Will Turkey’s inflation crisis damage Erdogan’s re-election chances?
[ad_1] A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as the six main...
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Israel bans non-Muslims from Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan amid heightened tensions
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/04/2023 – 20:26Modified: 11/04/2023 – 20:29 Israel halted visits by Jews and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday and...
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Saudi Arabia announces Ramadan will start on Thursday
[ad_1] Issued on: 21/03/2023 – 20:29 Saudi Arabia, home of the holiest shrines in Islam in Mecca and Medina, has announced that the fasting month...
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Iran anti-government protests: More than 520 protesters killed by security forces
[ad_1] Issued on: 16/02/2023 – 16:12Modified: 16/02/2023 – 16:24 01:43 It’s now 5 months since in Iran, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody, shortly after being arrested for not adhering to the country’s rules on how women should cover their heads in public. Her death sparked the biggest political unrest in Iran for years, with thousands of women and men taking to the streets. Many who demonstrated were either arrested or killed. FRANCE 2’s team and FRANCE 24’s Camille Knight report. [ad_2] Source :
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Four foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars
[ad_1] CNN — Four foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female...
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Iran protests: Look back at the last 12 weeks
[ad_1] Issued on: 16/12/2022 – 15:22Modified: 16/12/2022 – 15:49 02:12 This Friday marks three months of relentless protests in Iran. They followed the death of 22 year old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested and died in custody of the morality police. The demonstrations represent one of the biggest challenges to the Islamic regime since the 1979 revolution that brought it to power. FRANCE 24’s Carys Garland and Laura Roudaut take a look back at the last 12 weeks. [ad_2] Source :
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Pope Francis visits Bahrain as rights groups seek engagement on alleged abuses
[ad_1] Issued on: 03/11/2022 – 10:34 Pope Francis, leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, on Thursday began a trip to Bahrain aimed at fostering...
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Muslim pilgrims crowd Mount Arafat for climax of largest hajj since Covid
[ad_1] Issued on: 08/07/2022 – 10:31 Huge crowds of robed Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest...
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Indian court upholds school hijab ban in southern states despite protests
[ad_1] Issued on: 15/03/2022 – 07:32 An Indian court upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms on Tuesday, weeks after the edict stoked...
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Muslim women footballers spar with French government on hijab ban in sport
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/02/2022 – 18:58 A day after police banned a protest by the ‘Hijabeuses’, women footballers fighting for the right to wear religious...
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Swedish artist threatened over Prophet Mohammed cartoon killed in car crash
[ad_1] Issued on: 04/10/2021 – 09:51 Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who lived under police protection after his 2007 depiction of the Prophet Mohammed prompted death...
