Ramadan: Muslims take part in Itikaf – a spiritual retreat
Source: BBC As Ramadan draws to a close, some Muslims around the world are spending the final days in solitude inside a mosque. It’s a practice known as Itikaf – […]
Here’s what you need to know about Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam’s biggest holidays
Source: CNN By Doug Criss More than one billion Muslims around the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr this week, as the month-long Ramadan fast ends and the festivities begin. The celebrations mark a time when communities within the Muslim world come together. What is Eid al-Fitr? One of the most […]
Ramadan approaching its end – Making the most of this time
Alhakam From The Markaz Ramadan approaching its end – Making the most of this time 31st May 2019 By the time these lines reach you, we will be more than […]
Cassis Pompeo talks – Swiss ask US to ease aid deliveries to Iran
Jun 2, 2019 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has called on the United States to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to Iran in a bid to de-escalate tensions […]
The 2020 global crisis and a third world war
JORDAN TIMES – By Talal Abu-Ghazaleh For some time now, I have been sounding the alarm of an impending major economic crisis that may hit globally by the year 2020. […]
UN Torture Report: ‘Demonized’ Assange Has Faced ‘Psychological Torture’
May 31, 2019 • The UN special rapporteur on torture has blasted four nations for imposing psychological torture on Julian Assange. ‘A Relentless and Unrestrained Campaign of Public Mobbing, Intimidation […]
Malta: Experiencing Iftar together
Posted On June 1, 2019 President George Vella and his wife were the special guests of the Muslim Community in Malta for the meal of Iftar that is taken during […]
Malta: President Vella shares meal with Muslim community
By Luisa Apap 02/06/2019 President of Malta George Vella and his wife were amongst an array of people from different religious backgrounds that shared a meal with the Muslim community […]
The mayor who wears a hijab
Source: BBC By Fahima Abdulrahman This is Cllr Rakhia Ismail. She’s the UK’s first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab. Cllr […]
Women across world wear hijab to fight Islamophobia
Source: Anadolu Agency By Büşra Nur Bilgiç Thousands of women are wearing a hijab during the Muslim’s holy month of Ramadan to raise awareness about the head covering and educate […]
Danish Muslims feel backlash as immigration becomes election issue
May 31, 2019 By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Growing numbers of Danish Muslims say they have faced verbal abuse, exclusion and hate crimes since mainstream political parties began […]
UK equality watchdog opens antisemitism probe into opposition Labour party
Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s equality watchdog said on Tuesday it was launching a formal investigation to determine whether Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has discriminated against, harassed or victimized […]
UK equality watchdog opens antisemitism probe into opposition Labour party
Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s equality watchdog said on Tuesday it was launching a formal investigation to determine whether Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has discriminated against, harassed or victimized […]
Racial abuse in the playground? That’s just England in 2019
Lola Okolosie Schools talk about equality and diversity, but when it comes to really challenging racism, they are turning a blind eye @LolaOkolosie Fri 31 May 2019 To celebrate my […]
America’s persecution of Julian Assange has everything to do with Yemen
The US feels enraged by any revelation of what it really knows, by any alternative source of information. Such threats to its control of the news agenda must be suppressed […]
11-Year-Old Iranian Girl Gets the Highest Mensa IQ Score, Beating Einstein, Hawking
Source: NextShark.com By Bryan Ke·May 30, 2019 An 11-year-old Iranian high school student in the United Kingdom is making headlines for getting a remarkable result on her Mensa IQ test […]
Friday Sermon: Laylatul Qadr and Last Friday of Ramadhan
July 25th, 2014 The last ten days of Ramadan are passing by quickly. Muslims give importance to two matters in these last ten days; one is لیلتہ قدر Lailatul Qadr, […]
Israel to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians
Calls for Israeli authorities to rebuild West Bank structures confiscated by military Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Fri 31 May 2019 Israel’s defence ministry plans to hold an auction next week […]
The final punishment of Julian Assange reminds journalists their job is to uncover what the state keeps hidden
If we do our job, we will expose the same vile mendacity of our masters that has led to the clamour of hatred towards Assange, Manning and Snowden Robert Fisk […]
‘Backsliding’ Turkey’s EU bid slips further away – Commission
May 29, 2019 – 14:46 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union are fading, the bloc’s executive said on Wednesday, blaming authoritarian rule for […]