Sun 11 September 2022: Commemorations for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks remain an important part of US history, but for Muslim-Americans, post-9/11 ramifications of Islamophobia have bled deep into the fabric of American society more than two decades later. “Muslims continue to be the target of hate, bullying, and discrimination as a result of the […]
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Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari in Samarkand. Thu 01 September 2022: Imam Mohammed Al-Bukhari is considered as one of the most distinguished scholars of Hadith in Islamic history. His book Sahih al-Bukhari, in which the Prophet’s words, actions, or habits were collected, is one of the greatest sources of the prophetic influence in history. His full […]
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Sun 28 August 2022: On Saturday, August 28, local media in Colombia reported that the Church had disclosed the names of 26 priests who were under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. In response to a court decision in favor of Juan Pablo Barrientos, the Archdiocese of Medellin made public the list of those accused […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Pope Francis will name 20 new cardinals on Saturday, chosen from all over the world, in an effort to set the stage for his eventual succession as head of the Catholic Church. As Pope Francis moves closer to choosing the next spiritual leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics, the ceremony is […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: When Pope Francis attends a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan next month he will not meet the Russian Orthodox patriarch, who backs the war in Ukraine, RIA news agency cited a senior Orthodox official as saying on Wednesday. Francis, due to be in the capital Nur-Sultan from Sept. 13-15 to attend the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional […]
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Wed 24 August 2022: Research on racism and Islamophobia conducted by the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in four countries in Europe and the United States has revealed alarming results. The YTB’s “Discrimination Perception” study found that 77% of participants reported facing discrimination based on ethnicity or religion, 88% stated that cases […]
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Tue 23 August 2022: A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad, which sparked large protests in Hyderabad city in India’s southern Telangana state on Monday night. According to Hyderabad police, Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legislative Assembly, was arrested on Tuesday morning after multiple cases were registered against him […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: In a Canadian court on Wednesday, a retired priest pleaded not guilty to an alleged sexual assault that took place more than 50 years ago at an Indian Residential School, Anadolu Agency reported. Arthur Masse, 92, who was not in the courtroom, entered the plea through his lawyer, George Green. The […]
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Sat 13 August 2022: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Thursday that individuals with tourist visas to the Kingdom can now perform Umrah while they are there. The ministry noted that those qualified for e-visas can also receive a tourist visa upon their arrival at airports in the Kingdom. Citizens of 49 countries […]
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Tue 09 August 2022: The Turkish president on Monday commemorated the anniversary of the historical “martyrdom” of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad who was killed in the year 680 during the Battle of Karbala in what is now Iraq. “I hope the Day of Ashura and the (Muslim) month of Muharram, which […]
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