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France’s highest administrative court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal from the Interior Ministry that aimed to close a mosque in the southwestern town of Pessac for six months. The local interior ministry’s office first closed the mosque for six months…

Twitter has reportedly suspended Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders for violating the platform’s rules on hate speech. According to MPs, the social network has “temporarily restricted” Wilders’ access to his account after he published a tweet addressed to Pakistan’s Prime…

Muslims living in the Swedish city of Poros, located about 400 km south of the capital Stockholm, organized a march and chanted “God is Great”, while they presented flowers to the city policemen in the area. The march, which received…

A group of Muslim mothers at the Clear Lake Islamic Center, south of Houston, USA, held a symposium entitled “Know the Muslim Student” to discuss the most important issues related to Muslim students during the holy month of Ramadan. About…

Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered in Sweden’s capital to protest the burning of the Muslim holy book in the country. About 500 people attended the protest organized by the Party of Different Colors (Nyans) in front of the country’s…

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that his far-right rival Marine Le Pen risked sparking a “civil war” in the European country if she was elected and implemented her plans to ban the Muslim headscarf in public. During a televised…

The Women’s Department of the Imam al-Sadiq Foundation, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, set up a special program for female Danish speakers, run by the social researcher and psychologist, Um Haura. In her research,…

Rwandan authorities have banned the morning call to prayer from minarets using loudspeakers, claiming that it violates the country’s noise control laws. A number of Muslim residents said, “The decision violated their rights to perform a basic ritual of the…

Approximately 300 people gathered at the Islamic Education Center, IEC Husaini, in Chicago, Illinois, for an interfaith Iftar dinner. The event aimed to build networks between diverse groups to strengthen unity and understanding between all faiths. The guest list included…

The Danish leader of the far-right Stram Kurs party has burned a copy of the holy Quran in a heavily-populated Muslim area in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, accompanied by police, went to an open public space in southern Linkoping on Thursday…