Haram Presidency deploys 10,000 staff for Haj

Tue 16 July 2019: MAKKAH — The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has mobilized more than 10,000 men and women staff to implement its operation plans for the upcoming Haj. Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the presidency, said that the plan covers 140 initiatives in the administrative, service, guidance, engineering, technical, technological […]

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Turkey refurbishes historic South African mosque

Sat 13 July 2019: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has completed massive renovations at a historic mosque in Johannesburg’s Soweto township. “We were approached by leaders of the Soweto Mosque to assist in repairing its roof, but we decided to renovate the entire mosque,” Mehmet Akif Sekerci, TIKA’s coordinator in South Africa, told […]

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Prosecutors complete indictment of televangelist Oktar

Sat 13 July 2019: Adnan Oktar and gang are charged with espionage, attempt to murder and sexual abuse Turkish prosecutors have completed the indictment against the controversial Turkish televangelist, Adnan Oktar, and his collaborators, judicial sources said on Friday. Oktar, who owns a TV channel, was arrested in mid-2018 along with over 200 collaborators, following […]

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Senior Scholars, Minister of Islamic Affairs Warn From Disrupting Hajj Season

Fri 12 July 2019: The Saudi General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars welcomed pilgrims, who have begun arriving in the Kingdom to perform Hajj this year. Earlier, the Saudi cabinet renewed its call to all pilgrims not to politicize this Hajj season or raise any political or doctrinal slogans and devote their time […]

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Turkish businessman refuses entry to veiled Muslim women in Istanbul hotels, cafes

Fri 12 July 2019: Turks were left shocked and horrified when it was revealed that businessman Muzaffer Yıldırım, the partner of Turkey’s famous comedian Cem Yılmaz, is currently refusing entry to women wearing a headscarf or hijab in his hotels and cafes in Istanbul. On June 29, when Turkish businessman Engin Yakut went to the […]

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Chile removes statute of limitations on child sex abuse amid Church crisis

Fri 12 July 2019: SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed into law on Thursday a bill to remove the statute of limitations on sex crimes involving children amid a sex abuse crisis that has rocked the country’s Catholic Church and claimed more than 200 victims. The law, which first was proposed in 2010, […]

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Islamic tourism has huge potential: Bangladesh premier

Thu 11 July 2019: Tourist traffic within OIC expected to value $243B by 2021, with annual growth of 8.3%, says Sheikh Hasina Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday highlighted the need to promote tourist traffic within the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which constitutes a collective population of over 1.8 billion. Pegging the value […]

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