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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Hajj 2021: How Jeddah earned its reputation as the city of hospitality 

Jeddah old view, Saudi Arabia. Created by Girardet after Lejean, published on Le Tour du Monde, Paris, 1860. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/cj892 For centuries, the port city of Jeddah on […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Makkah sees safe arrival of pilgrims as Hajj begins

The first group of pilgrims perform the circling of the Kaaba. The first group of pilgrims perform the circling of the KaabaThe first batch of pilgrims arrive at gathering point […]

By Zia H Shah on July 17, 2021 • ( 12 Comments )

Surah Qaf: The First Creation as the Foremost Proof for Afterlife

Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction The Surah very precisely and concisely highlights a very common theme in the Quran of a Creator God, Who has created humans and this universe for a […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

France’s School Lunches Become Battlegrounds in Dispute Over Islam’s Place in Society

A push for broader rules on secularism leaves Muslim families feeling targeted Some conservative and far-right politicians in recent years have ordered local schools to stop serving ‘substitution meals’ to […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Saudi Arabia Shuns Hardline Fatwas in Slow Religious Revolution

A series of changes ordered by the crown prince move the kingdom away from theocracy, risking a conservative backlash. By Donna Abu-Nasr15 July 2021, 06:01 CEST As an agent of Saudi Arabia’s […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

DeFi can be halal but not DOGE? Decentralizing Islamic finance

“We are looking forward to having it blessed, but we’re not looking forward to having a Sharia council because it’s a burden.”  by Elias Ahonen July 16, 2021in Columns, Journeys While Islamic scholars […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim visibility matters – but misrepresenting us does more harm than good

Faiza Saqib Fri, July 16, 2021 As a teen, I often struggled with my identity. I didn’t know what category or label I fit into, it was a feeling of […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Pilgrims head to Mecca for 2nd pandemic hajj

© Provided by WION Pilgrims will begin to arrive in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic with only fully vaccinated […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Afghan Leaders Leave for Doha Seeking to Revive Stalled Peace Talks

By Reuters|July 16, 2021 Afghan Leaders Leave for Doha Seeking to Revive Stalled Peace Talks FILE PHOTO: Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah speaks during an interview […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Purge of Mosque Clergy in Xinjiang’s Ghulja Leaves Nobody Left to Conduct Ceremonies

Chinese authorities took into custody seven religious leaders from the Tahtiyun Mosque in 2018. 2021-07-16 Uyghur residents gather outside a mosque with Chinese slogans on a banner on its fence […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

After being attacked in an ‘act of hate,’ this mosque wants to forgive the perpetrators

The Baitul Kareem Mosque in Cambridge, Ont., was broken into and vandalized, with damages potentially exceeding tens of thousands of dollarsBy Stephanie Bai | July 16, 2021 The Baitul Kareem Mosque in Cambridge, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Once ghost town, Turkish Cyprus’ Varosha hosts 200,000 tourists

BY ANADOLU AGENCY  MERSİN, TURKEY TOURISM JUL 14, 2021 10:43 AM GMT+3Tourists take selfies at the seaside in the fenced-off area of Varosha in Famagusta town in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, June 19, 2021 (AFP Photo) Nearly 200,000 guests have already visited the […]

By Zia H Shah on July 17, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Noah’s Ark Theme Park, The Quran or the Bible?

Epigraph: And as to the people of Noah when they rejected the Messengers, We drowned them, and We made them a Sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Answers to Everyday Issues – Part XVIII: Wishing to die, Heaven and Hell and suffering and overcoming challenges

16th July 2021 Click here for Part XVII Guidance regarding basic Islamic issues – which Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa has given on various occasions in his written correspondence and […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Canadian mosques on heightened alert after Ontario break in

BY ANADOLU AGENCY  TRENTON, CANADA AMERICAS JUL 16, 2021 8:48 AM GMT+3The London Muslim Mosque, which is located about 500 meters from where police arrested the suspect of a hate-motivated attack that killed […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Pakistani Kashmiri activist encourages massacre of Ahmadis

ASIARABWAH TIMES A renowned Pakistani Kashmiri activist has encouraged the massacre of minority Ahmadis by saying Muslims should have killed their leader. Sundas Malik, the chairperson of UJKC (United Jammu And Kashmir Coalition), made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking to a Twitter space audience. Malik said: “I want to […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir ban animal sacrifice on upcoming Eid holiday

SRINAGAR, INDIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPUBLISHED Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned the sacrifice of animals during the upcoming Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, in a ruling that is likely to further […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist killed amid clash between Afghan forces, Taliban

FOREIGN POLICY Both Danish Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what an Afghan commander described as Taliban crossfire. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

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