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Spanish PM defends Barcelona football’s Muslim star Lamine Yamal’s display of Palestinian flag
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has addressed the recent actions of Barcelona star Lamine Yamal, who displayed a Palestinian flag during the club’s La Liga title celebrations. Speaking at a press conference, Sánchez responded to journalists’ questions regarding the incident by contextualising Spain’s diplomatic stance. He noted that Spain has already formally recognised the state […] More
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Spanish town instructed to lift ban on Eid celebrations gatherings
Jumilla’s ban on gatherings in public sports centres breaches right to religious freedom, says Madrid Spain’s central government has ordered officials in a Spanish town to scrap a ban on religious gatherings in public sports centres, describing it as a “discriminatory” measure that breaches the right to religious freedom as it will mainly impact Muslims, […] More
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Athens first mosque in 200 years, took 14 years to complete, held the Friday prayer
Friday prayers were held for the first time in Athens following the opening of the Greek capital’s first mosque this week after years of delays. The congregation was limited to 12 people – nine men and three women – all of whom wore masks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Friday sermon, which was […] More
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New govt agreement allows for Imams to offer spiritual assistance to Muslim inmates in Italian prisons
An agreement between the Italian government and the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (Italian: Unione delle Comunità e Organizzazioni Islamiche in Italia, UCOII) will allow imams to offer spiritual assistance to Muslim inmates detained in Italian prisons. The memorandum of understanding follows an agreement signed last month between Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe […] More
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German church welcomed Muslim Friday prayer due to social distancing rules
A church in Germany’s capital, Berlin, has helped a nearby mosque comply with physical distancing guidelines by hosting Friday prayers, in a move hailed as “an amazing sign of solidarity”. Places of worship reopened in the country earlier this month, but worshippers must maintain a minimum distance from one another of 1.5 metres (five feet). […] More
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Canada, Netherlands join Gambia’s fight for Rohingya Muslims
On November 11th 2019, The Gambia government filed a lawsuit at The Hague demanding accountability on the systematic violations of the rights of minority Rohingya Muslims by the Government of Myanmar. Following this, Canada, Netherlands and The Gambia have agreed to form a tripartite joint working group to pursue the case as reported by The […] More
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“If I don’t help now, then when?”, says Arsenal Muslim star Mesut Ozil who plans to fund 1,000 kids’ operations and feed 100,000 homeless
Hanging on the kitchen wall inside Mesut Ozil’s multi-million pound North London house is a framed letter from his beloved mum. Mrs Gulizar Ozil hung it there herself shortly after he signed for Arsenal from Real Madrid for £42.5million six years ago. It reads: Mesut, don’t forget, in life you are a guest in this world, like all of […] More
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Norway to distribute 10,000 Qurans to fight Islamophobia
Norway’s Muslim associations announced Thursday they would distribute 10,000 Qurans with Norwegian translations in an effort to fight racism and hate. It will be a collaboration with the Islam Literature Association and the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque, the Norwegian Muslim Arts and Culture Association reported. The decision came after an extreme right-wing group tried to burn a […] More
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After Scotland and Canada, Turkey also approves Hijab as part of women’s police uniform
The focus on Muslim women’s attire continues to make headlines, this time again for the right reasons. Scotland’s Police Force and Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently passed permission to allow Muslim women to wear Hijab as part of their police uniform. Now, Turkey has been able to get rid of a ban on Hijab in the […] More
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Munich Terrorist Inspired By Far-Rights, White Supermacists & Islamophobes, Not ISIS – Are We Still Outraged?
So now that the terrorist, yes the terrorist that shot and killed 10 people in Munich was inspired by far-rights and not by ISIS, the media and the authorities have been very different in their reporting and valuation of the event. The double standards and the hypocrisy continues to be exposed. As usual, since he’s […] More
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Lessons Learnt From Turkey Military Coup With Inspiring Pictures
As the events in Turkey with the failed military coup unfolded themselves, it was extremely distressing yet there was a sense of inexplainable hope in it’s people. One thing we learned straight away is that this was a miniority group being backed by interests that were anti-Erdogan and not actually looking for the best interests […] More
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For Every Killed Serb We Will Kill 100 Muslims, Said Aleksander Vučić in 1995 – The Current Serbian PM
“For every killed Serb we will kill 100 Muslims”, said Aleksandar Vučić (the present Serbian prime minister) in July 1995, a couple of days only after 8,000 Muslims were slaughtered by the Serbian army from Bosnia led by the general Ratko Mladić (presently on trial in The Hague) and by Radovan Karadžić. Serbian PM Aleksandar […] More
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