FILE PHOTO: first-ever halal fair in Sarajevo hosts around 100 exhibitors from 36 countries on September 27, 2018 Fri 20 September 2019: 3-day event, starting on Sept. 26, expected to host 100 exhibitors from 30 countries in Sarajevo A three-day international halal industry exhibition will open in the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo on Sept. […]
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Wed 18 September 2019: After student leaders at the Dharam Samaj (DS) college ‘warned’ Muslim students to not wear burqas and skullcaps to the facility, in support of Muslims at the institute, students from another college demanded action. However, DS college issued a notice banning the clothing items following the issue. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in […]
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Wed 18 September 2019: A controversial Turkish Islamic televangelist and cult leader has gone on trial on more than a dozen charges, including forming a criminal gang, blackmail and sexual abuse of minors. The trial against Adnan Oktar and 225 of his followers or associates opened in Istanbul on Tuesday. They were arrested last year […]
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Tue 17 September 2019: A religious celebration was marred by tragedy this week as a man participating in a traditional Shiite mourning ritual accidentally beheaded himself. Mohammed Sayum was displaying his prowess at swordsmanship in the Nalanda district of Bihar, in east India, as part of a ritual procession known as the Mourning of Muharram. […]
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SuperSisters is promoted as ‘a global platform for young Muslimahs in east London to share and create inspiring and empowering content’. Photograph: https://www.supersisters.co.uk/ Sun 15 September 2019: A Muslim online lifestyle platform targeting British teenagers is covertly funded by the Home Office’s counter-extremism programme, the Observer has learned. The SuperSisters platform, a blog with supporting social media […]
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Sun 15 September 2019: In video message, Canada-based Tahir-ul-Qadri announces retirement from politics A firebrand Pakistani political leader and religious scholar Tahir-ul-Qadri on Saturday announced his retirement from politics. In a video message from Canada, where he has been settled for several years, Qadri also announced to resign from the leadership of his Pakistan Awami […]
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Fri 13 September 2019: TIKA also carried out renovation works in other mosque, hospital Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) is currently carrying out works to decorate a historic mosque in South Africa with ornamental Turkish calligraphy. The interior decoration of Noor el Hamidiye Mosque — built in Cape Town in 1884 — is underway […]
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As the Kashmir siege enters 38 days of total lockdown, the Indian government does not seem anywhere near normalising the Kashmir situation as it has repeatedly claimed. On the contrary, news reports trickling out of the state are reporting horrific incidents of torture and death of hundreds of innocent Kashmiris. Several international media outlets, and […]
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Thu 12 September 2019: The Council of Ministers has recently approved restructuring of visa system for Haj and Umrah pilgrims as well as for visitors and transit passengers. This is through unifying the visa fee for issuing visa for each person at a rate of SR300. The Cabinet also canceled fee for repeating Umrah pilgrimage. […]
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Thu 12 September 2019: American Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf is under fire for his comments about Syrians and the Syrian revolution. Here is what he said. Courtesy: TRT Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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