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Thousands of Muslims from across the Triangle came together for the first time on Saturday to celebrate one of the most important holidays in their faith.Eleven Triangle mosques and Islamic organizations joined forces to hold what was billed as North Carolina’s largest Eid festival. More than 8,000 people were expected to walk through the Jim Graham Building at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to celebrate Eid Fest 2024.“It’s wonderful,” said Tanko Braimah of Durham, who came to the festival with his wife and two daughters. “It shows the unity within the Islamic community.”The festival comes as the Muslim community…
The mosque said in a statement that such Islamophobic onslaughts have intensified in recent months as the country voted in EU elections and is preparing to vote in general elections soon. An early legislative election is expected to be held in France in two rounds on June 30 and July 7. 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The Grand Mosque of Paris said in its statement that there is a systemic misuse of Islam and a negative portrayal of the religion in the political discourse. It called for raising…
Tajikistan’s dictator, Emomali Rahmon, has banned headscarves and Islamic holidays! This communist KGB leftover, a puppet of China, should have started by changing his name first!I’ve come across people celebrating this ban in Tajikistan and even suggesting it should be implemented in Türkiye. Don’t be surprised if you find out that these individuals aren’t really Turkish or Muslim at their core!A PERSON WHO HATES ISLAM CANNOT BE TURKISH!Those who hate Islam cannot be Turkish by heritage. A true Turk does not hate Islam, never! Turks are not ungrateful! After embracing Islam, Turks made world history for a thousand years across…
Jaiz Bank. Photo/fOOTPRINTAFRICAJaiz Bank Plc will continue to leverage its market acceptance and innovation to consistently deliver a superior customer experience. Usman further said that the bank would continue to maintain its clear leadership in the non-interest banking market. According to him, from a modest balance sheet size of N12 billion in 2012, JAIZ Bank closed the 2020 financial year at N278 billion (total assets and contingents) and grew all other key performance indices exponentially over the years. The pioneer non-interest bank in Nigeria commenced operations in January 2012 with three branches in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano with a focus…
The Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) said this week Pakistan’s first human milk bank established earlier this month had been suspended pending further guidance from the Council of Islamic Ideology. A human milk bank, breast milk bank or lactarium is a service that collects, screens, processes, pasteurizes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant. For women who are unable to breastfeed or produce enough milk, pasteurized donor breast milk can be an effective approach to feeding. SICHN earlier this month announced its human milk bank…
Police in Euless charged a woman with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after witnesses said she allegedly tried to drown another woman’s children at an apartment complex swimming pool last month. Officers were called for a disturbance between two women at an apartment complex pool off State Highway 360 around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Witnesses told responding officers a woman, who was very intoxicated, had tried to drown a child and argued with the child’s mother, according to Euless police. Police said Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was arrested for public intoxication as she tried to…
KukahFayemi, Babalola cheer bishop on Dicastery membership North Central Muslim Peace Initiative (NCMPI) has called for restraint in reacting to the Christmas message by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, saying the issue is over-flogged. The President, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, told newsmen in Jos, Plateau State, yesterday, that Kukah, for long, had been speaking on the ills in the country, adding that it was improper to give his recent comment an ethnic or religious connotation. He said the ultimatum given to Kukah by a group in Sokoto to apologise or leave the state, as well as the several…
A new law will change the hijab and other Islamic practices across Tajikistan with President Rahmon labeling the head covering as an “alien garment.” The regulation has not pleased many pro-Muslim groups, who argue it violates their religious freedom. The Tajik parliament passed the bill on Friday in an effort to preserve the national culture, with Mr. Rahmon’s regime viewing it as a “threat to the country’s cultural heritage and a symbol of foreign influence,” India Today reported. The new bill also curbs children’s participation in Muslim festivities associated with the important Islamic holidays of Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Ahda, Morocco World…
