Judge M. M. Edwin Paramjothy imposed a 26-month jail term for the first charge and a six-month term for the second charge on Danny Antoni, 29, and ordered the sentences to run concurrently from the date of his arrest on March 6, 2019. The Sessions Court has sentenced an unemployed …
Read More »Muslim leaders praise Ankara’s decision on Hagia Sophia Mosque
Last week, Turkey’s Council of State annulled a 1934 Cabinet decree that had turned Hagia Sophia into a museum after nearly 500 years of use as a mosque.
Read More »Sheikh Zakzaky’s Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Case, Immediate Release (+Video)
The lawyers of jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky have called for the dismissal of the case against him and his wife as well as their immediate release from the Nigerian government’s captivity. Zakzaky’s lawyers demanded, in a motion presented to the High Court of Justice in Nigeria on Thursday, …
Read More »Canada’s MuslimFest to go virtual for 2020
In 2017, they diverted tons of garbage away from landfill by recycling and separating compostable waste at the Waste Station thanks to the festival’s dedicated Green Team.
Read More »US: Muslim groups work together to fight against racism
People of all races and people of all backgrounds,” said Dr. Sabeel Ahmed with GainPeace.
Read More »Turkey arrests man for insulting the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Islam
The chief public prosecutor’s office in Istanbul started an investigation over a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) that was deemed offensive shared on social media, said: “The scum who insulted our Prophet (PBUH) was arrested,” Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said. The Turkish authorities arrested a man on Tuesday over …
Read More »Muslim doctors in Mumbai battle stress, stigma to fight COVID-19
They didn’t speak ill of me. Everyone said the same that this is politics”, said Dr Shamsi.
Read More »Bosnia Muslims mourn their dead 25 years after Srebrenica massacre
In order to avoid large crowds on Saturday, organisers invited people to visit the memorial centre over the whole month of July. (AFP)
Read More »Muslim worship at Hagia Sophia to begin on July 24 — Erdogan
The Muslim worship at the Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, which was turned from a museum into a mosque on Friday, will begin on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation on Friday. “Upon the completion of preparatory measures, we plan to …
Read More »Why Has Islamophobia Risen in America?
Fair Observer talks to Arun Kundnani, the author of “The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror.
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