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Fayez Al Dali, from Sandyford in Dublin, with his daughter, Almanar al Dali (6) and son Jassar al Dali (2) at the mosque in the Clonskeagh, Dublin. Photograph; Damien Eagers/The Irish Times
Muslims in Ireland gather to mark Eid al-Fitr after restrictions on worship ease

Easing of pandemic restrictions on public worship this week could hardly have happened at a better time for Ireland’s estimated 110,000 Muslims as the(...)

GAA president John Horan said staging of the celebration at Croke Park fully supported the organisation’s commitment to inclusion. Photograph: Norman McCloskey/Inpho
Croke Park opens up pitch for Muslim prayer service

Croke Park is to host a celebration of the Muslim festival of Eid after members of a Dublin mosque requested use of the GAA venue to accommodate a lar(...)

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: said he hopes that “before next weekend, when Sunday Mass reopens, some flexibility will have emerged”. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin hopes more than 50 may be allowed at Sunday Masses

Parishes should “manage scrupulously” the safety of people at Masses on Monday morning when churches reopen for the first time in over three months, C(...)

Dr Ali Selim: Muslim scholars had taken medical advice on whether drinking water should be waived this year
Coronavirus: Ireland's Muslims expected to fast for Ramadan 2020

For Ireland’s Muslim community Ramadan 2020, which begins on Thursday, will be like none they have experienced before. For healthy Muslims it means (...)

Attendance at church funerals is limited to 100 people. File photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
Confirmations, funerals, weddings and Baptisms scaled back

The obligation on Catholics to physically attend Sunday Mass has been removed by Ireland’s Catholic bishops for now and all Confirmations are postpone(...)

Dr Umar al Qadri, head Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, said its mosque in Blanchardstown is attended on Fridays by over 400 people. File photograph: Alan Betson
Ireland’s Muslim leaders prepare for Friday prayers amid Covid-19 concerns

Stringent measures are being taken in Ireland’s mosques today to protect worshippers attending Friday prayers. Dr Umar al Qadri, head Imam at the Isl(...)

One of the Hong Kong protesters who spoke to The Irish Times. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
China has ‘a lot of spies’ in Ireland, activists claim

CHINESE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS LIVING IN IRELAND CLAIM THAT OTHER CHINESE PEOPLE HERE ARE ‘KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYONE’ FOR SIGNS OF DISLOYALTY TO THE (...)

A leading figure in Ireland’s Muslim community has been awarded €7,500 by the Labour Court after it ruled he has been unfairly dismissed by Trinity College Dublin from his role as a part-time lecturer in Arabic. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
Islamic spokesman awarded €7,500 by Labour Court after unfair dismissal

A leading figure in Ireland’s Muslim community has been awarded €7,500 by the Labour Court which ruled he was unfairly dismissed by Trinity College Du(...)

Dr Ali Selim Dr Selim is also spokesperson for the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh, Dublin. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
Leading Muslim figure claims he was fired over comments made on RTÉ

A leading figure in Ireland’s Muslim community has claimed he was fired from his teaching post in Trinity College Dublin as a result of controversial (...)

Dr Selim’s unfair dismissal came seven months after comments he made on RTÉ’s Primetime on female circumcision sparked widespread criticism. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Trinity lecturer wins unfair dismissal case over female circumcision comments

A university lecturer at the centre of controversy last year over television comments he made about female genital mutilation (FGM) has won his unfair(...)

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