(New Arab) The chair of the United Arab Emirates’ fatwa council will no longer be attending a global Islamic conference following a backlash over the cleric’s perceived backing of the Gulf state’s targeting of Muslim organisations. Sheikh Abdallah bin Bayyah, a prominent […]
(Middle East Eye) Billed as one of the biggest Muslim events in North America, the Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) conference has attracted some high-profile names in recent years, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Pakistan’s Imran Khan. So […]
(Algemeiner) A prominent Canadian Jewish group raised concerns on Thursday about several “extremist” speakers scheduled to appear at an Islamic conference in Toronto this weekend. The event in question — titled “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” — began on Friday at the Metro […]
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