Mon 18 October 2021: Through contracting private companies, some municipalities in the Netherlands have been conducting “unlawful” investigations of mosques and Muslim community institutions, as revealed by local media reports Saturday. Dutch daily NRC reported that at least 10 municipalities in the country have been investigating mosques, imams, mosque association officials, and people active in the […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has returned to full capacity, with worshippers worshipping shoulder to shoulder. The Grand Mosque’s floor markings that direct people to social distance were removed on Sunday. “This is in line […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: Apple has removed one of the most popular Quran apps in China from its store at the request of regulators. The app, called Quran Majeed, is available on the App Store all across the world. Millions of Muslims use it, and it has approximately 150,000 reviews. It seems to have been […]
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Wed 13 October 2021: The far-right AfD party in Germany has intensified its attacks on Cologne mayor Henriette Reker for permitting mosques to broadcast the call to prayer (Azan) on Fridays, Anadolu Agency reported. “This gives the impression that Germany is not a Christian country, but a Muslim one. This is not the case,” Matthias […]
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Mon 11 October 2021: After an agreement between the city of Cologne and the Muslim community to lift restrictions, Germany’s largest mosque will be allowed to broadcast the call to prayer over loudspeakers on Friday afternoons, the city announced on Monday. The Cologne Central Mosque, Germany’s largest Mosque, was opened in 2018.#Cologne #Germany #Islam pic.twitter.com/TAY9OjGVOC […]
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Sun 10 October 2021: A Colombian nun who was kidnapped by Mali rebels in 2017 has been released. After more than four years in captivity, Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was released on Saturday. She was kidnapped in February 2017 near the Burkina Faso border by the Macina Liberation Front, an al-Qaeda-linked group. Narvaez met with Mali’s […]
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Fri 08 October 2021: A top Muslim body on Thursday denounced an Israeli court decision allowing Jews to perform silent prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem. The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Yousef Al-Othaimeen, said in a statement that the ruling is a provocation to Muslims globally. “Such illegal […]
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Wed 06 October 2021: Referring to an investigation report on sexual abuse against children in France’s Catholic churches, Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was ashamed. Since 1950, around 216,000 children have been sexually molested in French churches. Following a meeting at the Vatican, Pope Francis said: “I would like to express my sadness and […]
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Wed 06 October 2021: Between 1950 and 2020, an independent commission found 216,000 cases of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in France, according to a shocking report released on Tuesday. A 2,500-page report prepared by an independent panel was released, detailing decades of abuse and cover-ups. The report cited the French Catholic Church’s […]
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Mon 04 October 2021: According to local media, Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who was known for his derogatory depictions of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, died in a car accident on Sunday. Police have not revealed the identity of those killed in Sunday’s incident, but Vilks’s partner confirmed his death to Dagens Nyheter newspaper. According to Sweden’s state broadcaster […]
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