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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…
Last Updated: June 21, 2024, 14:27 ISTA woman wearing a U.S. flag hijab is pictured during an I am Muslim Too rally in Times Square, Manhattan, New York, U.S. February 19, 2017. (Reuters File Photo)The bill, initially passed by the lower chamber, Majlisi Namoyandagon, on May 8, aims to curb the wearing of what it terms as “alien garments”Tajikistan is set to implement a ban on the hijab and other Islamic garments, following the approval of a controversial law by its parliament. The bill is likely to cause an uproar among the mostly Muslim population of the tightly controlled former…
Tajikistan is set to implement a ban on the hijab and other Islamic garments, following the approval of a controversial law by its parliament. The bill is likely to cause an uproar among the mostly Muslim population of the tightly controlled former Soviet republic, which borders Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.The upper house, Majlisi Milli, passed the legislation on June 19, prohibiting children’s festivities during Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, according to US government-funded Radio Free Europe (RFE). The bill, initially passed by the lower chamber, Majlisi Namoyandagon, on May 8, aims to curb the wearing of what it terms “alien garments.”‘Proper education…
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…
Blake Masters’ battle with Abe Hamadeh in the Republican congressional primary has turned nasty. PHOENIX — For this Decision 2024 Verify, we’re answering a question from 12News viewer Mary Long of Goodyear: “Does Abe Hamadeh have Islamic connections that Blake Masters claims in recent TV ads?” Let’s start with some background on their campaigns. Hamadeh and Masters are competing in a five-person Republican primary in the West Valley’s solidly Republican Eighth Congressional District. The seat is being vacated by retiring Congresswoman Debbie Lesko of Peoria. The district stretches from Phoenix, north to Lake Pleasant and New River. It takes in…
Tajikistan, a central Asian nation neighbouring Afghanistan, is set to impose a hijab ban on its citizens after the Tajikistan parliament’s upper house, Majlisi Milli, passed a law on June 19 prohibiting “alien garments” and children’s festivities during two major Islamic holidays—Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The women’s garments have been arriving in Tajikistan from the Middle East in recent years and are seen by officials as linked to Islamic extremists. (AP/File) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} On June 19, the 18th session of the Majlisi Milli, led by its chairman Rustam Emomali, was held. Now catch your favourite game on…
President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), underlined Saudi Arabia’s unlimited support for the bank’s structural transformation that made it an integrated group, which comes in line with the Kingdom’s endeavor to promote joint Islamic action and achieve development. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Hajjar said that the Saudi government has provided all the necessary facilities to the bank in the form of initiatives, mainly the successive increases in the bank’s capital and support for the bank’s structural formation, with the aim to achieve economic and social development within member-states and Muslim societies in non-member states. The Kingdom has…
Canada has listed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, a move that will bar thousands of Iranian officials from entering the country and begin investigations against senior officials.The IRGC is a branch of Iran’s armed forces, established after the 1979 Iranian revolution that toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a secular monarch allied with the West, and led to the formation of an Islamic Republic headed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shi’ite cleric.The move comes after years of pressure on the Canadian government from the opposition to list IRGC as a terrorist entity.The IRGC has strong political and…
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…
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 international rules-based order.”Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, noting that Ottawa broke off diplomatic ties…
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…
Ottawa [Canada], June 20: Canada on Wednesday (local time) listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code after years of mounting pressure. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, Dominic LeBlanc announced the decision.In a press release, the Canadian government said, “Based on their actions, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the IRGC has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity, or has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with an entity that has knowingly carried…
The Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) has seconded the law banning “alien garments” and children’s celebrations for two major Islamic holidays — Eid al-Fitr (Idi Ramazon) and Eid Al-Adha (Idi Qurbon), known as idgardak (children visit houses of their street or village and congratulate people with Islamic holidays Ramazon or Qurbon). The 18th session of the Majlisi Milli, presided over by its head, Rustam Emomali, took place on June 19. The Majlisi Milli press center says the session seconded amendments made to the country’s laws on holidays, traditions and rituals, role of teachers and educational institutions in raising…
