Sat 17 July 2021: Shops in Saudi Arabia may now stay open during prayer times, a leading government-linked newspaper said on Friday, relaxing the kingdom’s strict rules on closing shops and businesses for prayer five times a day. It is the latest in a series of social and economic reforms intended to modernise the kingdom and boost […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Slaughter of cows, calves and camels on Muslim festival Eid al-Adha has been banned in the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by the Animal Husbandry Department and addressed to the police chief for 97% Muslim Kashmir valley, and its divisional commissioner, has asked officials to stop “illegal killing/sacrifice” of […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court said today, in two cases brought by Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs after they started wearing the Islamic garment, Reuters reports. “A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of […]
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Tue 13 July 2021: The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) has adopted a draft resolution including wording on the fight against anti-Muslim hatred at a plenary session, the head of the Turkish OSCE PA delegation said Thursday. Speaking about the two-day plenary session of the OSCE PA, which began […]
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Sun 11 July 2021: Pope Francis on Sunday made his first appearance since his intestinal surgery and spent some time addressing the public from the balcony of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Pope Francis usually says his Sunday prayer from the window of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, but last week’s surgery prompted a change […]
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Sun 11 July 2021: Three people were caught violating regulations set out by Saudi Arabia for the Hajj season, Emirates News Agency WAM reported on Sunday. The accused were attempting to partake in this year’s Hajj without a permit which, as per the rules outlined by the Kingdom’s interior ministry, would make them subject to a fine […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: Canadian imams will express solidarity with Indigenous peoples during weekly Friday sermon at mosques on July 9, after the discovery of more than 1,100 unmarked graves near Indian residential schools across the country. Toronto-based Canadian Council of Imams said the discovery of graves of innocent children “has left us numb with […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed it is fully prepared for this year’s Hajj season and also announced the selection of 60,000 eligible candidates for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday. The ministry said the successful multinational candidates represent 150 countries from […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: Amosque was vandalized in Murcia late Wednesday, less than a month after the brutal killing of a Moroccan man in the southeastern Spanish region. The mosque in the Cabezo de Torres town, inaugurated in 2018, was spray-painted with the phrases “no to Islam,” “stop the invasion” and “Spain’s sovereignty cannot be […]
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Wed 07 July 2021: Pope Francis said Wednesday he was “touched” by the many message of support received following his operation, as the Vatican announced that his condition continues to improve. In his first tweet since surgery for an inflamed large colon on Sunday, the 84-year-old said: “I am touched by the many caring messages […]
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