What is Zakat in Islam? How to Calculate It?
UAEMoments team 7 hrs ago © e7awi What is Zakat in Islam? How to Calculate It? Muslims are asked to perform Zakat, the giving 2.5% of one’s wealth to charity, generally to the poor and […]
First Hijab wearing basketball referee out to blaze trail at Tokyo Olympics
Sarah Gamal will be refereeing 3-on-3 basketball.By Hatem Maher 18 July 2021 1:27 A brief history of the OlympicsGreek mythology says the esteemed sporting competition was founded by a cheater. […]
At this conference, religious minorities told each other’s stories of persecution
JEFF BRUMLEY | JULY 16, 2021 iEthnic Rohingya women and children sit by a fire on a beach after their boat was stranded on Idaman Island in East Aceh, Indonesia, late […]
S.African township becomes ‘racial’ flashpoint in Rainbow Nation
Issued on: 16/07/2021 – Durban (South Africa) (AFP) Armed residents kept warm by the fire while guarding a roadblock outside a township that has become a flashpoint between black South Africans […]
Pope Tawadros II congratulates Islamic countries on occasion of Eid al-Adha
Egypt Independent July 15, 2021 On Thursday, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark Pope Tawadros II congratulated Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of […]
FBNQuest to Examine Halal Investments – the Wins, Gaps and Capital Sweet Spots
Islamic Finance Monday, July 12, 2021 / 3:49 PM / Bukola Akinyele-Yisau / Header Image Credit: WebTV As Islamic finance evolves in frontier markets like Nigeria, retail and institutional investors […]
Saudi Arabia calls for clear mechanism to start negotiations on Ethiopian dam
King Salman chaired the weekly session on Tuesday. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/5bdqj ARAB NEWSJuly 14, 2021 RIYADH: The Saudi government on Tuesday reiterated its support for Egypt and Sudan to […]
Rubio, Colleagues Urge State Department to Address Religious Freedom Violations in Algeria
JUL 12 2021 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony […]
Ocean Viking: Hundreds of rescued migrants disembark in southern Italy
COMMENTS By AP • Updated: 09/07/2021 Staffers distribute food to migrants on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue vessel. – Copyright Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee via AP Hundreds of migrants have disembarked from a humanitarian rescue ship […]
Thousands of medieval Islamic tombs found in galactic pattern
The tombs in eastern Sudan were spaced out in a way that the researchers could not easily interpret, until they found a model for studying patterns of stars and galaxies. […]
Migrants welcomed in Tunisia’s impoverished south
A sub-Saharan migrant learns French at a center run by the Organization for the Support of Migrants, in the southern Tunisian city of Medenine on June 15, 2021. (AFP) […]
Why ‘political Islam’ can be a gateway to democracy
Alain Gabon 9 July 2021 11:03 UTC | Contrary to mainstream rhetoric, Islamist movements can promote civic engagement, defuse the temptations of extremism and aid the integration of Muslims in the West […]
Egypt will defend its citizens with ‘all means available’ if their livelihoods are threatened by GERD: Sameh Shoukry
Shoukry called on council members to adopt a Tunisian draft resolution that calls for resumption of talks geared toward a legally binding agreement on the dam. (File/AFP)Short Url https://arab.news/m8jq2 Egypt […]
U.S. religious freedom monitoring agency raises concern again about abuses in Algeria
Support independent, faith-based journalism. NEWSANTHONY AKAEZE | JULY 6, 2021 i(Bigstockphoto) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed displeasure over a series of recent court decisions that seek to […]
War of words heats up in battle over Nile water
Men fish from boats on the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt, July 6, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/ppmff Egypt, Sudan condemn Ethiopia over second filling of GERD reservoir Downstream countries urge […]
Turkey rejects ‘baseless’ claims in ‘hypocritical’ US report
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY JUL 02, 2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 22, 2018. (Getty Images File Photo) Turkey strongly rejected “baseless” allegations by the […]
Colonial-era privilege is hampering the fight against COVID-19
JOSEPH DANAJuly 02, 2021 22:22467 Short Url https://arab.news/522gf High rates of vaccination and the hot summer weather in the Northern Hemisphere have given many in the West new hope for an […]
Refuting Islamophobic Claims That Jihadists Represent Traditional and Mainstream Interpretations of Islam: Part 8 On Killing Mushrikin and Kuffar
The Quranic Verse 9:5 Commanding the Killing of Mushrikin Can’t Be Applied to the Present World Main Points discussed in part 8 1. Jihadist Use of the Quranic Verse 9:5 To Justify the Killing of Mushrikin of the Present World is a violation of the Quran and rejection of […]
GHANA: Ahmadiyya Mission raises concerns over anomalies in the ongoing PHC questionnaire
By Ghana News Agency -Jul 1, 2021 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana has raised concerns about the questionnaire of the ongoing Housing and Population Census (PHC) had categorised Ahmadi Muslims as […]
Ahmadis continue to tackle Islamophobia at the grassroots
25th June 2021 Islamophobia – a fear or hatred of Muslims – has fiercely grown its roots in the modern world since 9/11. Grassroots efforts are eradicating it. Attacks on Muslims, the rise of right-wing political parties and organisations who fuel their hate with anti-Muslim narratives and anti-Muslim laws across […]