Category: Religion

Sat 07 March 2020: Book Author(s) : Andrew F March Published Date : September 2019 Publisher : Belknap Press Hardcover : 272 pages ISBN-13 : 978-0674987838 he Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew F March comes to us at an interesting time. The 2011 Arab Spring led many across the MENA […]

FILE PHOTO Fri 06 March 2020: Protesters demonstrated outside the famous Matignon restaurant in Paris a day after it turned back a Muslim customer for reportedly wearing a headscarf. A group of English and French women were turned away from a restaurant in Paris last month because one member was wearing a hijab, the Daily Mail […]

FILE PHOTO Fri 06 March 2020: Turkish business body, int’l institute sign two agreements to improve awareness on halal standards The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) and Turkey’s Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD) signed on Thursday two agreements to improve halal standardization capacity and awareness in the region. The pacts, signed […]

Thu 05 March 2020: Recently, criticizing Khatija’s choice of clothing, the writer wrote, “I absolutely love AR Rahman’s music. But whenever I see his dear daughter, I feel suffocated. It is really depressing to learn that even educated women in a cultural family can get brainwashed very easily”. I absolutely love A R Rahman’s music. […]

Wed 04 March 2020: The government of mostly Muslim Tajikistan on Wednesday asked its citizens to avoid going to mosques for Friday prayers as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, though the Central Asian nation has not reported any cases so far. A spokesman for the state committee on religious affairs wrote on Facebook […]

Sun 01 March 2020: Riyadh imposed temporary ban on entry of pilgrims over fears of coronavirus Saudi Arabia has unveiled an electronic system to refund Umrah fees in the wake of the kingdom’s decision to suspend entry for pilgrims over fears of coronavirus. In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said […]

Sun 01 March 2020: (AFP) The Vatican unseals the archives of history’s most contentious popes on Monday, potentially shedding light on why Pius XII stayed silent during the extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Two hundred researchers have already requested access to the mountain of documents, made available after an inventory that took […]

Fri 28 February 2020: Saudi Arabia’s suspension of Umrah travel due to the spread of coronavirus has forced some Muslim pilgrims to abandon their plans as airliners cancel flights last minute, but travel agencies are optimistic that the measures will be short-term, according to agents in the industry. As the deadly coronavirus spread to the […]