Tue 07 December 2021: The arson attempt last week on a mosque on the Greek side of the long-divided Cyprus island “will not go unanswered,” the Turkish president said on Monday. “Unfortunately there was an [attempt] against our mosques in southern Cyprus. Of course, this operation in southern Cyprus will not go unanswered,” Erdogan told […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: Creating a world record for a one-of-a-kind thing is memorable, but breaking your own world record again is driven by a desire to be even better. This is true for the Gay family of Hudson Valley, New York. This family broke their own world record for the most Christmas lights on a residential property with a display of 687,000 lights. This family set the Guinness World Record for the most bulbs in a single day for the first time in 2014, with 601,736 bulbs. Since then, they have been making concerted efforts to break the record. According to the Albany Times-Union, the family also hopes to raise $500,000 for the fire department and local charities from visitors to the drive-through display they set up this year. The massive displays are created by Tim Gay, Grace Gay, and their three grown children. After the addition of animation in 2007, it began to gain popularity among visitors. “It always felt pretty cool being a part of something so big. It’s really been […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: On Saturday, Pope Francis arrives in Athens for the first time in two decades, amid high security in the Greek capital amid anti-papal sentiment among Orthodox hardliners. On Sunday, the pope will return to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he last visited in 2016 during the height of the migration […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: A group of right-wing activists and locals today again stopped Muslims from offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon despite heavy police presence on the ground. Around six people were detained, police sources told NDTV. WATCH | 🇮🇳Group of Right wing Hindus shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' as a small […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: According to the Vatican and the French Bishops Conference, Pope Francis accepted Michel Aupetit’s resignation as archbishop of Paris on Thursday due to his “ambiguous” relationship with a woman. “I was greatly disturbed by the attacks against me. I ask forgiveness of those I could have hurt and assure you all […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Pope Francis visits Cyprus this week to lend his support to a conflict-riven island now on the front line of a new migratory route for people fleeing their countries for Europe, Reuters reports. In central Nicosia, nothing tells the story of an influx in arrivals more than the small courtyard area outside the […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: A Russian-Iraqi team of archaeologists also discovered an ancient settlement that is about 4,000 years old earlier this year. Baghdad, Iraq – A British Museum excavation mission, along with a local Iraqi team, has discovered a mud mosque that dates back to the year 60 AH or 679 AD in the archaeologically […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: Police in Uzbekistan have been forcing dozens of practising Muslim men to shave their beards according to a report today by RFE/RL. Over the past recent weeks, there have been several incidents of men being summoned by police in the city of Yangiyul, 20 kilometres south of the capital, Tashkent, said correspondents. One local […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: The number of new mosques built in different countries does not balance the world’s rising Muslim population. There are approximately 3.6 million mosques around the world, with each mosque massing approximately 500 prayers due to the rising Muslim population. The numbers were released by participants at an international conference held at […]
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Sun 21 November 2021: Officials in Saudi Arabia have announced that permits and appointments are no longer needed for visitors wishing to pray at the Prophet’s Holy Mosque in Medina, according to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. Officials said that visitors wishing to pray at the Prophet’s Holy Mosque will no longer need […]
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