Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) bought nine Quran copies and manuscripts sold at Sotheby’s auction house in London. The purchase price of the works was not announced at the auction, where a rare 16th-century portrait of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I, who was the longest-reigning Ottoman sultan who served between 1520 and 1566, was also sold. A manuscript […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an Easter message on Sunday that the country is going to see “brighter days ahead” after a “very tough” pandemic year. This Sunday, Anglicans and Catholics celebrate Easter. Though churches are open, many Christians will not be able to mark their most important festival […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: Police in India registered two cases on Saturday against a Hindu priest for blasphemous remarks against the holy prophet of Islam. The cases, one in Mumbai and another in New Delhi, were registered against Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati after video of a news conference at the Press […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: The Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) is organizing the “Young Muslim Women’s Summit” that will welcome successful Muslim women from around the world between April 6 to April 8. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will also attend the opening ceremony of the online conference. The summit, which works with more than […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: Five groups linked to Hindu nationalist organisations in India received direct payments and loans in federal relief fund. Washington, DC, United States – Five organisations with ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups have received COVID-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000, according to data released by the United States’ Small Business Administration […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: Turkey’s top religious body said Friday that taking the COVID-19 jab will not break the Ramadan fast. Ahead of the Muslim holy month, Idris Bozkurt, a top official of the Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), told Anadolu Agency: “There is no nutritious vitamin or food substance in any vaccine, including the […]
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Wed 31 March 2021: While the French Senate prepares to discuss a so-called “anti-separatism” bill, human rights group Amnesty International has intervened at the last minute in an attempt to cancel or change “many problematic provisions” of the draft bill. The debate in the French Senate on Tuesday comes after the French lower house National Assembly, […]
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Tue 30 March 2021: The United States remains a religious nation but it is experiencing the lowest level of religious membership in eight decades as fewer than 47 percent of its residents regularly attend an institution of worship, a new Gallup poll revealed on Monday. The survey showed 47 percent Americans belonged to a church, […]
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Tue 30 March 2021: Indonesian police arrested 13 suspects in a sprawling probe into the suicide attack on the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, Antara news agency reported on Monday, citing police. Arrests took place in the provinces of Jakarta, South Sulawesi, West Java and West Nusa […]
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Tue 30 March 2021: The Nizamuddin Markaz building of Tablighi Jamaat hosted a small gathering of 50 people on the eve of Shab-e-Barat on Sunday. This was the first time since March 28 last year that a gathering has been allowed inside the premises. A policeman guarded the gate of the building and checked the […]
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