Thu 19 May 2022: To uphold Islamic and historic cultural values, the Kabul Municipality has built a mosque in the Kampani area of Kabul with its tomb and other designing similar to the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a Palestinian City, which is equally important and sacred for Muslims, Christians and Jews and […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: The French city of Grenoble approved the wearing of the so-called “burkini” by Muslim women in public swimming pools on Monday. In recent years, the all-in-one swimsuit, which is worn by some Muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, has become a heated issue over the holiday season. […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: A court in north India has banned large prayer gatherings in the historic Gyanvapi Mosque after a survey team allegedly found Hindu relics there, a lawyer representing a group of Hindu women said. Caretakers of the mosque say they will knock on the doors of the country’s top court, arguing the […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Devasahayam, who converted to Christianity in the 18th century in the then kingdom of Travancore, was declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican today. Devasahayam, also known as Lazarus, is the first Indian layman to get sainthood for what the Vatican calls “enduring increasing hardships”. Born Neelakandan Pillai in […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Pope Francis, who is battling a knee problem that has recently forced him to cancel some events and use a wheelchair, will visit Canada in late July, the Vatican revealed on Friday. Pope Francis will visit Canada from July 24 to 30, stopping in Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit, according to the […]
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Sheikh Khalid Al-Hanafi, Taliban’s Acting Minister of Enforcement of Good and Prohibition of Evil. Sat 07 May 2022: Afghanistan‘s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public. “We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety,” said Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Taliban’s vice and virtue ministry. […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Social media companies are failing to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, failed to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them,” said the Center for Countering […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: Having come to the end of yet another Ramadan, a month of mercy, abundance, contemplation, and self-contemplation, we have reached Eid. In other words, we have reached the starting point, which is where we remove all the distances separating us, where we eliminate all the elements, occupations, and troubles that isolate […]
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Tue 03 May 2022: Washington: Around the world, Muslims are being targeted with violence, US President Joe Biden said on Monday asserting that Muslims make America stronger every single day even as they still face real challenges and threats in the society that they live in. At a White House reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Biden […]
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Tue 03 May 2022: In an interview released on Tuesday, Pope Francis stated that he requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to try to end the conflict in Ukraine, but that he has yet to receive a response. The pope also told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that Russian Orthodox […]
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