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The Islamic Republic of Iran purchased 300 tons of refined uranium from Niger in a secret deal that is part of Tehran’s drive to amass the resources for the construction of a nuclear weapons device.The London-based independent news organization Iran International published a report in early June about Iran’s clandestine negotiations with Niger’s Junta government.Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian-American journalist, wrote that the deal was first reported by the France-based news organization Africa Intelligence in late April. Iran reached an agreement with Niger to purchase 300 tons of yellowcake in exchange for the delivery of drones and surface-to-air missiles to…
Gulf, Arab and Islamic countries strongly condemned on Sunday the horrific massacre committed by the Israeli army in the Nuseirat camp in Gaza on Saturday that left hundreds of Palestinians dead, mostly women and children. At least 274 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were wounded in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation slammed the attack, saying it was an example of organized state terrorism and genocide. In a statement, it condemned it as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and relevant United Nations resolutions.…
Bahrain’s Al Salam Bank is to provide Islamic banking consultancy and training to Libya’s Sahara bank; it was revealed yesterday. The revelation came after Sahara Bank’s Acting Director General received, on Monday 3 June, at Sahara bank’s Tripoli headquarters representatives of the Al Salam Bank. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of cooperation between the banks in light of the transformation of Sahara Bank to an Islamic bank (announced on 8 January 2024). The meeting discussed cooperation plans that will be implemented soon, which aim to provide consultations in the field of Islamic banking and provide training programmes…
Image caption, The damaged school on Thursday Article informationAuthor, Matt MurphyRole, BBC News 6 June 2024Updated 7 June 2024The US has told Israel it must be fully “transparent” over an air strike that reportedly killed at least 35 people at a central Gaza school packed with displaced people on Thursday morning.Local journalists told the BBC a warplane had fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat urban refugee camp.The Israeli military said it had conducted a “precise” strike on a “Hamas compound” in the school, but Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office denied the…
A recent video of tourists drinking alcohol on a Shikara in Srinagar’s Dal Lake is making rounds on the internet with many calling it a ‘vulgar’ and ‘Un- Islamic’ act.Tanvir Sadiq, Chief Spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Advisor to the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah posted the video on his X handle, where some tourists can be seen having alcohol.In the post the Sadiq wrote, “Under the garb of “Kashmir Badal Raha Hai,” the government must remember that such behavior is not acceptable here. A modern society doesn’t dance vulgarly in the streets…
Sheikh Muhammad al-Babaiedi, the secretary general of the Islamic Media and Guidance Center in Lebanon, spoke to IQNA in an interview about the role of holding conference on the cause of Palestine in helping the Palestinian nation. He hailed the stance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in support of Palestine and the resistance axis and said they are based on the verses of the Quran and in line with the views of Imam Khomeini (RA). He said since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, it was clear that it was also a revolution of Palestine.…
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…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious journey to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly associated with the period around the late 2000s to the early 2010s. Recognizing its transformative potential for economic diversification and societal advancement, the nation unveiled its ambitious Vision 2030 plan on April 25, 2016, highlighting the strategic National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, or NIDLP. This initiative aims to cultivate high-growth sectors domestically and foster an open economy receptive to foreign capital infusion. Additionally, it serves as a catalyst for integrating Industry 4.0 technologies across diverse sectors. Speaking to Arab…
Saudi Arabia’s second Islamic Arts Biennale will open on January 25, 2025, organisers have revealed.The only biennale dedicated to the arts of Islamic civilisation will return to the Western Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah for a four-month period until May 25, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced on Sunday.Consisting of five galleries, the 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale will include a curated exhibition combing the work of contemporary artists and historical objects in a vast outdoor space.Makkah and Madinah – two of the most significant cities in Islamic culture – will be celebrated at the event with their…
Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday petitioned the Islamabad High Court seeking suspension of the sentence and subsequent release in the fake marriage case.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and his wife Bushra Bibi have been convicted in what has come to be known as the iddat case, for their marriage allegedly during the iddat period. “It is imperative to decide the suspension of sentence of the petitioner (Bushra) as early as possible in the interest of justice,” The News International cited the plea filed by the former first lady as saying. Bushra Bibi filed the…
Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its series of articles, Exploring Kazakhstan, City by City, this time focusing on Kazakhstan’s oldest city Taraz. We are setting out to unveil the rich diversity of cities to bring you closer to the heart and soul of Kazakhstan. ASTANA – The once-mighty city of Taraz, the cradle of Islamic culture, craftsmanship and trade, besieged by wars, now holds a unique cultural and political identity. These days, the administrative center of the Zhambyl Region, located on the Talas River in the south of Kazakhstan, has inadvertently become a perfect destination for history lovers and…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia’s Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto said he welcomed the suggestion of former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa to send 1,000 Gaza evacuees to Islamic boarding schools (pesantrens).”I will report it to Mr. President (Jokowi),” he told journalists on Friday, June 7, 2024, in response to the former East Java governor’s idea of providing the Gaza evacuees with education and treatment at pesantrens in East Java.Earlier, at the recent IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Prabowo Subianto said President Joko Widodo a.k.a. Jokowi had urged him to evacuate around 1,000 Palestinians injured by Israeli attacks in the Gaza…
The Philippines retained its title as an emerging Muslim-friendly destination for the second straight year, according to the latest citations released by Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2024. The citation for another Emerging Muslim-friendly non-Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) nation was announced at the Halal in Travel Global Summit in Singapore on May 30. The GMTI said the Philippines focuses on “building capacity to welcome tourists through various initiatives,” including Halal food and integrating Muslim-friendly amenities in major tourist spots. “Tourism authorities have placed Halal tourism high on their priority agenda, evidenced by their action to enhance the Halal…
The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale will open in Jeddah from January 25 to May 25, 2025. Organized by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, the Islamic Arts Biennale is the first and only biennale dedicated to the arts of Islamic civilization. It presents historical artifacts and contemporary works together as part of a rich continuum, and will take place at the landmark Aga Khan Award–winning Western Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. This site also holds deep significance for Muslims around the world, as millions of travelers pass through the airport each year to make the sacred…
Tajikistan’s push to ban Islamic attire provokes international backlash, CAIR condemns as islamophobia In a strong denouncement of what it perceives as a manifestation of global Islamophobia, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has voiced its opposition to Tajikistan’s parliamentary initiative to ban what it terms as “clothes alien to Tajik culture,” widely interpreted as targeting Islamic attire such as the hijab (headscarf). Photo: Tajikistan’s proposed ban on Islamic attire sparks international criticismSource: CAIR The proposed amendments, which are anticipated to be ratified and enacted into law, have drawn criticism from the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.The move by…
In this photo provided by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office is El Shafee Elsheikh, Oct. 7, 2020, in Alexandria, Va. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office via AP)ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a British national for his role in a hostage-taking scheme by the Islamic State group that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago.El Shafee Elsheikh was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2022 in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. His jury trial established that he was one he was one of the notorious “Beatles,” captors nicknamed for their accents and known…
Over 200 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in the same area where hostages were rescued Read more… By Reuters Published: Sat 8 Jun 2024, 8:06 PM Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an emergency UN Security Council session on “the bloody massacre that was carried out by the Israeli forces” at the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, official news agency WAFA reported on Saturday. Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas, since October, in a raid in Gaza on Saturday while over 200 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in the same area, according to Hamas officials, in…
