Tue 25 May 2021: Countries exposed to Islamophobia should establish a strong communication network in the international arena, the Turkish president said on Tuesday. “Efforts to prevent Islamophobia, which play an important role in peace and security of the whole humanity, should be carried out through common sense mechanisms that will be set up,” Recep […]
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Mon 24 May 2021: The first International Media and Islamophobia Symposium is set to begin in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. The two-day event will be held at the ATO Congresium, an international convention and exhibition center. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to attend the opening ceremony. The symposium is being organized […]
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Wed 19 May 2021: The administration in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has defied a state high court order and bulldozed a historic mosque. This is one of the most inflammatory actions taken against a Muslim place of worship since demolition of the Babri Mosque by Hindu extremists in 1992. The mosque, called Waqf Masjid Gareeb […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: Pope Francis met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Vatican on Monday, the Holy See said. Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, confirmed that the meeting took place at around 9:00 a.m. (07:00 GMT). The Vatican, however, did not disclose any details about the […]
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Thu 13 May 2021: Ethiopian Muslims on Tuesday rolled 30,000 meters of plastic sheet to host 100,000 people to break the fast on the streets of capital Addis Ababa, breaking the world record. The gathering was also organized to show defiance to Egypt’s stance against the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “There […]
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Tue 11 May 2021: Himmet Büke, an associate professor in the Turkish literature department at Turkey’s Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, found a copy of the great Turkish thinker and poet Yunus Emre’s “Divan” while searching the archives of Turkish works in the digital collection of the Vatican Library. The cover of the recently discovered copy of […]
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Mon 10 May 2021: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Sunday that the Kingdom will hold the Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah under special conditions to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The Hajj will be held in a manner that preserves the health and safety of pilgrims, in line with the health, security and […]
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Sun 09 May 2021: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the Umrah pilgrimage in Makkah on Sunday. Upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque, Khan was received by a number of officials of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and the special force for the security of the Grand Mosque […]
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Sun 09 May 2021: During recent debate over a French bill many charge is Islamophobic, the way the bill in particular targeted the wearing of hijabs came under fierce criticism, especially from the women who say choosing how they dress is their God-given right. #pas touché à mon hijab pic.twitter.com/BTBy6qs6qb — SAMI Meczub (@MeczubSami) May […]
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Sat 08 May 2021: Pope Francis offered his support Saturday for waiving coronavirus vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, in a video message to the “Vax Live” concert. The Argentine pontiff backed “universal access to the vaccine and the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights” in the recording made in his native Spanish. […]
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