Why does Muslim society react more when it comes to Palestine?
BY EKREM DEMIRLI NOV 06, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Women holding Turkish and Palestinian flags take part in a sit-in protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza with a sign […]
Global production of Islamophobia exists in many layers: Experts
BY MEHMET ÇELIK DOHA OCT 01, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the conference, Doha, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2023. (Daily Sabah Photo) With Islamophobia now an institutionalized global phenomenon […]
Top court in France backs abaya Muslim dress ban in schools
BY AGENCIES PARIS, FRANCE SEP 07, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A woman wearing an abaya dress walks in the streets of Marseille, southern France, Aug. 29, 2023. (AFP Photo) The French […]
The Muslim world must do more to help Uyghurs being persecuted in China
January 10, 2022 People take part in a demonstration to protest against China’s policies towards Uyghur Turks on the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, […]
France: Criticized over marginalizing Muslims, French bill adopted
26th Jul 2021 By Alaattin Dogru and Esra Taskin PARIS (AA): France has adopted a bill titled “reinforcing respect for the principles of the Republic,” criticized for marginalizing Muslims. Interior […]
Why Animal Sacrifice on Eid-ul-Zuha is an Indispensable Part of Islam
Guest Author | July 21, 2021 By Mohammad Nizamuddin Pasha WITH “BakraLivesMatter” trending on Twitter and the letter dated July 15, 2021 written by the Director Planning, J&K Animal / Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department […]
Humanists given voice in shaping religious education
Source: BBC News Non-religious groups are set to be given a voice in the shaping of religious education in schools. Teaching of the subject is overseen by the Standing Advisory […]
Rohingya plight
Source: ET For the last few years, Rohingya Muslims have found themselves in the awkward place where some of the world’s stateless peoples have lived and subsisted — largely unnoticed and unassisted by the international community. Wedged uncomfortably between the borders of their native Myanmar and Bangladesh — their first […]
Organiser asks Lithgow anti-mosque group to speak at Islam forum rather than protest
Phoebe Moloney16 May 2017 ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE: Usman and Attia-Tull-Karim Mahmood with their children at the Anzac Day service in Lithgow. Usman Mahmood, a Lithgow residents who has organised a question and answer session about Islam on Friday, May 19, in Lithgow has requested community groups to refrain from protesting outside the […]
Saudi police detain young woman for removing abaya
Source: ET DUBAI: Saudi police detained a young woman for violating modesty rules after she removed her abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes women are required to wear, on a main street in the capital Riyadh, local media reported on Monday. The Arabic-language al-Sharq newspaper reported that the woman was detained […]
Aung San Suu Kyi, of turning a blind eye to communal violence
Source: AT Human rights groups accuse the country’s civil government, and its de facto head, the democratic icon Aung San Suu Kyi, of turning a blind eye to communal violence in Rakhine State and Myanmese troops’ excesses against Rohingya Muslims. Those accusations are putting the EU in an awkward position, […]
What’s That You’re Wearing? A Guide to Muslim Veils
WHAT IN THE WORLD What’s That You’re Wearing? A Guide to Muslim Veils What in the World By RUSSELL GOLDMAN MAY 3, 2016 Photo CreditIllustration by Antonio de Luca They are banned in France, mandated in Saudi Arabia and a fashion statement in Indonesia. Veils for Muslim women come in […]
Teachers at Islamic school jailed for 12 months for beating 10-year-old pupil
Source: The Independent Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have been jailed for 12 months for “brutally” beating a young boy with a stick. The 10-year-old victim was […]
Ahmadis referenced in Reclaiming Pakistan by Jibran Nasir: Muslim News, San Franciso
Jibran Nasir on Reclaiming Pakistan references killing of Ahmadis A TALK4PAK EVENT at Fremont Mehran Restaurant By Dr. H. Koya, San Francisco Bay Area. https://fbcdn-vthumb-a.akamaihd.net/hvthumb-ak-xaf1/v/t15.0-10/s480x480/11095245_10207029298151275_706616605_n.jpg?oh=ab4755689b33b51d2ddf83803b542411&oe=55C2B9CC&__gda__=1439360669_b6d55f40a9f3b584bfb3b0f9526f7c70 (Also see attached word doc) FREMONT (Mehran Restaurant) More 200 people attended a hurriedly organized lunch by TALK4PAK group here today featuring visiting public speaker […]
Austria’s Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law
bbc.co.uk: A row has broken out in Austria over government plans to overhaul the country’s century-old law on Islam. The new draft, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, forbids any foreign funding. But Austria’s official Islamic Community says it reflects a widespread mistrust of Muslims and fails to […]
Australian women wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslim community
For one week, Kate Leaney – a Christian woman – has donned a scarf on her head in the Islamic tradition. It’s not because she’s trying stay warm – rather, […]
Canberra Muslim woman stopped wearing hijab for fear of being attacked
Canberra Muslim woman Nurcan Baran says she has stopped wearing her hijab for fear of being attacked. On Thursday Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry approved new interim rules to force Muslim women who cover their faces to sit in a separate glass-enclosed public gallery in Federal Parliament. […]
Australian Muslims fear fallout from terror warnings
There’s concern within some of Australia’s Muslim communities about the impact of a possible elevation in Australia’s terrorism threat rating. READ MORE…
Why are so many people obsessed with Muslim women’s wardrobes?
It’s dangerous to target a minority of women for the way they dress, argues Shaista Aziz If someone asked you to list the most sinister developments of our time, I […]