Tue 15 December 2020: Outrage is mounting in Sri Lanka after at least 15 Muslim coronavirus victims, including a baby, were cremated against family wishes and in contravention of Islamic funeral rites. Health authorities in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka insist all victims must be cremated – even if they are Muslims, who traditionally bury their dead […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: Austria’s constitutional court on Friday struck down a law introduced last year which banned the headscarf in primary schools, saying the measure was unconstitutional and discriminatory. In a statement explaining the decision, the court said the law “contravened the principle of equality in relation to freedom of religion, belief and conscience.” […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: A law being considered in the French assembly would see camps being set up to house people that have not committed crimes but are considered “radical.” A far-right politician in France’s national assembly has tabled a bill that would result in “internment camps” for Muslims. The proposed legislation presented by Guillaume Peltier, a […]
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Tue 08 December 2020: Delhi: Azadpur mandi, one of the largest wholesale markets for fruits and vegetables in the country, along with all others in the national capital will remain shut on Tuesday in support of the Bharat bandh, called by farmers, its chairman Adil Ahmed Khan said. The Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday said […]
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Mon 07 December 2020: Pope Francis will break a 15-month hiatus from international travel to visit Iraq in March. The 83-year-old has long spoken of his desire to visit the Middle Eastern country, although the Vatican said the programme would “take into consideration the evolution of the worldwide health emergency”. Francis will be the first […]
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Thu 03 December 2020: The French government will launch a “massive and unprecedented” wave of measures to combat religious extremism, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said. Darmanin said on Wednesday that state services will be monitoring and controlling 76 Muslim places of worship, 16 in the Paris region and 60 in the rest of France, […]
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Sat 28 November 2020: Hissein Brahim Taha has been elected Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Al-Ekhbariya reported on Saturday. The Chadian diplomat was appointed after Youssef Al-Othaimeen’s tenure came to an end. Al-Othaimeen félicite Hussein Ibrahim Taha pour son élection au poste de Secrétaire général de l’Organisation de la coopération islamique #Niamey #47_CMAE_OCI_Niamey pic.twitter.com/tLVTYHKkWO […]
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Sat 28 November 2020: Wilton Gregory, the 72-year-old archbishop of Washington DC becomes the first African American cardinal at a time the United States is examining race relations after a spate of police killings of unarmed black people. In a ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, which was scaled down due […]
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Fri 27 November 2020: Halima Aden, the Somali American model, said she is leaving runway fashion shows because the industry has forced her to stray away from her religious beliefs. In a series of Instagram story posts, the 23-year-old spoke about how the job made her more detached from her identity. “I can only blame […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: In a Twitter post, Ozil quoted a verse from the Quran: “Good and evil cannot be equal. Respond to evil with what is best, then the one you are in a feud with will be like a close friend.” “Unfortunately Islamophobia & Antiislamismus is growing in Europe and in other parts of the world with media playing a big […]
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