2020 in religion
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Events
- 3 February – The Ljubljana Mosque, the first mosque to be built in Slovenia, opens in Ljubljana.[1]
- 4 February – The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust is announced for the construction of the Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, India.[2]
- 23 February – Riots break out in Delhi, in which Hindu rioters randomly attack and kill Muslims.[3]
- 1 June – U.S. President Donald Trump oversees the tear gassing of protesters to visit a church.[4]
- 22 June – The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces is opened.[5]
- 10 July – Hagia Sophia is converted from a museum to a mosque.[6]
- 8 October – The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral is shelled during the Battle of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh.[7]
- 16 October – A French schoolteacher is murdered for allegedly displaying a depiction of Muhammed in class.[8]
- 21 October – The documentary Francesco is released, in which Pope Francis makes comments endorsing protections for same-sex civil unions.[9]
- 29 October – As Islamic terrorist attacks the Notre-Dame de Nice in Nice.[10]
- 2 November – The Votanikos Mosque opens in Athens.[11]
- 30 December – The Islamic Defenders Front is banned in Indonesia for its involvement in Islamic terrorism.[12]