Saudi’s new visa lottery system has thrown Australian Muslims’ Hajj plans into chaos. The rules changed overnight, forcing many to cancel their flights and hotel bookings. Muslims from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, North America and Europe initially rejoiced when Saudi Arabia announced in April that it would open its …
Read More »New Zealand: Friday Prayer cancelled at mosque in Christchurch ahead of 2019 attacks anniversary
Friday prayer at the mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand was cancelled on the eve of the March 15, 2019 attacks anniversary. It came as the embattled community deals with a COVID-19 outbreak. Imam Gamal Fouda, who survived the mass shooting nearly three years ago, was today due to give a final sermon …
Read More »Justice for Hoda: Thousands sign petition for assaulted Muslim Girl in New Zealand
Thousands have signed a petition seeking justice for Hoda , a Muslim Girl in New Zealand who had her Hijab She said the girls took off her Hijab and filmed her, and that the video had now been shared with boys and girls in the school. She added that the perpetrators attempted to …
Read More »New Zealand: Christchurch Mosque shooter sacks lawyer
Brenton Tarrant, the man who killed 51 people and injured 40 more during a mass shooting at two Mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch in March 2019, sacked his lawyer. Lawyer Tony Ellis was preparing to represent convicted murderer Brenton Tarrant at the coroner’s hearing into the deaths but on Wednesday …
Read More »Police investigating message left near Christchurch Mosque
IQNA: The police are investigating a concerning message that was chalked outside a Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The message, written on the footpath outside Masjid An-Nur in Riccarton Saturday, was reported to the police by the Muslim Association of Canterbury. The message was reportedly written while worshippers were at …
Read More »New Zealand police officially introduces Hijab to uniform
The first officer to don the religious headscarf is thirty-year-old Zeena Ali.
Read More »New Zealand mosque gunman designated as ‘Terrorist Entity’
New Zealand’s PM may designate individuals or groups as terrorist entities, on advice from officials, according to the Terrorism Suppression Act.
Read More »Islamic Women’s Council says police failed to take March 15 threat against Hamilton Mosque from a person in Christchurch ‘seriously’
After the March 15 attacks, the complainant contacted police again to ask if there was any connection, and the council’s submission says police said there was not
Read More »Government officials collect statues of cities
People are demolishing all the fascist statues in the cities
Read More »New Zealand’s Muslims still feel unsafe
Iqna: Before dawn every day, Ms Aliya Danzeisen rises to hear the news so she can prepare her school-age daughters for any harassment they may face for being Muslim. “We don’t feel any safer,” the Muslim community leader says, reflecting on the 12 months since the Christchurch mosque attacks, in …
Read More »