Tag: islam

• Wednesday, March 15th 2023 - 19:09 UTC

  Argentine Muslim woman to collect damages after burkini ban

  

  A judge in the Argentine province of Mendoza sentenced a hotel to pay AR$ 400,000 (around US$ 1,070 at the unofficial exchange rate) in damages to a young Muslim woman who was not allowed in 2017 to use the facility's swimming pools wearing a burkini in 2017, it was reported this week.

• Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Swiss voters backed ban on burqa by a slim margin: 51,2% to a 50,8% turnout

  

  Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full-face coverings in public places - a decision hailed by supporters as a bulwark against radical Islam but branded as discriminatory by opponents. Official results showed that 51.2% of voters, and a clear majority of federal Switzerland's cantons, supported the proposal.

• Saturday, April 25th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Islam's holiest sites empty of worshipers forced by COVID-19 restrictions

  

  The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Millions of Muslims flock to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage

  

  More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, against a backdrop of tensions in the Gulf. Crowds of worshippers have already begun to gather in Mecca in the days ahead of the hajj, the focal point of the Islamic calendar.

• Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Francis triggers fury from Turkey recalling the genocide of the Armenian people

  

  Pope Francis uttered the word “genocide” on Sunday to describe the mass murder of Armenians 100 years ago, sparking fury from Turkey which slammed the term as “far from historical reality”.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 23:39 UTC

  “Boobquake” Day Shakes Taiwan and South Sandwich Islands

  

  If a senior Iranian cleric is to be believed, the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan was a boobquake, not an earthquake. Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi warned last week that “women, who do not dress modestly... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which [consequently] increases earthquakes”.