Category: Religion

Qatar Chamber chairman and ICCIA first vice chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani (2nd from left) presided over the 29th ICCIA board of directors meeting held Saturday in Karachi, Pakistan. Mon 18 November 2019: Qatar Chamber (QC) will host the “Halal Conference and Expo 2020” in Doha, which aims to showcase Halal products and mechanisms […]

Fri 15 November 2019: Pope Francis has called on the tech industry to do more to prevent children from viewing pornography and to help curb the spread of child pornography, which has plagued the church in recent years. The Pontiff made the remarks during a two-day Vatican-run “Promoting Digital Child Dignity” conference, which was attended by religious […]

Fri 15 November 2019: Footage of ‘actual images of Noah’s Ark’ to be incorporated in new documentary Noah’s Ark-2, says director The ship-shaped formation discovered half a century ago in eastern Turkey has opened new horizons about Noah’s Ark with its three-dimensional images. Discovered in 1959 in the Dogubayazit district of Agri province by Captain […]

Thu 14 November 2019: An imam in southwestern Muğla province learned sign language in order to give sermons to deaf Muslims. Idris Sarı, the imam of Akyol Mosque in Menteşe district, said he learned sign language to better communicate with handicapped believers in his community. Sarı said he took up sign language at a community […]

Mon 11 November 2019: Saudi Arabia and Russia signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding on Islamic cooperation aimed at “introducing Islam and its noble values” and exchanging researches, books and scientific publications in various languages.   The MoU includes holding scientific symposia and joint training courses, the participation of scholars and preachers specialized in […]

Mon 11 November 2019: In Paris, the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) organized a march on Sunday to call a halt to discrimination and aggression against Muslims across the country. The march comes just a couple of weeks after two people were seriously wounded during a shooting at a mosque by a far-right terrorist. […]

World’s Oldest University | Guinness World Records Sat 09 November 2019: The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al Quaraouiyine or Al-Karaouine (Arabic: جامعة القرويين‎; Berber: ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴰⵕⴰⵡⵉⵢⵢⵉⵏ; French: Université Al Quaraouiyine), is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world […]

WHY DO MORE NON-MUSLIMS CHOOSE ISLAMIC BANKING IN UAE? Thu 07 November 2019: Islamic banking continues to maintain its appeal not just among the Muslim residents but also among the non-Muslims in the UAE, according to Islamic Banking Index 2019 released on Wednesday. “Islamic banking is on the rise in the UAE as three out […]

Yusuf Islam invites Erdogan to attend Cambridge Mosque opening ceremony Thu 07 November 2019: Renowned British singer, Yusuf Islam, last week invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the opening ceremony of the Cambridge Mosque next month. The invitation came during a meeting between the two men in Istanbul, the Anadolu Agency reported sources in the […]

New media guidelines for reporting on Muslims and Islam published Wed 06 November 2019: A new report with media guidelines for reporting on Muslims and Islam has been published today in Scotland. The document has been produced by the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Tackling Islamophobia in conjunction with Newcastle University and the National […]