Muslims
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Ruling Indian party lawmaker: Do not buy from Muslims
"Keep one thing in mind. I am telling everyone openly. There is no need to buy vegetables from 'Miyas' [Muslims]," Suresh Tiwari from Deoria town said on the video.
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Definition of Ramadan
It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (S) that the name is given to the fasting month because fasting burns the sins. (Bihar al-Anwar, vol.58. p.341).
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UK Muslims advice on spending Ramadan at home during coronavirus lockdown
It is an important time for Muslim communities in Bracknell Forest and across the world, and it will be a very different experience this year for Muslims due to the COVID-19 social distancing measures, which are in place across the country.
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Muslims mark start of Ramadan under subdued atmosphere amid lockdown
The holy month typically sees a day-long fast followed by lavish meals and get-togethers in the evening with friends and family, but this year many people have been confined to their homes and mosques have closed.
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Coronavirs: Muslims at Sizzler Express give away free food
Those who run the fast food restaurant in Sizziler Express, which is based on Broad Street, gave away chicken and rice on April 16, where they revealed they wanted to help everyone in the community.
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Ramadan during coronavirus: An opportunity to appreciate loved ones, be grateful and self-reflect
. For 30 days, Muslims gather at iftar, the fast-breaking meal at sunset, for the ever-enchanting sense of affinity and friendship. This practice is so widespread and well-endorsed by Islam that solitary iftar meals are considered a sad affair.
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OIC condemns violence against Indian Muslims amid COVID-19
The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization in a tweet said Indian media is negatively profiling the Muslims in media and subjecting them to discrimination and violence with impunity.
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Coronavirus: ‘Dangerous’ conspiracy theories could spark wave of Islamophobic attacks when lockdown lifts, report warns
Far-right extremists have been circulating old footage to claim that mosques are still open, causing police to be inundated with complaints by duped members of the public.
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COVID-19 affecting Ramadan traditions in Indonesia
With just one week before the holy month, Indonesia reported more than 5,000 cases of coronavirus and the number continues to rise.
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Ethiopia: Muslims, Christians join to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed-led government also obliged them, by relaxing broadcast rules and directed four government-run TV stations to reserve prime time slots for the leaders of these two faiths to deliver lectures and lead prayers. Ethiopian law did not allow religious programs on national television.
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How Ramadan 2020 can help the needy get through the pandemic
The world’s faithful across the world have been facing difficult choices as the pandemic has led countries to suspend religious services in mosques, churches and other places of worship.
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Muslims targeted as India's lack of capacity to fight COVID-19 exposed
The country is normally eager to present a good image to the outside world, but many Muslim visitors put under coronavirus quarantine in Delhi have been badly treated.
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The hidden Imam who is expected to return
“The Mahdi will be descended from me, he will be a man with an open countenance and a face with a high nose. He will fill the earth with equity and with justice, just as it has been filled with tyranny and oppression.” (Biharul Anwar, Majlisi)
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Sayyed Nasrallah salutes healthcare team, calls for joining “Union of Hearts”
In a speech he delivered Tuesday night in which he tackled the latest developments on the health and cultural levels, Sayyed Nasrallah also talked about the coming Islamic occasion, the birth of Imam Mahdi on the 15th of Shaaban.
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Birth Anniversary of Hazrat Ali Akbar (A.S.):
The Day of Youths
"That is the good news Allah gives to His servants who have faith and do righteous deeds! Say (O Prophet to mankind), ‘I do not ask you any reward for it (enlightening minds with Islam) except love of [my] nearest of kin..."
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Muslim prayers to be broadcast on radio during coronavirus mosque closures
Qari Asim MBE, a senior Imam in Leeds, will lead reflections on 14 stations at 5.50am.
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Fight virus not Muslims, plead Indian Muslim leaders
They said that demonizing the Tablighi Jamaat -- an apolitical organization spreading elementary Islamic knowledge among Muslims – is a clear ploy to divert attention from the government’s systemic failures and the migrant workers' crisis.
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COVID-19: Countries ban Friday prayers, Muslims at home
Several cities in Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation with over 270 million population, have suspended religious gatherings for two weeks as country is under lockdown.
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'We see this as our responsibility': Muslims fundraise for Americans impacted by coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated global financial markets and sent shockwaves through the US economy with analysts expecting massive job losses in the coming months.
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'India must use legal methods to end violence against Muslims’
In the worst communal violence in decades in New Delhi on February 23, more than 50 people were killed and over 100 wounded as groups chanting Hindu nationalist slogans torched mosques and dozens of Muslim houses after looting shops and businesses.
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Muslim, Christian scholars gather in Istanbul
Located in the historical Suleymaniye district of Istanbul, the university organizes the symposium on March 9-12, 2020. In the symposium, Muslim and Christian scholars will discuss and share their current researches from a philosophical and theological perspective.
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Iranians launch social media campaign against India's anti-Muslim approach
They flooded the Instagram page of Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah with comments on his latest post, decrying India’s brutal crackdown on the Muslim community.
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Iran's FM condemns organized violence against Muslims in India
“Iran condemns the wave of organized violence against Indian Muslims,” Zarif said in a tweet on Monday, while highlighting amicable relations between Tehran and New Delhi
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Foreign Ministry Spokesman:
Iran worried about violence against Muslims in India
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is following up on the issue through many channels and we have heard that some Muslim countries have had some movements.”
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Muslims return to fire-bombed mosques as India riot toll jumps to 42
Indian police arrested 514 people for deadly religious violence that broke out in the capital, the government said on Friday, as it faced mounting international criticism for failing to protect minority Muslims.
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Macron’s controversial plan sparks criticism from Muslims
In a speech last week in Bourtzwiller, a district in the eastern French city of Mulhouse, Macron outlined his ideas for an approach which he said would battle "separatism" and "communitarianism", or the proliferation of communities governing themselves apart from the French Republic.
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Nigerian Christian and Muslim leaders among delegates at Belfast peace conference
Organised by Co-operation Ireland in partnership with the Global Peace Foundation, the four-day event, which begins today, aims to help delegates take lessons from Northern Ireland's road to peace.
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Muslim Council of Britain responds to Islamophobic comments of airline CEO
“Michael O’Leary should be under no illusion: his comments are racist and discriminatory. He openly advocates discrimination against “males of a Muslim persuasion”, which presumably is not based on specific intelligence but solely whether someone ‘looks or acts like a Muslim’. This is the very definition of Islamophobia.
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German far-right arrests reveal ‘shocking’ attack plot on mosques
Twelve members of the group were arrested during raids by security forces on 13 locations in six German states on Friday.
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Germany busts 'terrorist organisation' that planned attacks on Muslims
German police detained 12 men on Friday suspected of setting up a far-right organisation with the goal of carrying out attacks against politicians, asylum seekers and Muslims, the Federal Prosecutor's Office (GBA) said.