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“If anyone interferes in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, we will respond in kind,” says Islamic Emirate’s Deputy PM Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Islamic Emirate’s deputy prime minister for administrative affairs, stated that the Islamic Emirate does not intervene in the affairs of other countries, and other countries should not interfere in the internal matters of Afghanistan.Photo: Abdul Salam HanafiSource: Google ImagesHanafi added that if any country interferes in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, a similar action will be taken against that country. He stated, “If anyone interferes in Afghanistan’s internal affairs and wants to destroy Afghanistan and torment the Afghan people, then our…

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on all Muslims across the Kingdom to participate in the sighting of the crescent moon of the Arabic month Dhu Al Hijjah tomorrow evening, Thursday. This action is expected to help determine the commencement of the new and last month of the Hijr and also the day the festival falls on (Islamic) calendar. Eid Al Adha, the biggest Islamic festival falls on the 10th of Dhu Al Hijjah, PUNCH Online reports. “If Friday, June 7, is confirmed the first day of Dhu Al Hijjah, Eid Al Al Adha will fall on Sunday June 16,”…

Dr Shaikh Yusuf Estes, an American Muslim preacher who reverted from Christianity to Islam in 1991, has been named the Islamic Personality of 2012 by the 16th session of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award for spreading the teachings of Holy Quran, and for his services to Islam, Muslims and humanity. Published: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 12:48 AM Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 1:15 PM Making the announcement at the Cultural and Scientific Association in Dubai on Monday, Ibrahim Bu Melha, Chairman of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, said: “Dr Shaikh Yusuf Estes, born in 1944, is often…

Saudi Gazette Report RIYADH — An international media forum aimed at bolstering the drive for the global recognition of an independent Palestine State will be held on Sunday, June 9.The Assistant Secretariat for Institutional Communication at the Muslim World League and the Union of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (UNA-OIC) will jointly organize remotely the event titled: “Media and the Palestinian right: Practical steps to build initiatives to recognize Palestine.” The participants at the forum include officials of the news agencies from Islamic countries, international media unions, representatives of international media, a number of international organizations, and…

ISTANBULThe Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Wednesday an Israeli flag march in East Jerusalem to mark Israel’s occupation of the city in 1967.According to witnesses, Israeli right-wing groups staged the march through Jerusalem’s Old City, with right-wing settlers gathering provocatively in the city’s Muslim Quarter.Israeli right-wingers attacked Palestinian residents in Jerusalem’s Old City during the march, witnesses said.In a statement, the Jeddah-based organization strongly denounced Israeli incursions “into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem and allowing settlers to organize a provocative march” in the city.“Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine and is an integral part of…

DOT Secretary Christina Frasco with Mindanao local and cultural performers, participated in the Mindanao Tourism Expo (MTEx) held at the Limketkai Center in Cagayan de Oro City. Photo from the Department of Tourism Facebook page. The Philippines was hailed a Muslim-friendly nation at the 2024 Halal in Travel Global Summit in Singapore, the second time it was recognized on the Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI). GMTI released its annual report benchmarking destinations in the Muslim travel market on May 30, naming the Philippines an “emerging Muslim-friendly non-Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Destination.” The report acknowledged the commendable efforts of…

Ahead of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival, the President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has enjoined the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria to look out for the crescent moon of Dhul-Hijjah 1445AH after sunset on Thursday, Dhul-Qa’dah 29, 1445AH, equivalent to Thursday, June 6, 2024. Sultan Abubakar III gave the directive in a statement signed by the deputy secretary general of NSCIA, Prof. Salisu Shehu, on Wednesday. He stated that: “Scientifically, the expected time for the conjunction of the moon is on Thursday, 6th June 2024 by 1:38 p.m.…

Islamic authorities say more than 1,100 Israelis encroached on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during provocative annual parade.Thousands of Israelis have joined a march through occupied East Jerusalem, with some attacking Palestinians and shouting racist slogans, as part of an annual demonstration marking Israel’s occupation of the city. Footage shared by local journalists on Wednesday showed young men and teenagers chanting, “Death to the Arabs” and “May your village burn” at the so-called “Flag March”. The parade has come amid heightened tensions as Israel pushes on with its war on Gaza, which has killed more than 36,500 people, mostly women and children,…

