India’s Ujjain tense as mosque partially demolished for Hindu pilgrimage
Fearing outright demolition, Muslims volunteer to take down parts of the city’s Shahi Mosque themselves.

Fearing outright demolition, Muslims volunteer to take down parts of the city’s Shahi Mosque themselves.




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Vatican says 800,000 people in attendance as the Catholic religious leader continues four-day tour of France.

Pope Leo XIV drew huge crowds on the first Papal visit to France in 18 years.
Thousands gather in Paris as the pope warns against a ‘paradise of machines’ at the Elysee Palace.
Shehbaz Sharif speaks as Islamabad, Riyadh and Ankara army chiefs meet to discuss Mecca pact, closer military ties.

Pakistan PM, a signatory to the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at UNGA 81.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy denounces ‘horrific crime’ after 31-year-old attacks clergy, worshippers in border town.

Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, walked through tunnels beneath Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a drone before it entered Islam’s holiest city, calling pilgrims’ security a ‘red line’
Drone visuals show masses lining up at Indian temple for sacred henna, believed to help unmarried people find a match.