The Night of Destiny
Sarmad Naveed Islam ‘The Night of Destiny’ 15th May 2020 As the month of Ramadan winds down into the last ten days, it marks perhaps the most anticipated time […]
Modi Denies India Is Targeting Muslims. We Found a Different Reality.
By Karan Deep Singh, Emma Cott, Natalie Reneau and Suhasini Raj April 4, 2020 How can someone who’s lived for years as a citizen of India suddenly be declared illegal? […]
Ramadan 2020 – When homes become mosques
24th April 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Abstaining and refraining from things for our own benefit is something that sounds all too familiar in the current climate. With Ramadan now […]
Guidance issued for Ramadan under UK lockdown
Source: Arab News Ramadan is usually a vibrant and social time for large communities to come together. (Social media) Mosques across the country had already been adapting to the pandemic […]
Yesterday, Jews were demonised for spreading disease. Today, it’s Muslims
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 6 days ago In countries like India and Israel Muslims are being scapegoated for the spread of Covid-19. When the Black Plague ravaged Europe in the middle of the 14th Century, killing roughly 50 percent of those infected and one-third of the continent’s […]
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under […]
Religion retains importance despite worshippers’ isolation
Tala Jarjour April 14, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/zjy6v As each of the three main religions of the Middle East celebrates one of its major feasts this month, many a gathering […]
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. […]
New Zealand : One better than none at Blenheim’s ‘Meet a Muslim’ session
Sophie Trigger 15:17, Mar 12 2020 SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Blenheim man Michael Scott had come to the session with an “open mind,” he said. “Already you’ve put my mind at rest […]
Europe ‘will become Muslim if refugees don’t go home’, Dalai Lama says
28 Jun 2019 The Dalai Lama has said he thinks Europe could become ‘African or Muslim’ if refugee stay in their adopted countries (Picture: EPA/Reuters) The Dalai Lama has […]
The Trevor Phillips Islamophobia row proves Labour has a long road back to power
The party is right to take allegations of Islamophobia seriously, but the process leaves a lot to be desired Andrew Grice @IndyPolitics INDEPENDENT.CO.UK Despite the media focus on the coronavirus […]
What next for India’s Muslims? More suffering and a further crackdown on their rights by the Modi government
If identity documents are lost – including in attacks such as those seen in Delhi – it is not difficult to envisage a scenario in which a proportion of the […]
How many Hindus live in Muslim countries?
Source: Facebook 6.3 million Hindus live and work in Saudi Arabia. 1.6 million in Oman. 1.1 million in Kuwait. 0.9 million in Bahrain. 1.3 million in Qatar 9.0million in UAE! […]
Workplaces must make room for Muslim women – starting with our toxic drinking culture
A new report has found many Muslim women give up on their career ambitious due to hostile professional environments Nimra Shahid @nimrashahid_ 2 days ago Imagine you’re in a room […]
How Arab leaders abandoned Muslim causes
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 30th January 2020 The drastic realignment of international alliances leaves vulnerable Muslims with few powerful friends. US President Donald Trump’s unveiled peace plan, a promise to […]
Indonesian Government Deploys ‘Mosque Hunters’ Who Use Drones to Combat Radicalism
Indonesia is home to an estimated 700,000 mosques, and some of them are teeming with radical ideologies. by Adi Renaldi ; translated by Jade Poa 22 January 2020 How […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
Muslims treated differently by newspapers, says press watchdog
Fleet Street regulator will issue guidance to editors on ‘difficult’ issue next year Patricia Nilsson in London December 30 2019 The portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the British press […]
BJP Ally SAD Demands Inclusion of Muslims in Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Agency News ANI| Dec 21, 2019 Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday demanded that Muslims should also be included in the Citizenship […]
India citizenship law protests spread across campuses
Dec 16, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday […]