Coronavirus is changing how American Muslims hold funerals
Islam has specific guidelines for dealing with burials, but some rituals are being changed to help prevent the spread of the disease One of the biggest problems for Muslim families […]
Egypt to ban Ramadan gatherings to counter spread of coronavirus
Apr 7, 2020 – swissinfo.ch CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will ban any public religious gatherings during the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan starting in around two weeks to counter the […]
BBC broadcasts Muslim prayers on radio for the first time
Source: Arab News Mosques and other places of worship in UK have been closed since March 23 in efforts to curb spread of coronavirus LONDON: Muslims in the UK can […]
UNTOLD STORY SPECIAL: Khalifatul Masih, The Muazzin, an Empty Mosque and a Worldwide Audience
Syed Mohammad Ahmad Nasir 6th April 2020 Recollections of Syed Mohammad Ahmad Nasir 3rdApril 2020 Today is 3rd of April 2020 …. It is Friday. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih (aba) is […]
Help the Hungry: New volunteers sign up to help huge emergency food aid operation
‘I had some extra time, and I really wanted to do something useful with it,’ says 30-year-old marketing executive now helping pack parcels going out to vulnerable people Adam Forrest […]
A new world will be established, and Islam will have a key role in it
Yusuf Kaplan 05 April 2020 Humanity is going through one of those rarely-seen general epidemics in history. It is more the fear of the virus than the epidemic itself that frightens people. Muslims have been the type of people to be most resistant against major epidemics, wars and disasters. […]
Muslim bloc rejects India’s new law in Kashmir
OIC says new law may change demographic structure of disputed territory Islamuddin Sajid 05.04.2020 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) rejected the new laws introduced by the Indian […]
What impact is COVID-19 having on Middle East conflicts?
The novel coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and has the potential to topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations. The United […]
Ramadan Is Coming; Muslims Advised to Perform Tarawih at Home
Sunday, 5 April 2020 Translator: Non Koresponden Editor: Laila Afifa 4 April 2020 Nahdlatul Ulama Central Board (PBNU) chair KH Said Aqil Siroj speaks during the NU national meeting and […]
If Saudi Arabia is forced to put the Hajj on hold, it will not be without precedent
Arab News Sunday . April 05, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/4xx98 MOHAMMED AL-KINANI April 04, 2020 Saudi minister’s remarks have called into question viability of this year’s Hajj amid coronavirus crisis […]
Official English Translation: Special Address by Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
2nd April 2020 ©Makhzan-e-Tasaweer On 27th March 2020, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), delivered a special message […]
Mecca, Medina get 24-hour curfew; Gulf migrant worker districts locked down
FILE PHOTO: General view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the fear of coronavirus […]
Two young American doctors spend honeymoon fighting coronavirus
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Source: Swiss Info By Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – She’d picked her dress, they’d booked their honeymoon and […]
Sudan plans to abolish death penalty for quitting Islam
By Tamar Svanidze Journalist, Global Affairs Khartoum Mosque The government of Sudan is expected to no longer hand down a death sentence for those found guilty of apostasy, a crime that is highly frowned upon in the Islamic world. The government did say that the law also must go further […]
Hajj Likely to be Cancelled this Year
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Dear Muslim brothers […]
DİTİB launches aid campaign for mosques in Germany amid pandemic
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Politics Apr 01, 2020 The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) launched an aid campaign for mosques in Germany with the call “Now […]
Saudi Arabia’s Hajj and Umrah minister tells Muslims to wait for coronavirus clarity on pilgrimage
Source: Arab New The largest annual gathering of Muslims is scheduled to begin in late July RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims to wait for more clarity on the coronavirus […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at supports Gambia Red Cross
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, The Gambia, in collaboration with Humanity First on Friday donated sanitary materials to the government of The Gambia through The Gambia Red […]
Plan to train repentant Boko Haram insurgents illogical, unthinkable –Alatoye, Ahmadiyya National Head
Published March 28, 2020 National Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Alatoye, talks about religious harmony, Boko Haram insurgency, insecurity and other issues with SIMON UTEBOR What […]
Mosques face up to pandemic as Friday prayers bring coronavirus risk
Mar 20, 2020 – By Yuddy Cahya, Umit Bektas and Abdi Sheikh JAKARTA/ISTANBUL/MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The coronavirus stopped communal Muslim prayers for the first time in living memory in […]