Category: Religion

Thu 26 December 2019: The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Tuesday strongly condemned the violence and loss of life in the wake of peaceful protests against the Indian government’s discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 (CAB). The commission said that Muslims and non-Muslims alike across India have categorically […]

Thu 26 December 2019: The Chinese government’s crackdown on religion is increasing at an alarming scale, as the administration attempts to “imprint” socialist and communist values in society. One of the latest step taken to guide faith in the direction of sinicization is “rewriting the holy books of major religions” to eliminate contents that contradict […]

Tue 24 December 2019: With Brexit looming, the economic forecast for Britain might look uncertain, but the booming halal food industry proves that the ‘green pound’ and Muslim spending remains at an all-time high. Just less than a decade ago halal meat could only be bought from small, local butchers in heavily Muslim-populated areas. The […]

Mon 23 December 2019: ‘We are from a people that built such a great civilization from Samarkand to Cordoba,’ says Turkish president Erdoğan Following on its rich history of science and culture, now the Islamic world can forge a new renaissance, said Turkey’s president on Monday. “The Islamic world, which made Istanbul, Cairo, Damascus, and […]

Sun 15 December 2019: Far right groups in Sweden are spewing hatred online by asking people to set mosques on fire and slaughter Muslims, according to a report by Expo magazine. The magazine managed to document the correspondence of 11 different closed groups used by far right groups which were followed by 44,000 people — […]

Thu 12 December 2019: (AFP) SAO PAULO — A Christmas satire on Netflix depicting Jesus in a gay relationship has sparked a backlash in Brazil, where hundreds of thousands signed a petition calling for the film to be axed.  “The First Temptation of Christ” by Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos began streaming on December […]

Tue 10 December 2019: Yemeni worshippers attending a mosque in Sanaa have been ordered by Houthi rebels to pay to use the premises, according to a notice pinned to the gate of the religious institution that has since gone viral online. Mosque goers wishing to pray the early morning dawn prayer must pay 100 Yemeni rials ($0.40), […]

Mon 09 December 2019: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, also known as Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi, a man of thought and a Sufi known all over the world for his teachings, is being commemorated on the 746th anniversary of his death. Thousands of visitors from both Turkey and abroad are attending the international commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary […]

Sat 07 December 2019: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday recited the Muslim holy book, the Quran, following the inauguration ceremony of the new Cambridge Central Mosque in Britain. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!