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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Sat 21 November 2020: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s “attempt to dictate the principles of the Islamic faith” to French Muslim leaders, and his demand they “falsely state that Islam is an ‘apolitical religion’”. The French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a Parisian paper, pressured the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM) […]
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Pakistani religious leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who rose to prominence in the South Asian nation by campaigning on the issue of “blasphemy” against Islam, has died in the eastern city of Lahore, his party says. The cause of the Pakistani cleric’s death was not known. Some media reports hinted that he had symptoms similar to […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: An investigation by the online magazine Motherboard published on Monday found the US Special Operations Command was procuring location data from several companies. The most popular app among those targeted was a Muslim prayer and Quran app called Muslim Pro, with more than 98 million downloads worldwide. Others included a Muslim dating app. […]
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Tue 17 November 2020: Muslim Pro, a prayer app with over 98 million downloads, reminds users about daily prayers and provides readings from the Quran. The company calls it “The most popular Muslim app.” It also tracks users’ location and sells that location data to brokers — and the US military is one of the […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: London, United Kingdom – More than one in four Muslim members and supporters of Labour Party – 29 percent – have experienced Islamophobia within the ranks of the United Kingdom’s main opposition party, according to a report. Muslims in Labour groups have been subject to stereotypes of “grooming gangs”, accused of plotting […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: Turkish prosecutors have sought between 150 and 1,365 years in prison for Islamic televangelist cult leader Adnan Oktar in a 499-page indictment prepared against Oktar and other members of his cult. Presenting his final arguments at an Istanbul court on Friday, the prosecutor called for Oktar to be charged with 15 […]
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Fri 13 October 2020: After a hijab and face veil ban, Austria’s right wing government is set to introduce draconian measures against expressions of “political Islam.” Austria’s right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced a raft of new measures which would make “political Islam” a criminal offence. Kurz used Twitter to announce the new policy stating “In the […]
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