Fri 07 February 2020: An International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) released a statement following the announcement of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, describing it as an attempt at an “eradication war” and calling on the Muslim world to “use all means” to fight it. “The Union is closely following what is […]
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Fri 07 February 2020: Tokyo has found an innovative way to help thousands of Muslim athletes, officials, and supporters arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games later this year, pray. The answer might just be roaming the streets of Tokyo on the back of a truck. By the time the Games start in July, there […]
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Thu 06 February 2020: CLAIM A video of Chinese President Xi Jinping is being shared with the claim that he visited a mosque and “sought the blessings of the Muslim community” amid the coronavirus outbreak. This is the caption of the video: “China president xi jinping visited masjid and request Muslims for dua in present crisis country […]
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Wed 05 February 2020: The first mosque in Slovenia was opened in the country’s capital Ljubljana, AFP reported. This happened after overcoming a number of financial obstacles and defeating right-wing opposition parties, 50 years after the request for its construction was officialy made. Islamic community head Mufti Nedzad Grabus said the mosque’s opening was “a turning point in our lives.” […]
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Saudi Arabia has succeeded in registering seven items on UNESCO’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. (SPA) Mon 03 February 2020: The Saudi Ministry of Culture on Sunday hosted a workshop and coordination meeting to register Arabic calligraphy on UNESCO’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Riyadh. Sixteen Arab countires are participating in the five-day meeting […]
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Nigerian Muslim Women protest after Shutting out Muslim girls from school for wearing headscarves. FILE PHOTO: Anadolu Agency. . Sun 02 February 2020: The start of February marked World Hijab Day, (WHD) but it was met with an array of mixed feelings from many. Founded by American Muslim woman Nazma Khan in 2013, WHD aims to “foster […]
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Sat 01 February 2020: All eyes were on Brexit, and now Britain finally left the European Union, what will happen to ethnic minorities and British Muslims? The Independent reported that almost a third of Brexit voters believe “Muslim immigration is part of a secret plot to Islamicise Britain” while some voters are “more interested in […]
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Fri 31 January 2020: William Henry Abdullah Quilliam, a prominent Islamic leader of the U.K., founded the first mosque and Islamic center in Liverpool in the 19th century after he converted to Islam following a short trip to Morocco. A journalist and lawyer by profession, Henry, a Christian, became Abdullah after returning from Morocco in […]
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Thu 30 January 2020: Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem have shut off access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the Old Jerusalem area yesterday (29 January) afternoon, further increasing tensions in the city amid the proposed ‘peace plan’ offered to the Palestinians by the US and Israel. According to an official source from Jerusalem’s Islamic […]
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Thu 30 January 2020: A new project by two Turkish universities would give mosques in Turkey a chance to generate their own energy with wind turbines. A group of researchers from Karadeniz Technical University (KTÜ) in Trabzon and Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (KSÜ) proposed to place vertical-axis wind turbines on mosques’ minarets and roofs that […]
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