(9 News) A Queensland Police Service Facebook post wishing the public Ramadan Mubarak to mark the start of the Muslim holy month has sparked fierce debate online. “From all of us, to all in our Muslim community observing the start of the […]
(CTV) Doctors caring for Muslim patients with mental health disorders should balance concern about the effects of Ramadan fasting on symptoms with an understanding of the spiritual significance of the observance, says a new study released Thursday. There is little research into […]
(Religion News) A new state law makes it easier for college students to take time off for religious holidays. Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5166 into law on Monday (April 29), making Washington the first state requiring that institutions of higher […]
(CBC) Ramadan begins one week from today. This means observing Muslims are getting ready to fast from dawn to dusk and abstain from other temptations for one month. It’s an important time for those who follow Islam as they dedicate 30 days […]
(Washington Times) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, offered Passover greetings to her “Jewish sisters and brothers” with a graphic that included two fluffy loaves of bread. There’s just one problem: Jewish people don’t eat leavened bread on Passover. The first-term congresswoman’s fans […]
(Chalkbeat) For the first time in its history, the Detroit school district will recognize a Muslim holiday. The school board Tuesday adopted the calendar for the 2019-20 school year that includes the observance of Eid al-Fitr on May 25, 2020, which would […]
(NZ Herald) A plan to have a Muslim cleric say a prayer at an Anzac Day service has been cancelled after the local RSA received a number of “frightening threats.” The Returned and Services Association (RSA) branch at Titahi Bay near Wellington […]
(NZ Herald) A decision to invite a Muslim cleric to say a prayer at an Anzac Day service has sparked an anguished backlash from veterans. The Returned and Services Association (RSA) branch at Titahi Bay near Wellington has moved the Muslim prayer […]
(KING) An Islamic civil liberties group called on Seattle Public Schools to apologize for what the organization called “inappropriate” remarks in a letter sent to parents on Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations Washington says when the district announced the year’s state […]
(Age) When students at Thomas Mitchell Primary School sit their NAPLAN tests, many won’t have eaten or touched a drop of water since before dawn. About one-third of students at the Endeavour Hills state school are Muslims who observe Ramadan, a month-long fast […]
(Local) A Zurich appeals court has upheld a fine for a Muslim man who chose not to send his three sons to a rehearsal for a Christmas concert. In its ruling, the court stated that the children’s obligatory attendance at the rehearsal […]
(CTV) A Muslim cleric who said wishing someone merry Christmas is a sin worse than murder claims his comments were taken out of context. During a sermon on December 23, Sheikh Younus Kathrada, a preacher in Victoria, B.C., said that Muslims must […]
(Algemeiner) As Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, footage has emerged of an Islamist cleric in Canada telling an assembly of Muslim young people in British Columbia that “major sins” like “murder” and “adultery” were “nothing compared to the sin of congratulating […]
(AP) Security is high in Barcelona following a U.S. warning of the risk of a terror attack during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The security alert, posted online and sent to U.S. citizens in Spain’s second-largest city, recommends exercising “heightened caution” […]
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(Religion News) The scene is familiar from many Nativity scenes arranged at this time of year: the Virgin Mary, cradling the newborn Jesus. Then, the baby speaks, defending his mother’s innocence and declaring he has been appointed as a prophet. That might […]
(Dutch News) A school in The Hague does not have to pay compensation to two Muslim sisters who missed their annual school photograph because it clashed with the end of Ramadan, appeal court judges said on Tuesday. A lower court last year […]
(AP) A Muslim civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a regional jail in Virginia, alleging that the jail has set up a Christians-only unit dubbed the “God Pod.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations says officials at the Riverside Regional […]
(Eastern Eye) Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has apologised to the Asian community for his controversial comments that were published in a 2005 pamphlet, which warned that multiculturalism could make the UK a “crime riddled cesspool.” In an exclusive interview with Eastern […]
(Breitbart) Belgian police are only now investigating the case of a man who was put into a coma after being attacked for drinking during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, [six] months after the assault took place. The case dates back to May […]
