Mon 02 November 2020: A United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister on Monday called on Muslims to accept the stances of French President Emmanuel Macron on claim of “integration”. “[Muslims] have to listen carefully to what Macron said in his speech. He doesn’t want to isolate Muslims in the West, and he is totally right,” Anwar […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of talks for the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Nov. 1, 1995, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the virtual Leaders Summit on Genocide: Lessons Learned from Srebrenica, organized by the Srebrenica […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: “The moral high ground that we invite you to, is to reject hatred, marginalisation and divisive rhetoric, and use your leadership to bring people together.” In an open letter published on Saturday, more than 20 European Muslim organisations have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to end his “divisive rhetoric”, as […]
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Sun 01 October 2020: An unidentified arsonist attempted to set fire to a mosque in Chateaudun, France, the head of the mosque said Saturday. The General Secretary of Islamic Confederation National Opinion (CİMG), Fatih Saikir said someone poured a can of gasoline onto the mosque and started a fire but it was extinguished without growing […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned what he called “terrorist” attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had “insulted Islam” and “hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere.” Islamic organizations in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: A Danish far-right party on Friday announced a campaign to republish cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammed that a French teacher showed students before being killed, but local media were hesitant. “The killing of Samuel Paty triggered the campaign, we want to show our support for his family and for freedom of speech,” Pernille Vermund, leader of Nye Borgerlige […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: The head of French Muslim NGO BarakaCity has publicly requested asylum in Turkey for himself and his organisation, following the French government’s crackdown against its Muslim population and its dissolution of the NGO. Idriss Sihamedi, BarakaCity’s founder and head, whose house was raided by anti-terror police two weeks ago over allegations […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: Tens of thousands of protesters, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, vented out their fury at France on Friday as the French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world. A crowd in Bangladesh burned an effigy of President Emmanuel […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: A Danish daily credited with starting a debate over criticism of Islam has said it will not print cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a political advertizing campaign, due to alleged safety concerns. Jacob Nybroe, editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten, said his newspaper will not participate in an ad campaign launched […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: Top American comedian Dave Chappelle revealed the moment that led to his conversion to Islam, as well as his experience at the holy Zamzam well in Saudi Arabia, during an interview this week. Appearing as a guest in the latest season of the Netflix series My Guest Needs No Introduction with David […]
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