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The first mosque in the Greek capital, Athens, has opened after 14 years of wrangling and bureaucratic delays, local media reported.The mosque’s inaugural prayers were held on Monday evening under physical distancing measures due to the rising number of COVID-19…

The President of the Maldives Ibrahim Muhammad Solih emphasized the achievement of social and economic progress by following the examples set by the first Muslim community under the leadership of the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny.In…

A joyful celebration was held in the Mosque and Husseiniyah of Al Yasin, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Australian city of Sydney, on the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny and…

French writer and academic William Marx said on Tuesday that the hostility to religious values is an intellectual and political mistake.He added, in an article in Le Monde newspaper, that France is witnessing an increase in the motives for launching…

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he did not intend to offend Islam and Muslims, and that he distinguished between terrorism and extremism on the one hand, and Muslims and Islam on the other.Macron made a phone call to his…

An unknown person attempted to set fire to the Turkish mosque in the city of Chateaudun, in the Eure-et-Loir region in northern France.Media sources quoted the Secretary-General of al-Ro’ya Islamic Society, Fateh Sarikir, saying “An unknown person set fire to…

A French archbishop has warned of the dangers of publishing offensive cartoons, noting there are limits to freedom of expression amid renewed tensions between France and the Muslim world.The Archbishop of Toulouse Robert Le Gall said he opposed the publishing…

The Algerian government said that during the colonial period, France transferred Muslim bones to its lands for use in the manufacture of soap and sugar.The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, quoted the advisor to the Algerian president Abdelmajid Sheikhi, as…

The administration of a school in the Molenbeek Saint-Jean region in the Belgian capital, Brussels, has suspended a teacher from work, after he showed his students insulting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.The Belgian teacher showed one…

The French economist, Thomas Piketty, known for his famous book “Capital in the 21st Century”, said that his country’s politicians are taking advantage of terrorism to suppress Muslims in France.This came in a tweet published by Piketty, through his Twitter…