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French Muslim leaders agreed on a charter of republican values. The new 10-point charter “states clearly that the principles of the Muslim faith are perfectly compatible with the principles of the republic,” French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) president Mohammed Moussaoui said. Moussaoui said all eight of the CFCM’s …

The Harvard Law Review has named a Los Angeles-born Egyptian-American as what it believes is its first Muslim president in its 134-year history, elevating him to the top of one of the most prestigious US law journals, Reuters reported. Harvard Law School student Hassaan Shahawy said he hoped his election …

IQNA: An Islamic association of Malaysia on Friday called on the international community to stand up in solidarity with the Kashmiri people and stop human rights abuses by the Indian security forces who are enjoying “impunity for crimes” committed in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In a message on the …

Safwan Choudhry of Muslim Jama’at Canada says local members of his organization discovered smashed windows, shattered light bulbs and a kicked-in fireplace in a building in Conception Bay South on Thursday. Plans for a much-needed mosque near St. John’s have come to light through an act of vandalism at the …

Yemen has suffered through a violent war on its population by forces backed by Saudi Arabia for nearly seven years, during which 233,000 people have been killed, and has left the majority of the civilians’ dependent on aid, according to the UN. The Saudi-led Arab coalition, supported by the US …

IQNA: Saudi Arabia commuted the death sentence for Ali Al-Nimr to a ten year jail term. Al-Nimr was sentenced to death over his alleged role in anti-regime protests in the country’s Eastern Province in February 2012 when he was 17 years old. He is the nephew of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr, …

Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is the first mosque within UK opening its doors for vaccination to take place. In Birmingham, Al-Abbas Islamic Centre vaccinates two people at a time in a multi-purpose hall. The mosque expects to vaccinate up to 500 people in the upcoming weeks.Health workers at the mosque began …

Islamophobic attacks have been on the rise, with Germany reporting over 900 attacks against Muslims and Islamic organizations across the country, a German daily wrote Monday. According to Neuer Osnabrücker Zeitung, at least 901 Islamophobic attacks were recorded in Germany in 2020, a 2% rise compared to the previous year …

It’s late and the room is dark except for the flickering light cast by the television. I should be in bed but the endless analysis and commentary on the trade centre attack and America’s unrelenting military response mesmerizes me. On the screen is an ochre-tinted map of Afghanistan and the …

IQNA: Dozens of Israeli settlers broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem Al-Quds on Monday. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf (religious endowments) said that 47 settlers backed by police forced their way into the site this morning through Al-Mugharbah gate, Anadolu Agency reported. The agency expected more …