He was on a historic first visit to Iraq s Mosul
He was moved by the earthquake-like devastation in the city
Mosul: Pope Francis heard Muslim and Christian residents in the ruined Iraqi city of Mosul tell of their lives under brutal Islamic State rule on Sunday, blessing their vow to rise up from ashes and promising them fraternity is more durable than fratricide.
Francis, on a historic first visit by a pope to Iraq, visited the northern city to encourage the healing of sectarian wounds and to pray for the dead of any religion.
The 84-year-old pope saw ruins of houses and churches in a square that was the old town’s thriving centre before Mosul was occupied by Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. He sat surrounded by skeletons of buildings, dangling concrete staircases, and cratered ancient churches, most too dangerous to enter.
Bombay HC upholds bail granted to alleged ISIS member Areeb Majeed
India
Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 16:14 [IST]
Mumbai, Feb 23: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld a special court s order granting bail to 27-year-old Areeb Majeed, accused of having links with the Islamic State (ISIS) terror network.
A division bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale disposed of an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), challenging the special court s order granting bail to alleged ISIS member Majeed.
In March last year, Majeed was granted bail by a special NIA court which noted the pace of the trial was slow and also on the ground that the prosecution had not succeeded in proving its prima facie case against the accused.
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