Tag: Islam
Indonesia Islamic council hopes for halal ruling before mass vaccination
The world's largest Muslim-majority country plans to soon launch vaccinations on after obtaining 3 million doses from China's Sinovac Biotech
Explainer: Indonesia’s banned Islamic group has seen its influence rising
Formed in the late 1990s, the Islamic Defender's Front, widely known by its Indonesian initials FPI, advocates a strict interpretation of Islam
Hard-line Indonesian cleric held on suspicion he broke coronavirus restrictions
Arrest of Rizieq Shihab follows police killing six members of his Islamic Defender's Front
A Catholic perspective: Caste bias in Pakistan
Although Islam does not adhere to a rigid caste system there exists a division of upper and lower castes
Islamists say Pakistan agrees to French boycott, end protest
Protests broke out over France's response to a deadly attack last month on a teacher
Pope Francis condemns terror attack on French church
Pope prays for all those affected by attack ‘and that people may react united, responding to evil with good’
Muslims have a right to ‘kill millions of French people,’ says...
Malaysia's former premier made his comments on the same day that a knife-wielding Tunisian man killed three people in a Catholic church in France
Blast at Islamic school in Pakistan kills seven, wounds more than...
Targeted madrassa is largely for adult students, more than a dozen of the wounded from Afghanistan
Muslim lawmaker’s booze comments spark furious religious row in Malaysia
Islamic scholar tells parliament that Christians distorted the Bible over alcohol consumption
SPOTLIGHT: Uyghurs staring at specter of genocide
One of the worst cases of inhumanity in recent history is now occurring in China’s Xinjiang
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