BEIRUTAt least one person was killed on Saturday after Israel targeted a car in a town in eastern Lebanon.The Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israel “targeted a car at an intersection in the town of Al-Khayara in Western Bekaa.”It added that the attack killed the person driving the car, who was identified as a resident of the town of Lala in Western Bekaa. His identity and affiliations were not disclosed.Private Lebanese channel Al-Jadeed reported that the Israeli attack, carried out with a drone, targeted a leader of the Islamic Group – a Sunni movement – without disclosing his identity.The…
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, represented by the Secretary-General for Islamic Awareness in Hajj, Umrah and Visit, provided 1,485,000 religious services during this year’s Hajj season ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Jun, 2024) Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, represented by the Secretary-General for Islamic Awareness in Hajj, Umrah and Visit, provided 1,485,000 religious services during this year’s Hajj season. Over 2,000,000 pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors benefited from these services from the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Qi’dah in 1445 AH until the end of the current Hajj…
Imam Shadeed Muhammad: message on standards (Photograph supplied)One Love Bermuda Ummah of the Islamic community hosted guest speaker Imam Shadeed Muhammad.His lectures, held at their Masjid Muhammad Open House from Thursday, June 6 through Saturday, June 8, profoundly impacted the community.On behalf of One Love Bermuda Ummah, Ishmael Steede and his wife, Ameenah Steede, shared the inspiration behind inviting Imam Shadeed.“One Love Bermuda Ummah brought Imam Shadeed Muhammad to Bermuda in January 2019 and then again in December 2019,” Mr and Mrs Steede said. “He came highly recommended as someone who can relate to the Muslim experience, especially the youth.“Imam…
The foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Taliban discussed taking “joint action” against Israel in support of Hamas. The Taliban and Iran have cooperated in the past to oust the US from Afghanistan and overthrow the Afghan government. Iranian Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi called on the member states of the Islamic Cooperation Organization to exert pressure on Israel during a phone conversation between the two diplomats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated outlet Mehr News reported on June 17. The Taliban had informed Tehran that it is prepared to…
The Human Milk Bank was established after seeking and receiving a fatwa from Darul Uloom Karachi The building of theSindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Karachi. —SICHN websiteKARACHI: Following a recent religious edict (fatwa), the Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Karachi announced on Friday the suspension of its ‘Human Milk Bank’ and referred the matter to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for further guidance. “The Human Milk Bank was established after seeking and receiving a fatwa from Darul Uloom Karachi, which provided us with the necessary religious endorsement to proceed. However,…
6/21/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — An attack on Monday, June 17, resulted in the deaths of five Christians in Ewehko Village, also known as Anguwan Paul, located in the Maro Ward of Kajuru county. The assailants, suspected militant Fulani Muslims, stormed the village with AK-47s and machetes shouting, “Allah Akbar” or “Allah is Great,” at about 2:15 p.m. as a group of Christians conducted a prayer meeting for the community. Locals told an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer that five people were killed, including an officer at the door of the church. Eyewitnesses reported that the terrorists opened fire…
A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group. The Wayne Township Public Schools superintendent’s office sent out a statement to the district expressing regret over an “inappropriate” question that was asked during a quiz at Schuyler-Colfax Middle School earlier this week. “The question was offensive and contrary to our values of respect, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivity,” the office said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The superintendent’s letter addressed a…
Shortly after Juma’at prayers on 14 April 2023, Umar Usman, 65, received a phone call that shook everyone in his family. His son, 19-year-old Yakubu Umar, had been shot by the police during the Quds Day procession in Abuja, the voice on the phone told him. Later that day, Mr Usman’s family received Yakubu’s corpse. “I couldn’t cry immediately until the next morning when they started praying for his corpse,” Narjis, the deceased’s sister, narrated at their home in Suleja, Niger State. Mr Usman said he was at peace with the tragic incident as he believes Yakubu died a martyr.…
An NIA court’s Special judge has written to the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court, seeking security for Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court) Bareilly Ravi Kumar Diwakar. Judge Diwakar is known for ordering a videographic survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises in 2022. In his letter, NIA court special judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi referred to an FIR lodged by UP ATS against Adnan Khan under various IPC and the UAPA sections for allegedly threatening additional sessions judge Diwakar. In the FIR, Khan has been accused of operating an Instagram account to issue threats against Judge Diwakar, encouraging violence…
