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Matiullah Wesa, head of Pen Path, beaten and arrested outside a mosque after prayersThe founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the UN have said.The Tal…
Government’s last-minute decision to delay clocks going forward caused confusion and deepened religious divisionThe Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month…
Carved heads of a boy, a horse and a bearded man, formerly in Vatican Museums, unveiled in AthensThe desire of Pope Francis to right a wrong has led to the official return to Greece from the Vatican of three ornately carved fragments that once adorned …
For many Muslims with mental or physical health issues, Ramadan’s fasting requirements can be difficult.
Bloodshed and hardline Israeli politics raise tensions on eve of Muslim holy monthIn the Old City of Jerusalem and the Palestinian neighbourhoods surrounding it, preparations for Ramadan are under way: strings of festive lights and lanterns are ready t…
Mayor turns on display made up of 30,000 sustainable lights on eve of Muslim month of fastingSadiq Khan has switched on the London’s first ever celebratory Ramadan lights, in Piccadilly Circus.It is the first time a European city has seen such a grand …
Shutdown imposed as part of search for Amritpal Singh Sandhu, accused of disrupting communal harmonyEconomic life in the north Indian state of Punjab has been paralysed by an internet shutdown, affecting 30 million people, imposed as part of a huge man…
Large crowds of pilgrims gather at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, in the northeastern city of Mashhad to ring in the Persian New Year, or Nowruz.
Mixed group to take over duties of Escolania choir at Montserrat monastery one weekend a monthWomen and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in i…
Tweet, now deleted, was in response to Rachel Shabi’s comments on Holocaust educationThe Board of Deputies of British Jews has apologised to the journalist Rachel Shabi after a message on its official Twitter account described her as an “asshole”.The t…