirill, Russia’s Orthodox Church’s head. “It is […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: TOKAT, Turkey: Two handwritten Qurans, one estimated to be 700 years old, were found in the library of a school in the Zile district of Turkey’s Tokat. The Qurans will be delivered to the Directorate of Foundations. Speaking to A Haber news agency about the discovery, Tokat Provincial Director of National […]
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Wed 15 December 2021: The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said Monday that it is gathering signatures on a petition to have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intervene after a Muslim teacher in Quebec province was removed for wearing a hijab in the classroom. Quebec’s Bill 21, passed in 2019, outlaws the wearing of religious […]
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Wed 15 December 2021: According to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday, the number of Americans who identify as religiously unaffiliated has increased by 6 points in the last five years and 10 points in the last decade. According to the Pew Research Center survey, 29 percent of respondents, or roughly 3 in 10 […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Leaders of the Tablighi Jamaat movement in India have responded with anger to Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban the movement and describe it as “aberrant and perverse” and a “gateway to terrorism”. According to the Times of India, the group’s Shura (Consultative) Council said that the Saudi decision has to be viewed in the […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Backlash and outrage erupted in Quebec, Canada, after Fatemeh Anvari, a new Grade 3 teacher at Chelsea Elementary School, was fired for wearing a ‘hijab,’ a head covering worn by Muslim women as part of their religious practice. The Muslim woman was asked to leave because Bill 21 in Quebec prohibits […]
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