Mon 07 June 2021: As the Kingdom completes its evaluations of the problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, announcements on this year’s Hajj could be made in the coming days, according to the acting Saudi minister of communications, Dr. Majid Al-Qasabi. Al-Qasabi stated during a press conference in Riyadh on Sunday that the Saudi authorities […]
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Mon 07 June 2021: Pope Francis expressed sorrow Sunday over the discovery last week of 215 children’s bodies in unmarked graves at a former Catholic school for indigenous students in Canada but stopped short of apologizing for the Church’s role in the country’s residential school system. In his weekly blessing in St. Peter’s Square on […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: The number of mosques continues to grow at a steady pace across the US, according to a report that identified 2,769 mosques in 2020. “This represents a 31% increase from the 2010 count of 2,106,” said the report, “The American Mosque 2020: Growing and Evolving,” released Wednesday. “Undoubtedly, the primary driving […]
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Thu 03 June 2021: Amid the ongoing pandemic, Indonesia has decided against sending pilgrims for Hajj this year as the country has yet to receive an invitation from the Saudi Arabian government, an official said on Thursday. Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims, is a mandatory religious […]
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Thu 03 June 2021: Austria has been ratcheting up its crackdown on Muslims and continues to promote a controversial “Islam map” that shows key points of interest related to the country’s Muslim community. Recently, signs were hung across Austria with the image of an “angry Muslim” and a warning of the dangers of political Islam […]
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Wed 02 June 2021: A local government administration in Uttar Pradesh has been accused of filing a “false and unfounded” police report against eight Muslim leaders who had opposed the “illegal” demolition of their mosque, in a case filed in an Indian court, The Guradian reported. According to the The Guradian the bulldozing of the Masjid […]
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Sun 30 May 2021: Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he will hold a meeting with leaders of the Christian communities of Lebanon in the Vatican on July 1 to pray for peace in the middle Eastern state. “On July 1, I will meet in the Vatican with the main representatives of the Christian communities […]
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Sun 30 May 2021: The Turkish president on Saturday shared a message celebrating the 568th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “I congratulate the 568th anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul, one of the most glorious victories of our history,” on Twitter. He reminded of the Prophet Muhammad’s saying regarding […]
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Fri 28 May 2021: Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) will establish an Islamophobia monitoring unit for all its subscribers in the upcoming period, said the agency’s director-general on Tuesday. “Anadolu Agency’s international outreach will be strengthened in the new period, and our most important primary issue will be the fight against Islamophobia,” AA’s Chairperson of […]
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Wed 26 May 2021: An independent inquiry on Tuesday found that the UK’s ruling Conservative Party is insensitive to Muslim communities across the country following Islamophobic remarks by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other party members. The Singh Investigation, launched in 2019 by Johnson, was set up following allegations of ant-Muslim discrimination by members of […]
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