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Iqna: It may be a struggle for the thousands of Muslim athletes, officials and supporters arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games later this year, to find an appropriate place to pray. The answer might just be found roaming the streets of Tokyo on the back of a truck. By …

Score one for the girls! A Milwaukee basketball team is being recognized nationally for their style and skill on the court. Salam School is an Islamic school in Milwaukee, and the school’s basketball program is one of the few Muslim programs in the country. According to Rahyafte On Saturday, Jan. 25, …

– The Metro, a British daily, reported a 12-page document released by counter terrorism police in southeast England was intended to give examples of behavior to look out for that could be considered “extremist.” Britain’s anti-terror police were forced to withdraw a document that said believing Muslims were oppressed was …

Now it has been confirmed. Monitoring group Tell Mama confirmed as much in September 2019. Islamophobic incidents rose by 375 per cent in the week after Johnson compared veiled Muslim women to “letterboxes”, hardly surprising, given the fact that he garners support from right wing commentators such as Tommy Robinson …

– The building in the borough of Sainte-Foy is currently undergoing major renovations, estimated at $1.2 million, that will make the place of worship safer and create more space for the growing number of worshippers,  according to the mosque’s former president, Mohamed Labidi. “It is comforting — after everything we …

– FORMO is an umbrella body, representing 16 Muslim organisations across the borough. Rayla Javaid and Sultanah Parvin were elected to the Federation of Redbridge Muslims’ (FORMO) leadership panel following chair Farouk Ismail’s completion of his four-year tenure. FORMO is an umbrella body, representing 16 Muslim organisations across the borough. …

– U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire for retweeting a photoshopped image of Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on Monday. The tweet drew outrage from the Muslim community in the U.S. who pointed that the image reinforces anti-Muslim stereotypes. The photo in question, which was originally …

– A Muslim fast food worker shared a clip on Twitter Monday which shows her boss sending her home, for coming to work at Chicken Express in Fort Worth, Dallas wearing a Hijab. Folake Adebola shared a short video which shows a confrontation with her boss, where she pleads, “It’s …

A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and remove her hijab for a booking photo over a traffic offense, the woman and her attorneys said Tuesday. Aida Shyef Al-Kadi appeared with her attorneys at the Minneapolis headquarters of …

Speaking at a forum in Tehran on Tuesday marking the 4th anniversary of the Zaria Massacre in Nigeria, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani said Islamic countries should use their social and political capacities and demand ensuring Sheikh Zakzaky’s health. The Secretary General of the World Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly urged Muslim countries to …