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reported that following the survey "ew public mosques will be built in the areas where there are no official mosques, while the scales of Imams and khatibs of the government mosques will be upgraded." And further claiming "the government mosques will be used to solve public problems and bring
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was raised against the two artists alleging blasphemy and hurting public religious sentiments. In 2021, the Auqaf department lost the administration of
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