(Breitbart) The Austrian government has enacted a headscarf ban in kindergartens across the country and is now considering widening the ban to include elementary schools. The conservative-populist government enacted the headscarf ban for kindergartens on Wednesday which will mean that children will […]
(Bridgewater Courier News) A Muslim inmate is suing Somerset County Jail, claiming he’s been discriminated against when employees attempted to offer him kosher meals in place of halal. Sherone Long, who filed a federal lawsuit in August, is alleging the jail does […]
(Breitbart) The Italian populist League party, led by firebrand Matteo Salvini, has introduced legislation that would ban ritual halal slaughter, arguing that animals should be respected and protected from suffering. The new laws will end loopholes currently in place in the country’s […]
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(JTA) A Dutch Muslim politician who has prayed for Allah to “exterminate the Zionists” said that a day of fasting on Yom Kippur will not suffice to atone for Israel’s sins. Arnoud van Doorn, a lawmaker of the Hague’s city council for […]
(Local) The new contract for public service broadcasting between the Danish Ministry of Culture and broadcaster DR emphasises the importance of Christianity, while the word “integration” has been removed. The contract, which was published on the ministry’s website yesterday as DR announced […]
(CTV) Police say the skinning of a cow shown on a video circulating online is not being treated as an animal cruelty case but the incident is being probed to ensure food safety regulations were followed. Halton regional police say the cow […]
(CityNews) A video showing a group of men in an unknown location in Milton skinning a cow around the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha is garnering a lot of attention online. “Take a look, a cow is being butchered the halal way on […]
(Denver Post) A trial began Monday in Denver U.S. District Court in which a man serving a 114-year sentence for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombings is suing the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons for violating […]
(Washington Post) It was the day before one of the biggest Muslim holidays of the year, and the Rababeh family was in a panic. The family had ordered hundreds of sheep, goats and cows to slaughter for customers in observance of Eid […]
(Breitbart) French police in the heavily migrant-populated suburbs of Paris have seized 32 sheep that were found in the garage of a pizzeria ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival in which Muslims sacrifice animals. The animals were found in the commune of Drancy, which […]
(Montreal Gazette) Jean-François Lisée says he would be in favour of a plan to postpone a province-wide elementary school exam next year because it interferes with a Muslim holiday. The PQ leader weighed in Wednesday on a recent spat between a Montreal […]
(FrontPage) As Islamic leaders with ties to terrorism addressed them, thousands of Muslims chanted the jihadist battle cry “Allahu Akbar” at taxpayer-funded U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis yesterday as part of a huge celebration of the Muslim festival of animal sacrifice known […]
(Breitbart) While Flanders and Wallonia are set to ban unstunned Islamic ritual slaughter in 2019, the practice will remain legal in the Belgian capital of Brussels. One of Islam’s most holy days, the Eid al-Adha festival, begins this week as Muslims around the […]
(Globe and Mail) The Liberal government took steps to bar Omar Khadr from attending a celebration near Parliament Hill in late June where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the keynote speaker, even though Mr. Khadr was not on the guest list for […]
(MPR) For the first time ever on Tuesday, a Muslim holiday with ancient roots is being celebrated at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The holiday, which commemorates the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son at the command of God, is […]
(Bergen Record) In the beginning, there was Christmas. Then came Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana. Now, a growing number of school districts in New Jersey close for Muslim and Hindu holidays as well. The increasing diversity of the Garden State is reshaping school […]
(Gatestone) A few months ago, a global media tempest erupted after Polish Catholics held a mass public prayer event across the country. The BBC deemed it “controversial,” due to “concerns it could be seen as endorsing the state’s refusal to let in […]
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(Charlotte Observer) During a holy month when he was supposed to be fasting, a Muslim inmate in the Mecklenburg County Jail still wanted his lunch. So Travaile Speller has sued, claiming that his jailers and the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office discriminated against his […]
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