Iran on Thursday condemned as “irresponsible” the decision of the Canadian government to put the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, on its list of terrorist entities. Canada announced Wednesday that it had placed the Revolutionary Guards on its blacklist because Iran had “shown contempt for human rights” and demonstrated a “desire to destabilize the international order.” This is “a hostile measure”, reacted the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, in a press release. “This irresponsible and provocative action is part of the wrong path that the Canadian government has taken for more than a…
Islamic banks represent 28 percent of Qatar’s total banking sector. Islamic banks have experienced a compound annual growth rate of 6.3 percent in their assets over the last five years (2019-2023), surpassing the 4.4 percent growth rate of conventional commercial banks during the same period. The Islamic finance continues its development through expansion to enter new markets as the sector is undergoing rapid expansion. The assets of Islamic banking sector in Qatar experienced a 3.6 percent increase in last year. As per the latest statistics released by the Qatar Central Bank, the assets of Islamic banks in the country reached…
Nikah Halala is a practice observed in certain Muslim communities, particularly in areas where Triple Talaq is legally recognized. In this practice, a woman is required to marry another man, consummate that marriage, and then only can she remarry her previous husband. In recent years, a petition has been filed challenging this practice, along with polygamy, based on the principles of gender justice enshrined in the Indian constitution. The case is currently pending before the Supreme Court.Opponents argue that religious laws and customs should not be subject to scrutiny by the Supreme Court based on rationality. However, this argument…
Broken pieces of glass from windowpanes, smashed furniture, stones, drops of congealed blood, stretchers, and syringes litter the floor of the Medak Orthopaedic Hospital, two days after it was attacked by an enraged mob. This hospital is one of four that suffered severe damage during the communal violence on June 15, two days before Bakrid, an Islamic festival celebrated worldwide.When the hospital reopened after three days of the violence, traumatised workers were still trying to clean up the mess and make it ready for patients. The ayah carefully collecting glass shards and sweeping the broken equipment tears up. Pointing to…
Muslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France’s snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow.For Sarah, there’s a “real risk” of seeing the National Rally (RN) win the ballot, called by President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right party trounced his centrists in early June’s European Union election.The 23-year-old member of a Muslim women’s collective said the win would give the party of Marine Le Pen free rein to pass laws restricting her freedoms in matters of dress and worship.The RN has made no secret of its hostility…
One of the two people accused of killing 14 at a holiday party in California posted an online statement pledging allegiance to a leader of the Islamic State militant group.Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, were killed in a shootout with police hours after Wednesday’s massacre at a social services agency in San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles.The attack was the deadliest mass shooting the United States has experienced in three years.Malik, a Pakistani native who had been living in Saudi Arabia when she married Farook, posted an online statement of support for a leader of…
Image Credits: Wikipedia Canada has officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, following years of pressure from opposition MPs and members of the Iranian diaspora. The action aligns Canada with the United States, which made a similar declaration in 2019, and the United Kingdom, which has signalled plans to do the same. The Canadian government announced the decision on June 19, 2024, reaffirming its commitment to combating terrorist financing. According to the government’s statement, the decision to list the IRGC through the Criminal Code listing policy sends a strong message that Canada will use every…
Ad Concerned Islamic groups have called for neutrality and the rule of law to end the leadership tussle in the Kano emirate. In a statement issued by the groups and jointly signed by Mallam Sani Malami and Sheikh Alhassan Abdulmalik, they said that as concerned citizens of Nigeria, they are compelled to address the escalating crisis surrounding the Kano Emirate. The groups, which include Munazzamatu Fityanil Islam, Majlis Al-Shura, Majma’u Ahbab Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, Sheikh Salihu Malami Foundation, Ahbab Sheikh Ahmad Abulfathi, Samarin Tijjaniyya Ansarudeen Attijjaniyya, Alfatihiyya Association, and Tijjaniyya Grassroots Mobilisation and Empowerment Initiatives of Nigeria (TIGMEIN) demand the…
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 the grassy field. Eid was celebrated in the park last year without objections. But this year, when images of Muslims kneeling down to pray on the grass were widely shared on social media — including…
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 the grassy field. Eid was celebrated in the park last year without objections. But this year, when images of Muslims kneeling down to pray on the grass were widely shared on social media — including…
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…
Screenshot of the false post, taken on June 14, 2024Another video — showing a spacewalk with text repeating the false claim — has been viewed on TikTok more than 37,400 times since it was uploaded on March 7.”The first astronaut who heard the Adhan,” the Indonesian-language text read.Screenshot of the second false videoThe video was also shared with the same false claim in Indonesian-language posts on Facebook; and on other platforms in Hindi and Malaysian.However, AFP found the videos were edited to insert the sound of the Adhan.Songs played on Earth cannot be heard from space, as soundwaves cannot travel in…