The Governor of Cross River State’s wife, Rev. Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, has promised the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) her full support and collaboration, acknowledging the organisation’s vital role in creating a future where empowered women can serve as positive influences in society. The governor’s wife revealed this information during a meeting with the Muslim Women Organisation, headed by Ameerah Hajia Lateefah Yahaya Idinye, at the governor’s office in Calabar. Reverend Otu emphasised FOMWAN’s dedication to health, education, and empowering women. He highlighted the organisation’s focus on promoting both Islamic and Western education as instrumental in bringing…

KUWAIT: More women in Kuwait are resorting to freeze their eggs to preserve their productive potentials. This came as a result of the growing global trend of women delaying their marriages and childbearing for the sake of prioritizing their higher educational or career goals, stated Dr Hazem Al-Rumaih, Consultant in Obgyn and reproductive medicine and Head of Reproductive Medicine unit at New Jahra Hospital in Kuwait. “Every day, I see one or two cases from all walks of life seeking this procedure,” he said.While this procedure is permissible under Islamic Sharia, there are still some religious restrictions on it, said…

The mBridge platform is a key initiative under the CBUAE’s Financial Infrastructure Transformation programme. WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) together with the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand, and the Digital Currency Institute of the People’s Bank of China, have launched the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) platform of the mBridge project – a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) common platform for wholesale cross-border payments and settlement. This is the first multi-CBDC platform which has reached the MVP phase, ready for use by early adopters. In…

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) — OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd has pioneered the inaugural Islamic Sustainable Financing Facility for Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) wholly-owned subsidiary, PNB Jersey Ltd, with a £210.0 million  (£1=RM5.99) Islamic Green Financing Facility (Green Facility). OCBC Malaysia is the sole lead arranger and sustainability structuring adviser for the green facility to finance the refurbishment of PNB’s investment property located at One Exchange Square, London. The bank shared that the property is an office tower which has been designed to attain the “Excellent” rating under the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), with a targeted National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) UK…

Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Photo: Fars News) Israel “should await Iran’s response” the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened on Wednesday, after an alleged Israeli strike killed a high-ranking IRGC member in Syria for the first time since the death of a senior IRGC general in Syria in April.IRGC commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami offered his condolences on the death of Saeed Abyar, who was killed in an airstrike near the city of Aleppo in northern Syria on Tuesday while on “an advisory mission,” according to the Iranian regime-affiliated news outlet Tasnim.The New…

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has urged Nigerian Muslims to be on the lookout for the crescent of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, on Thursday. The month, apart from being the last on the Hijrah calendar, is one in which Muslim pilgrims converge on Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, which is the fifth pillar of Islam between the eighth day and 12th of the month. Muslim faithful across the world celebrate Eid Adha, also known as Eid-el-Kabir, on the 10th of the month. The NSCIA, the umbrella body of Muslims…

LONDON, June 05, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Qatar Islamic Insurance Group Q.P.S.C. (QIIG) (Qatar). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.The ratings reflect QIIG’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, limited business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management.QIIG is a takaful insurer and operates through a hybrid model, whereby the shareholders’ fund charges the policyholders’ fund (PHF) a Wakala fee based on gross written contributions (GWC) and a Mudarabah…

15:42, todayAuthor: Asia-PlusThousands of women in Tajikistan are faced with the choice of either choosing a career or wearing Islamic hijab. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, known locally as Radio Ozodi, says Dushanbe authorities has been increasingly cracking down on the Islamic head scarf at schools and workplaces. Radio Ozodi notes that despite the effective ban on the hijab in public institutions, there is no legislation in Tajikistan that outlaws Islamic attire.  But that is about to change. Tajik parliament has reportedly adopted draft amendments to the law on “traditions and celebrations” that will ban the wearing, importing, selling, and advertising…

