Thu 02 July 2020: Turkey’s top court completed the hearing on whether Hagia Sophia should remain a museum or be turned into a mosque ends and will deliver a written verdict within 15 days. From a symbol of Christendom after its establishment by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the sixth century, to an emblem of […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: Every page of massive Quran took a full month to carve into wood, says creator Shofwatillah Mohzaib PALEMBANG, Indonesia: The world has many giant Qurans, but its only giant wooden Quran can be found in Palembang, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province. Known as the largest wood-carved Quran in the […]
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Sat 27 June 2020: Interest-free banking sector rapidly developed in past 20 years, says head of Participation Banks Association of Turkey ANKARA (AA) – The head of the Participation Banks Association of Turkey said Friday that the Islamic economy cannot be defined as capitalist or socialist, but should be considered a “third way” without the negative […]
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Thu 25 June 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) supports the recent decision taken by Saudi Arabia to host a limited Hajj season this year based on risk assessments under WHO guidance, the organization’s chief said in a press conference on Wednesday. “Earlier this week, the government of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Saudi Arabia will enforce several health measures and protocols for Muslims who will be performing the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage in an effort to prevent the deadly coronavirus from spreading, the Kingdom’s Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq al-Rabiah said on Tuesday. The Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: A Tennessee newspaper has said it is investigating what its editor called a “horrific” full-page advertisement from a religious group that predicts a terrorist attack in Nashville next month. The paid advertisement that appeared in Sunday’s editions of The Tennessean from the group Future for America claims Donald Trump “is the […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Saudi Arabia will allow Hajj pilgrimage for a ‘limited number’ of people this year, due to the continued risk of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Monday. Those people will be of different nationalities and will be people who reside in Saudi Arabia. Hajj is one of the five pillars of […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: Muslim males have the highest rates of death involving Covid-19 among all religious groups, with a risk of dying that is 2.5 times higher than males who have no religion, new analysis suggests. The age-adjusted mortality rate for Muslim males in England and Wales during the first few months of the […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: The companions of Prophet Muhammad served in transferring the Islamic holy book to future generations. The Quran was compiled into a book in the time of the first caliph, Abu Bakr The journey of the Quran, which began to be revealed to Prophet Muhammad during the month of Ramadan in 610, […]
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Sun 14 June 2020: Islamic tools offer a “key” to get out of the economic woes the world is now facing, Turkey’s president said on Sunday. “Over-financing has created a bloated economic model, which acts only over concern about unearned income, without considering social and human costs,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the 12th International Conference […]
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