GERMAN POLICE ARREST 4 OVER THREAT TO SYNAGOGUE AHEAD OF JEWISH FEST

Thu 16 September 2021: After receiving information about a possible threat to a synagogue, German police arrested four people, including a 16-year-old boy, on Thursday. Late Wednesday, police increased up security around a synagogue in Hagen, a town of 200,000 people on the outskirts of Germany’s Ruhr industrial region in the west. The warning came […]

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ABORTION IS MURDER, CHURCH MUST BE CLOSE AND COMPASSIONATE, NOT POLITICAL -POPE

Thu 16 September 2021: “Abortion is murder”, the Church cannot change its position, but “every time the bishops have not confronted the problem as pastors, they have taken sides politically.” These were Pope Francis’ words during a conversation with journalists on the papal flight from Bratislava to Rome, at the conclusion of his trip to […]

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SAUDI ARABIA SAYS PILGRIMS WITHOUT UMRAH PERMITS FACE SR10,000 FINE

Mon 13 September 2021: According to a tweet from Saudi Arabia’s national security team, individuals who attempt to do Umrah without a permit will be fined $2,666 (10,000 Riyals). Those who attempt to enter the premises in the holy city of Mecca without a permit will be fined $266 (1,000 Riyals), according to the notification. […]

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AFGHANISTAN: MUSLIM SCHOLARS CONGRATULATE NEW TALIBAN PRIME MINISTER

Mon 13 September 2021: The International Union of Muslim Scholars sent a congratulatory message to Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund on Sunday, following his appointment by the Taliban as the new Prime Minister of Afghanistan. “On behalf of its presidency, board of trustees, general secretariat, and members,” said the Doha-based organisation, “the union expresses its sincere […]

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JAI SHRI RAM CHANTS IN INDIA’S JHARKHAND ASSEMBLY AS BJP PROTESTS NAMAZ ROOM

Mon 06 September 2021: Proceedings in the Jharkhand Assembly were disrupted on Monday by the opposition BJP, who protested over the allotment of a room for offering namaz. Before the session began for the day, BJP MLAs sat on the stairs at the entrance of the assembly chanting Hanuman Chalisa and ‘Hare Rama’ with placards. As […]

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