Muslims
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Muslims hold mourning rituals on day of Ashura
It is worth noting, the preventive measures taken against the coronavirus imposed on the believers to avoid the congregations and hold televised or online Ashura ceremonies.
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Muslims mark martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (A.S) on Tasua
Millions of people, dressed in black, took to the streets and mosques on Saturday, the ninth day of the holy month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, to mourn the tragedy on a day known as Tasua.
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S.Sudan: Mosques reopen after COVID-19 suspension
Abdallah Braj Rwal, head of the South Sudan Islamic Council, announced that mosques would be gradually reopened, adding that mandatory health guidelines would apply during worship.
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UK media disproportionate focus on Islam when reporting terror
This is almost nine times the amount perpetrators were identified as “far-right”, “neo-Nazi” or “white supremacist”, the analysis by the Muslim Council of Britain’s Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) said.
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ICE detention centre feeds Muslim detainees pork and rotten halal food
Detainees at the Krome Service Processing Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Miami, were given the choice of pre-packaged pork-based meals or expired halal meals at least two to three times a week, according to a letter sent to ICE and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Muslim Advocates, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and the law firm King & Spalding LLP.
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Palestine’s Sheikh Raed Salah starts prison term
The preacher, who has been widely known as a defender of Al-Aqsa holy mosque, briefly addressed the hundreds of supporters gathered outside Kishon prison on Sunday, saying: “Every Muslim and Arab in the world is proud of you — I do not respect the court’s decision.”
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Imran Khan requests Pakistani Shia to follow Iran for Muharram rituals amid corona
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the Shia community in the country to follow the guidelines of Iranian jurisprudents regarding Muharram mourning ceremonies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pakistan strongly condemns anti-Islam post by Indian extremist
"Pakistan has conveyed its strong condemnation to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on the reported incident involving a derogatory social media post against the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by an extremist from the majority Hindu community in Bengaluru, Karnataka," the statement read.
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IHRC: BBC has targeted Muslims during coronavirus pandemic
In a letter of complaint by IHRC chair Massoud Shadjareh to BBC Director General Tony Hall, the IHRC said the broadcaster had used the pandemic to spread negative imagery about Muslims to create negative perceptions about the community.
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Blaming local lockdowns on Muslims is irrational at best and racist at worst
After Leicester, Bradford, Oldham, Blackburn and Aberdeen, Preston has become the latest area hit by a coronavirus spike.
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India's Modi lays foundation for Hindu temple at site of demolished mosque
The site in Ayodhya in northern India has long been a religious tinderbox between Hindu nationalists and Muslims, providing the spark for some of the country's worst sectarian violence.
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As COVID-19 restrictions ease, Muslims celebrate a socially distanced Eid
In states like New Jersey, New York, and Maryland, where government restrictions have loosened, mosques have been able to host Eid prayers under strict guidelines. But others, in Illinois, for example, have decided to forgo a traditional in-person Eid prayer due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Ayatollah Khamenei: The U.S. protests are a fire under ashes that will destroy the current American system
Pointing to the large-scale demonstrations against injustice, which have been witnessed in the US in the last months, Imam Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, stated that the main enemy of the US government is not the Islamic Republic of Iran. Rather, it is the people of that country, who will ultimately destroy the current political system in the US.”
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Muslim pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for peak of hajj
A tight security cordon has been erected all around the foot of the rocky hill outside Mecca, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, for the high point of the annual ritual.
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Hagia Sophia did not just reopen as a mosque for Turkey, but for the entire region
The significance of prayers of gratitude being performed, particularly in countries like Afghanistan, where imperialist powers know no limits in the violation of rights and law, should not be overlooked. The reinstatement of Hagia Sophia Mosque’s true status was closely followed in the Balkans and the Caucasus as well.
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Nigeria: Muslims to hold Eid prayers in open spaces
The governor who made this known in a media chat, warned that the prayers should not be held inside mosques because of possible spread of Covid-19.
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Edmonton Muslims face financial woes due to Hajj pilgrimage entry restrictions
For the past several years Waseem Ashtikar, a kitchen manager at Boston Pizza in Edmonton has been saving money for he and his wife to fulfil their final religious duty as Muslims, to perform Hajj.
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South Africa to broadcast prayers at Hagia Sophia mosque
Deputy head of South Africa Awqaf Foundation Mickael Collier said that television and radio channels in South Africa will broadcast the historical event.
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Islamophobia faced by 80% of Muslims in the UK, report finds
Taj Khan is shielding from coronavirus. But there's no protection from the islamophobia she suffers on a daily basis.
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UK Muslim group urges gov't to help Chinese Uighurs
China’s systematic mistreatment “has all the hallmarks of a genocidal atrocity. The UK Government must act now,” the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said in a statement, saying they wrote Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to press him to take action.
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Indian minority’s panel faults police role in Delhi riots targeting Muslims
At least 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed and more than 200 were injured in the worst communal violence in the Indian capital for decades.
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In Scotland Friday prayers held after months
Restrictions to guard against the spread of the coronavirus are in place, including limiting the number of attendees to 50, taking contact details and wearing masks. At the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Haugh Road, Glasgow, numbers have been further limited to 25 initially and temperatures were taken before entry.
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22% Swedish don't want Muslim neighbors: Poll
Most participants said it does not matter where their neighbors come from, according to a survey by polling company Novus published in The Local news website.
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Yusuf Islam: UN's standing declined after Bosnian genocide
It shows that major powers and nations do not necessarily want a ‘United World’ body to rise that could be big and strong enough to make its own moral decisions and intervene in such cases,” said on the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.
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Police charge Quebec man with advocating genocide of Muslims
The hate crime charges against André Audet, a Boucherville, Que., resident, mark the first time the rarely used genocide law has been applied in the province, police said.
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Israeli court orders closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque gate
In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Endowments Authority said it has received a letter from the Israeli Police Directorate informing it of the court’s decision to close the gate.
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Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president
In an address to the nation, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered his remarks on the new status of Hagia Sophia — which was used as a museum for the past decades but will serve as a mosque following a recently adopted decree on Friday.
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Hamas expresses support for Ankara’s decision to convert iconic Hagia Sophia into mosque
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has expressed its support for the Turkish government’s decision to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque. “Opening of Hagia Sophia to prayer is a proud moment for all Muslims,” said Hamas in a written statement.
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Hezbollah denounces Saudi paper’s abuse against Sayyed Sisitani, highlights his role in defeating ISIL in Iraq
Sayyed Sistani has always preserved Iraq’s safety, political stability and national unity, according to the statement which recalled the role of his eminence’s famous fatwa (religious decree) in fighting and defeating ISIL terrorist group on the Iraqi territories.
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Resistance against injustice toward Muslims grows in India
Since India's Hindu nationalist-dominated Parliament passed a law that grants citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan as long as they are not Muslim, there have been protests across the country demanding its repeal.