No quota for participation in Hajj has yet been allocated to Muslim countries. An official of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Department of Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province , Abbas Khodashenas, noted that Saudi Arabia has announced it will receive a total of one million pilgrims from all Muslim countries for this …
Read More »Ilhan Omar urges Biden to act on anti-Muslim discrimination in India
USA’s Congresswoman Ilhan Omar pressed one of President Joe Biden’s most senior diplomats on USA support for India. Omar, who is Muslim, directly asked Wendy Sherman, Biden’s deputy secretary of state, how US support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is “promoting a free and open region,” and lambasted what she …
Read More »Hamas Warns Zionists Against Aggression in Al-Quds
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned the occupying regime against pressing ahead with its open aggression against Palestinians in the occupied East Al-Quds, particularly Muslim worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Ismail Rezvan, a senior member of the movement, warned Zionist regime authorities on Tuesday “not to test” the resistance …
Read More »India: Amnesty condemns denial of bail to Muslim activist
Amnesty International condemned denial of bail to jailed Muslim activist Umar Khalid. Amnesty India’s chief Aakar Patel said: “Umar’s continued detention for over 18 months comes against the backdrop of a rapidly shrinking space for critical voices and sets a chilling precedent for anyone whose views the authorities disagree with.” …
Read More »German university apologizes for discrimination against Muslim students
A German University has expressed an official apology to two female students for being targeted by discrimination. HM Hochschule Munchen said on Twitter that “it offered sincere apologies” to the students who were asked by instructors to remove their headscarves during online exams to rule out any suspicion of fraud. …
Read More »USA: Waterloo-CF Islamic Center invites people to learn about Islam
Waterloo-CF Islamic Center invited the mosque neighbors last Saturday to educate them about Islam. The event came in response to the incident of vandalism that occurred at the Al-Noor Islamic Community Center of Waterloo-Cedar Falls in December. Studies have shown that those who cannot identify something, find it threatening or …
Read More »Ukrainian woman converts to Islam in Yasuj, Iran
A Christian woman from Kiev, Ukraine, converted to Islam in Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. “Laylia Hichak” converted to Islam in the office of the Friday prayer leader of Yasuj, “Hujjatol-Islam Seyyed Nasir Hosseini,” and became a Muslim. The 20-year-old Ukrainian who was studying dentistry at the …
Read More »British Conservative MP’s Islamophobia claims ‘incredibly serious’: Dominic Raab
Britain’s deputy prime minister said a Conservative MP who says she was told by a government whip that she had lost her ministerial role because her being Muslim was ‘making colleagues uncomfortable’ should make a formal complaint about the incident. Speaking to Trevor Philips on Sky News, Dominic Raab said …
Read More »What is the definition of “Muslim” according to the Quran?
Answering a religious question about definition of “Muslim” according to the Quran. Question: What is the definition of “Muslim” according to the Quran? Answer: According to the Quran a Muslim is one who has absolutely surrendered to Allah and his commands and believes in pure Tawhid (the oneness of God) that isn’t …
Read More »American Muslims denounce Texas synagogue hostage-taking
Muslim groups in the United States have slammed hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Texas. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, denounced the incident on Sunday. “This latest anti-Semitic attack at a house of worship is an unacceptable act of evil. …
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