UMRAH PILGRIMS ADVISED TO TAKE COVID-19 VACCINE: SAUDI ARABIA’S MINISTER OF HAJJ AND UMRAH

Wed 06 January 2021: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Muhammad Saleh Benten said that it is advisable for those who wish to perform Umrah to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Benten made the remarks while speaking to Al-Arabiya channel after receiving coronavirus vaccine dose in Jeddah. “Anyone who registers to receive coronavirus vaccine through […]

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THREATS, VANDALISM: MUSLIMS CONCERNED ABOUT RISE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN GERMANY

Tue 05 January 2021: Germany’s Turkish-Muslim community is alarmed by the increase in Islamophobic hate crimes. Kemal Ergun, president of the Turkish-Muslim association IGMG, said more and more mosques have become the targets of threats, vandalism, or arson in recent months. “At least 122 mosques were targeted in such attacks last year,” he said, adding […]

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ETHIOPIA TO RESTORE ANCIENT AL NEJASHI MOSQUE IN TIGRAY

Tue 05 January 2021: The Ethiopian government vowed Monday to restore the partially damaged Al Nejashi Mosque in the country’s northern Tigray region. The iconic mosque, located in the Kilte Awulaelo woreda, or district, houses the tombs of the companions of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad who came to Ethiopia fleeing persecution at the hands of […]

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ONE OF THE OLDEST MOSQUES IN AFRICA BOMBED IN TIGRAY, ETHIPOIA: REPORT (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

Sat 02 January 2021: The historic Al-Nejashi mosque has been damaged terribly. Images share on Social media shows artillery has destroyed the dome and the interiors via explosion. The Tigray region is one of 10 semi-autonomous federal states organised along ethnic lines in Ethiopia, and home mostly to the Tigrayan people who make up about […]

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PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN PAKISTAN ISSUED ORDERS TO REBUILD THE HINDU TEMPLE

Fri 01 January 2020: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that the provincial government will rebuild shrine of a Hindu saint in the Teri area of Karak district, which was vandalised and demolished by a mob earlier this week.  The chief minister made the announcement while addressing a health card distribution ceremony here […]

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‘LOVE JIHAD’ LAW: THREE DOZEN MUSLIM MEN JAILED IN ONE MONTH IN UP

Sun 27 December 2020: NEW DELHI — Some three dozen Muslim men have been arrested across Uttar Pradesh in the last one month under the controversial anti-conversion law promulgated on November 27 to curb the so-called ‘love jihad’, an Islamophobic conspiracy theory alleging that Muslim men target women belonging to non-Muslim communities for conversion to Islam by feigning love. According to media reports, […]

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POPE PROMISES TO VISIT LEBANON, SOUTH SUDAN, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Thu 24 December 2020: Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could. The pope traditionally mentions countries in his Christmas Day message, but he singled out those two nations with Christmas Eve messages because of difficulties each has faced this year. “I am […]

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