FE Team | Published: June 20, 2024 23:55:03 OTTAWA, June 20 (AFP) : Ottawa on Wednesday listed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity while calling on Canadians in the Islamic country to leave.”Our government has made the decision to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told a news conference.Flanked by Canada’s foreign and justice ministers, he accused the Iranian regime of “support for terrorism” and “having consistently displayed disregard for human rights both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the…
With less than ten days remaining until the third Doha meeting, it is still unclear who will represent the caretaker government in this meeting. Zakir Jalali, director of the third political department of the Foreign Ministry, although confirming the participation of representatives of the Islamic Emirate in this meeting, said it is not clear at what level the representatives of the Islamic Emirate will participate. Jalali added that the meeting of special representatives of countries for Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, will be led by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. The director of the third political department of…
Abubakar Mahmud Gumi• Warns Islamic cleric against justifying banditry Northern elders, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CNEPD), have dissociated from recent comments credited to an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, wherein he accused the military of triggering the raging banditry in parts of the North. The Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, who has become an emissary to bandits in forests across Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina and Niger states, had alleged that non-Muslim soldiers were killing in some communities in the North. Leading the Secretary to Niger State Government to negotiate the release of kidnapped pupils…
KukahFayemi, Babalola cheer bishop on Dicastery membership North Central Muslim Peace Initiative (NCMPI) has called for restraint in reacting to the Christmas message by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, saying the issue is over-flogged. The President, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, told newsmen in Jos, Plateau State, yesterday, that Kukah, for long, had been speaking on the ills in the country, adding that it was improper to give his recent comment an ethnic or religious connotation. He said the ultimatum given to Kukah by a group in Sokoto to apologise or leave the state, as well as the several…
MONTREAL — Earlier this week, members of Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day when families traditionally wear their finest clothes, share gifts, feast and pray together. MONTREAL — Earlier this week, members of Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day when families traditionally wear their finest clothes, share gifts, feast and pray together. Religious celebrations are not uncommon at Parc des Hirondelles in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough: for several years the city has authorized an outdoor Catholic mass held by the Italian community on…
Pakistani court orders police to take action against smoke emitting vehicles in Lahore ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) this week directed traffic police officials to impound vehicles emitting smoke and take stern action against people found burning crop residue in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, state-run media reported, in an attempt to curb pollution in the city. Lahore consistently ranks among the world’s most polluted cities every year during the winter season. Last year, toxic smog sickened tens of thousands of people during the winter season, with the thick smog causing flight cancelations and forcing authorities to…
Members of the Korea Association for Animal Protection (KAAP) stage a performance at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, April 11, to protest halal slaughter in Korea. Courtesy of KAAP By Ko Dong-hwanMinister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung / YonhapThe Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is facing criticism for not regulating two halal slaughterhouses that violated Korea’s animal protection law by slaughtering cows without first rendering them unconscious, according to ministry officials and animal rights activists, Friday.The activists are calling on the ministry to take immediate action to suspend the operation of the halal slaughterhouses.The ministry admitted…
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is all set to meet today (June 7) to see the Zil Hajj crescent, which will determine the date for the Eidul Adha 2024 in Pakistan. The meeting would be chaired by Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad in Karachi. The Eid festival is celebrated by Muslims across the country on the 10th of Zil Hajj. Met Office shared prediction for Eidul Adha to be celebrated in the country on June 17 (Monday). As per the prediction, Zilhajj moon is expected to be sighted on June 7 (Friday), leading to Eidul Azha…