Category: Religion

Madrasa e-learning gets 2m users in its first year Fri 18 October 2019: It’s been a year since the Madrasa e-learning platform set out on its mission to make high-tech education accessible to everyone in the Arab world. Now, over two million students are using it regularly, with the site racking up over 45 million […]

Thu 17 October 2019: Two enterprising Saudi clerics have gone viral after realising the country’s introduction of tourist visas provides them with a whole new audience to which they can preach their message. *بدأ السياح بالتوافد على بلادنا ، وبدأ الدعاة بدعوتهم إلى الله .* *اللهم سدد خطاهم ، وبارك في جهودهم ، وأعمالهم وأعمارهم وإنفع بهم الإسلام والمسلمين […]

Thu 17 October 2019: Domenico Giani, who is also the Pope’s chief bodyguard, stepped down amid a scandal stemming from an investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing. He had signed a memo which identified five employees who had been “suspended” and barred entry into the Vatican, though not investigated or charged. It was then leaked to […]

“I never created terrorists” Dr Zakir Naik hit back to NIA Thu 18 October 2019: Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik today hit back at India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) over claims that the majority of Islamic State (IS) supporters arrested in the country had been radicalised through his videos. He also accused the NIA of […]

Shia Muslims demand BBC to removes ‘Undercover With The Clerics – Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade’ Thu 17 October 2019: But a BBC spokesman told MailOnline it won’t be deleted and said: ‘This thorough investigation was conducted over an 11-month period and exposes the sexual exploitation of children and young women. The documentary fully complies with BBC Editorial […]

Fri 11 October 2019: The competent criminal court postponed the verdict on Salman Al-Ouda until Wednesday 30 October, according to his son Abdullah Al-Ouda’s tweet. Abdullah Al-Ouda said: “After the suspicious urgency to fix court sessions for my father Salman Al-Ouda, and after previously deciding to pronounce the verdict today, the court suddenly decided to […]

Tue 08 October 2019: BBC investigation exposes Shia clerics in Baghdad advising men on how to abuse girls I’m walking through the security cordon that leads into Kadhimiyah, one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites. I’m in a queue, along with dozens of pilgrims who have come from all over the world to pay their respects […]

Tue 08 October 2019: The Saudi government announced on Sunday it has destroyed university materials linked to teachings on Muslim Brotherhood, according to a statement by the Minister of Education Hamad al-Sheikh.  “The Muslim Brotherhood harmed education in the kingdom, and universities have had to undergo a significant reform process following years of failed attempts,” Sheikh told […]

Father Nikolai meets President Vladimir Putin the 2012 opening of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Bethlehem, Palestine. Wed 02 October 2019: A celebrated Russian priest who adopted 70 children has been arrested on suspicion of pedophilia. Father Nikolai Stremsky, said to be the patriarch of Russia’s largest family and a recipient of a prize […]