Thu 14 January 2021: Both Pope Francis and ex-Pope Benedict have received the first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday. The 84-year-old pope and the 93-year-old former pope got their jabs as part of a Vatican vaccination program that began on Wednesday. Both men are vulnerable to contracting the […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: Salaat First, another popular Muslim prayer app that calculates Muslim prayer times worldwide, reminding the faithful when to pray, has been accused of selling users’ location data to tech firms that have ties with the US military, Vice News reported on Monday that the location datasets showing the precise movements of its users […]
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Mon 11 January 2021: A Turkish court on Monday slapped cult leader Adnan Oktar with over 1,000 years in prison for 10 separate crimes, according to a judicial source. Heavy Penal Court No:30 in Istanbul tried 236 defendants, including 78 remanded, for their organized crimes under Oktar’s lead, said the source on condition of anonymity […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: Thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday to pay homage to the Black Nazarene statue of Jesus Christ, as health restrictions due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic significantly curtailed the attendance to the event. Ignoring official pleas to stay home because of the virus threat, Catholics wearing […]
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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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