An Islamic extremist of Moroccan nationality, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, who murdered a pensioner on the streets of this country “inspired” by the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been imprisoned for life, according to a court ruling released this Friday .The murderer, Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, six times on October 15 in the city of Hartlepool (England), just eight days after the terrorist group Hamas carried out an attack against Israel in which killed at least 1.200 people.According to the verdict released by the Teeside Court (England), which applies the sentence to the aggressor,…

AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — For Iraqi Catholics, it’s a date they will never forget. The takeover of Mosul by militants of the Islamic State group 10 years ago began their bloody and destructive rampage over the weeks that followed through the country’s ancestral heartland which Christians called home for the past 16 centuries. “Young men spread the warning that Daesh (Arabic-language acronym) was entering Mosul,” Rita, a native of Iraq’s once second-largest city, told OSV News. She recounted the horror inside the compound of Mary Mother of the Church Parish in Marka — the northeastern suburb of Amman, the…

The listing’s order book exceeded $2.10 billion, which reflects an oversubscription rate of 2.8 timesNasdaq Dubai welcomed Emirates Islamic’s maiden 5-year sustainability sukuk issuance, which raised $750 million. This issuance falls under the $2.5 billion certificate issuance program and marks a significant milestone in Emirates Islamic Bank’s sustainability journey in the Islamic finance industry. With this listing, the total value of sukuk listings by Emirates Islamic on Nasdaq Dubai reached $2.02 billion from four listings. Emirates Islamic’s 5-year sustainability sukuk issuance witnessed robust demand from investors across different regions with 44 percent of orders coming from outside of the MENA…

Islamic authorities in Jerusalem on Wednesday condemned “assaults” by Jewish extremist groups on the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem.In a statement, the authorities highlighted that these violations occurred as part of celebrations marking the so-called Jerusalem Day, in reference to Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.Palestinians accuse Israel of intensifying efforts to Judaize East Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and erasing its Arab and Islamic identity.They hold firm to East Jerusalem as the capital of their hoped-for state, citing international resolutions that do not recognize Israel’s occupation of the city in 1967 or its annexation in 1981.The…

15:42, todayAuthor: Asia-PlusThousands of women in Tajikistan are faced with the choice of either choosing a career or wearing Islamic hijab. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, known locally as Radio Ozodi, says Dushanbe authorities has been increasingly cracking down on the Islamic head scarf at schools and workplaces. Radio Ozodi notes that despite the effective ban on the hijab in public institutions, there is no legislation in Tajikistan that outlaws Islamic attire.  But that is about to change. Tajik parliament has reportedly adopted draft amendments to the law on “traditions and celebrations” that will ban the wearing, importing, selling, and advertising…

Rocket launched from Gaza towards Israel Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed SalemAfter a quiet night, Palestinian jihadist terrorism embedded in the Gaza Strip renewed its attacks against Israeli communities near the coastal enclave. Air raid sirens were also heard in the Maté Yehuda Regional Council, in the center of the country.Military spokesman Brigadier General Hidai Zilberman told Kan state radio that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimate that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) intends to continue firing rockets and that today there will be more orderly launches, with programs “less sporadic fires.”“Islamic Jihad manages its rocket stock meticulously for several days of combat,”…

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The “Shusha OIC Youth Capital 2024 International Program,” initiated by the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan, was launched with a ceremony in Shusha. Each year, the ICYF selects a city from among the OIC member countries as the “Youth Capital” to enhance the capacities of young people, who play a crucial role in the development of their countries. The city of Shusha in the Republic of Azerbaijan, chosen as the “Youth Capital” for 2024, is the 10th to host this title under the ICYF decision.At the…

Jerusalem Photo illustration: Restaurandocoracoes via Pixabay The rocket attack on Jerusalem comes hours after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated Khaled Mansour, who headed the organization’s military wing in the southern Gaza Strip, in an airstrike. Mansour’s death, the second of a senior member of the terrorist group in three days, could prove to be a turning point in the battle against the terrorist group that openly proclaims that its goal is the destruction of Israel.Some preliminary reports suggested interceptions of two Palestinian rockets by the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile battery near Jerusalem.Yesterday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched rockets that…