Thu 29 May 2025: On May 29, 1453, a 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II led the Ottoman army to a decisive victory over the Byzantine Empire. The conquest of Istanbul remains a shining jewel in the crown of the Ottoman Great vision makes great men, as the saying goes, and Fatih Sultan Mehmed was born to […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The Islamophobe Tommy Robinson was released from seven months in jail this morning, and immediately launched into a rant against what he calls “Islamic rape gangs” and the “systemic corruption” he believes enables them. The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill, Buckinghamshire, after his 18-month sentence was reduced at the High […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The Israeli NGO Ir Amim, which says that it focuses on issues concerning Jerusalem in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, says that “Third Temple activists” have been active during today’s “Jerusalem Day” demonstrations. The term refers to Israeli Jewish nationalists who hope to see the construction of a Third Temple […]
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Sat 24 May 2025: Iran’s top cybercrime official said that many websites and online platforms advertising sigheh or temporary religious marriage are designed to defraud users, even after an investigation by Iran International last week demonstrated it was a genuine industry. “Many users fall for false promises and suffer serious financial and reputational damage,” said […]
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Thu 22 May 2025: The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group and humanitarian aid foundation Islamic Relief’s US branch Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) have partnered to support the Global Islamic Fund for Refugees (GIFR). As part of the IsDB’s annual meeting in the Algerian capital Algiers, the two institutions signed an agreement Wednesday to provide sustainable […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: A US jury sentenced Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture in New York, to 25 years in prison on Friday following his conviction for attempted murder and assault, US media reported. Matar, a dual US-Lebanese citizen, was found guilty in February 2025 after an […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: The US presidency and the papacy came together on May 3 when Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photograph of himself dressed as the pope to Truth Social. The image was then shared by the White House’s accounts. Seated in an ornate (Mar-a-Lago-style) golden chair, he was wearing a white cassock and […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: France’s president expressed support Tuesday for a ban on headscarves in sports competitions. “I stand by the Olympic Charter, which prohibits the wearing of all religious symbols in competitions,” Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with broadcaster TF1. He distinguished between practicing sports in facilities and participating in competitions, saying it […]
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Sun 11 May 2025: The new pope used phrases favoured by his predecessor, Francis, to call for an end to wars around the world. Pope Leo XIV has called for genuine peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff. “No more war,” Leo said […]
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Sat 10 May 2025: The late Pope Francis sought to battle corruption, but his successor faces the even harder task of balancing the books. In the days leading up to the papal conclave, which concluded on Thursday with the election of Robert Francis Prevost, 69, as Pope Leo XIV, the editor of Catholic Church specialist news outlet […]
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