Pope Francis says arms sales by the United States and Europe are to blame for the deaths of people, including children, in such places as Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan.”The rich Europe and America sell weapons”¦ used to kill children and kill people,” said the pontiff, in unprecedented remarks made while addressing students and teachers at…
The temple is being built on 13.5 acres (55,000 square metres) of land gifted by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Indian community. The historic foundation stone-laying ceremony of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi was performed recently in the presence of officials from India and the United…
A Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts (USA), that was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti recently received a $5,000 donation from a Muslim charity to help repair the damage. The charity, Celebrate Mercy, has donated over the past two years, $115,000 to rehabilitate desecrated Jewish cemeteries and memorials in Missouri, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Colorado, and facilitated…
Abu Dhabi: In the true spirit of community activism, a group of women living in the UAE have devoted their free time and talents towards helping children living in orphanages and refugee camps through the simple act of knitting and sewing, with all of the clothes they make, donated to the children. Founded five years…
‘Visit My Mosque’ day sees over 250 mosques across UK welcome Muslim and non-Muslim visitors. Mosques across the U.K. recently opened their doors to the public as part of an annual national event that aims to build closer relations between the British Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Over 250 mosques participated in the ‘Visit My Mosque’…
More than 20,000 people have signed petitions calling for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her response to the mosque shootings that killed 49 people. A change.org petition to the United Nations had gained more than 20,000 signatures. A French petition calling for the prime minister to win…
Málaga, (Spain): Morocco was unanimously re-elected by members of the Global Counter terrorism Forum (GCTF) for a third mandate as co-chair of the body. This came at the 15th meeting of the GCTF coordination committee, held in the Spanish city of Málaga last month. After two consecutive mandates, led jointly with the Netherlands, Morocco will…
A highlight of Pope Francis’ visit to Abu Dhabi recently, the first ever visit of a Catholic pope to the Arabian peninsula, was his participation in the “Global Conference for Human Fraternity” organized by UAE authorities. Apart from the two key figures at the event “ Pope Francis and Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb, Grand Imam…
Abu Dhabi: Pope Francis denounced the “logic of armed power” in Yemen, Syria and other Middle East wars on a landmark visit to the Arabian Peninsula, telling Christians and Muslims that conflicts brought nothing but misery and death. Pope Francis, the first pontiff to set foot on the peninsula, was speaking during a trip to…
Having spoken of fraternity as an ark of peace, I now want to take inspiration from a second image, that of the desert which surrounds us. Here, in just a few years, with farsightedness and wisdom, the desert has been transformed into a prosperous and hospitable place. From being an unapproachable and inaccessible obstacle, the…
