Sat 12 June 2021: Saudi Arabia will limit this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 residents and nationals living in the Kingdom due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced in a statement Saturday. “In light of what the whole world is witnessing from the continuing developments of the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: British actor Riz Ahmed on Thursday launched an effort to improve the way Muslims are depicted in movies after a study showed that they are barely seen and shown in a negative light when they do appear. Ahmed, the “Sound of Metal” star and the first Muslim to get a best […]
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Tue 08 June 2021: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday labeled as a “terrorist attack” the killing of four members of a Muslim family, who were run down by a man driving a pick-up truck in London, Ontario. “This killing was no accident. This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart […]
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Tue 08 June 2021: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his sorrow Monday for the four members of a Muslim family who were killed when a pickup truck driver intentionally plowed into them in London, Ontario. Canadian province of Ontario says a driver intentionally struck a family because they were Muslim, killing four people and seriously […]
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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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