Thousands in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon protest Koran desecration in Sweden
Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of...
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Iraqis storm Sweden’s embassy as Muslim world denounces Koran burning
Iraqi protesters breached Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, angered by a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked condemnation across the Muslim world....
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Islam’s holiest site looks set to host over two million as Hajj begins
Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, on Sunday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage...
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Israeli police attack worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque
Issued on: 05/04/2023 – 03:31 Israeli police attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before dawn on Wednesday, witnesses said, in what Israeli...
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Lebanon time in confusion over daylight savings dispute
Issued on: 26/03/2023 – 11:42 Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a...
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Muslim pilgrims crowd Mount Arafat for climax of largest hajj since Covid
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 hajj...
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Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for largest hajj of Covid era
Issued on: 06/07/2022 – 06:11 The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began kicks off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers...
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Indian court upholds school hijab ban in southern states despite protests
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 violent...