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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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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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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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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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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Thu 31 December 2020: Pakistani police have arrested at least 26 people, including Muslim clerics, in raids a day after a Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a religious Muslim party The temple’s destruction on Wednesday in a village in northwestern Karak district drew condemnation from […]
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Thu 31 December 2020: Pope Francis will not lead New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day services because of a flare up of his sciatica condition, which produces pain in his right leg, the Vatican said on Thursday. It was the first time in years that Francis, who turned 84 this month, has had to […]
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Wed 30 December 2020: The world’s first virtual halal fair, E-Halal Expo, ended on Wednesday after it was earlier extended by a week due to high demand. The event offered a wide platform for visitors, traders, buyers, halal sector pioneers and investors from all over the world to promote their work, products and services. Its […]
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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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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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