Sun 28 March 2021: Muslim majority Indonesia on Friday banned an annual exodus that sees millions travel across the vast nation to mark the end of Ramadan over fears of a surge in Covid-19 infections. Travellers pack into airports, train stations and ports across the nearly 5,000 kilometre (3,100 mile) long archipelago in a mass migration, known as Mudik, […]
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Sun 28 March 2021: Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has condemned the display of caricature insulting the Prophet Muhammad in Britain. In a statement, the Cairo-based institution’s Observatory for Combating Extremism described the caricatures as a “disgraceful act” which amounts to “hate speech”. “This is an unjustified provocation of […]
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Sat 27 March 2021: English comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has joined the row over a UK schoolteacher who this week showed his class a controversial caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, which sparked an outrage among the local Muslim community. Parents complained that the controversial image, which children at the Batley Grammer School in West Yorkshire were […]
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Sat 27 March 2021: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has launched a first-of-its-kind exhibition showcasing more than 100 objects and artifacts of Islamic art and mosque culture. The “Shatr AlMasjid: The Art of Orientation” exhibit features 116 elements, artworks, and motifs from around the world. The exhibit also offers a virtual […]
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Sat 27 March 2021: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing has said in its circular that, Coronavirus vaccines will be made mandatory for those workers serving Hajj and Umrah activities, as well as those working in shops in Mecca and Medina, Those serving pilgrims will have to be vaccinated by the […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: A group of Muslim people gathered in front of a school in West Yorkshire, England on Friday morning to protest a teacher’s showing offensive cartoons of Muslim Prophet Muhammad during a class. More than 30 parents and relatives of Muslim pupils protested the insulting action under police presence as the Betley […]
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Thu 25 March 2021: A 54-year-old man was arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping people in the name of Haj or Umra yatra, police said on Wednesday. The accused was identified as Intezar Sayed Mehandi, a resident of Kaushambi district in UP. The police said that in 2017-2018, Mehandi, who worked as a tour […]
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Thu 25 March 2021: After a video – that shows a man in Delhi being thrashed by another man as he is forced to chant “Pakistan Murdabad (down with Pakistan)” – was widely shared on social media, police said the accused has been arrested and an FIR (filed a first information report) has been filed in the […]
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Sat 20 March 2021: Muslim officials in France criticized a recent decision to ban the slaughter of poultry animals in line with Islamic principles ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Friday. Paris Mosque director Chems-eddine Hafez, Lyon Mosque director Kamel Kaptane and Evry Mosque director Khalil Maroun issued a joint […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: Proposal to ban the burqa in Sri Lanka viewed by many as attempt to appease Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority and cause divisions. SrI Lanka’s move to ban the burqa on “national security” grounds while calling its use “religious extremism” has been termed a “racist agenda” used to cause divisions in the […]
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