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Covid-19 poses threat to religion
SOME non-governmental organisations at a chat with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin last month expressed concern that Western liberalism and secularism were posing a threat to religion. Coincidentally a…
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Erdogan: Macron’s Statement on Islam a ‘Clear Provocation’
Rabat – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks on Islam. Macron had used an October 2 speech to claim Islam was…
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Macron’s Bid to ‘Rid France of Islamic Separatism’ Spikes Islamophobia
Turkey today condemned French President Emmanuel Macron's bid to rid France of 'Islamic separatism', saying his statements 'encourage Islamophobia'. Eighteen months before a French presidential election in which he…
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Macron’s anti-Islam remark against principles of French Revolution, says Brotherhood leader
Emmanuel Macron has been sharply criticised by the Deputy General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ibrahim Munir, after the French president announced a law against religious “separatism” aimed at freeing Islam in France…
Buddhism
India presents 3,000 vials of Remdesivir to Myanmar as mark of commitment to assist Nay Pyi Taw in fight against COVID-19
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army chief General MM Naravane meet Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi [Photo: Twitter/India in Myanmar]By — Shyamal Sinha Army Chief General…
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Macron Faces Islamophobia Claims Over Homeschooling Ban ‘to Protect Children From Religion’
Emmanuel Macron has been attacked for “Islamophobia” by the Turkish government in the wake of his announcement that France will ban homeschooling to ‘protect children from religion’, as part of…
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Only four countries in Europe are below a critical coronavirus threshold
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) coronavirus alarm threshold is 20 cases per 100,000 people on a seven-day average. Beyond that, the agency says, the risk of…
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Kurdish authorities to remove Syrians from overcrowded al-Hol camp, leaving foreigners
Authorities in northeastern Syria have said they will remove Syrians from the al-Hol displacement camp, and relinquish any responsibility for foreign nationals being held there. The Kurdish Autonomous Administration of…
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Is Macron really working to de-radicalise Islam?
As he revealed his plan to fight “separatism” in France, President Emmanuel Macron referred to the preference given to religious law over the country’s republican and secular values by Muslim…
Christianity
Saving Lives by Donating Plasma: Why Are Shincheonji’s Good Deeds Ignored?
Eileen Barker, Europe’s most senior scholar of new religions, notes in her entry “New Religious Movements” in the 2020 SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religions, that “one does not…