By Rachel Summer Small For Dailymail.Com 19:16 08 Jun 2024, updated 19:16 08 Jun 2024 Share or comment on this article: A woman whose mother married a fundamentalist Muslim when she was just six years old has candidly revealed how her childhood was destroyed by the heinous sexual abuse she endured at his hands – all while her mom turned a blind eye. When she was 13, Yasmine Mohammed told Canadian authorities that she was being abused by her fundamentalist Muslim stepfather – only to be told that how he chose to punish her was his decision to make. ‘That’s your culture,…
TEHRAN – Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Naeem Al-Aboudi, has welcomed Iranian universities to open branches in Iraq.“We are interested in boosting collaborations in areas such as artificial intelligence and nanotechnology. We also support sisterhood agreements between universities of the two countries,” Al-Aboudi said. The official made the remarks in a meeting with the head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), Mohammad-Mehdi Imanipour, on Friday. Al-Aboudi also expressed willingness to admit Iranian students to Iraqi universities, IRNA reported. Imanipour, for his part, highlighted the significance of enhancing educational ties and conducting joint scientific research calling…
Kyrgyzstan, IsDB partner to advance economy Akylbek Zhaparov, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, recently convened with Muhammad Al-Jasser, the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Photo: Kyrgyzstan’s Zhaparov meets with IsDB’s Al-JasserSource: Cabinet of Ministers Zhaparov commended the robust trajectory of Kyrgyzstan’s national economy, citing a consistent uptrend in economic indicators since the onset of 2024. Highlighting the pivotal role of large-scale infrastructure and international initiatives, he particularly emphasized the importance of the Kambarata HPP-1 construction project. The signing of a communiqué between the IsDB and the Ministry…
AL-MUKALLA: Human rights groups on Saturday strongly denounced the Houthis’ abduction of scores of Yemenis working for the UN and for US organizations in Yemen. Yemeni Human Rights Minister Ahmed Arman said on Friday that the Iran-backed militia had kidnapped around 50 Yemeni personnel from various UN agencies, the US Embassy, US-funded NGOs, and other foreign organizations in Sanaa after storming their residences. The Houthis also reportedly abducted Yemeni workers in other Yemeni provinces under their control. On Saturday, Arman told Arab News that the Houthis had resumed their raids on residences in Sanaa and abducted more…
AL-MUKALLA: Human rights groups on Saturday strongly denounced the Houthis’ abduction of scores of Yemenis working for the UN and for US organizations in Yemen. Yemeni Human Rights Minister Ahmed Arman said on Friday that the Iran-backed militia had kidnapped around 50 Yemeni personnel from various UN agencies, the US Embassy, US-funded NGOs, and other foreign organizations in Sanaa after storming their residences. The Houthis also reportedly abducted Yemeni workers in other Yemeni provinces under their control. On Saturday, Arman told Arab News that the Houthis had resumed their raids on residences in Sanaa and abducted more Yemenis working for foreign…
AL-MUKALLA: Human rights groups on Saturday strongly denounced the Houthis’ abduction of scores of Yemenis working for the UN and for US organizations in Yemen. Yemeni Human Rights Minister Ahmed Arman said on Friday that the Iran-backed militia had kidnapped around 50 Yemeni personnel from various UN agencies, the US Embassy, US-funded NGOs, and other foreign organizations in Sanaa after storming their residences. The Houthis also reportedly abducted Yemeni workers in other Yemeni provinces under their control. On Saturday, Arman told Arab News that the Houthis had resumed their raids on residences in Sanaa and abducted more Yemenis working for foreign…
Last Updated: June 08, 2024, 22:26 ISTBushra Bibi had previously moved to a district and sessions court in the federal capital, seeking an early hearing of her appeals filed against her conviction in the iddat case. (Image: AFP File)The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: founder and his wife Bushra Bibi have been convicted in what has come to be known as the iddat case, for their marriage allegedly during the iddat periodIncarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday petitioned the Islamabad High Court seeking suspension of the sentence and subsequent release in the fake marriage case.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: founder…
Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday petitioned the Islamabad High Court seeking suspension of the sentence and subsequent release in the fake marriage case.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: founder and his wife Bushra Bibi have been convicted in what has come to be known as the iddat case, for their marriage allegedly during the iddat period.“It is imperative to decide the suspension of sentence of the petitioner (Bushra) as early as possible in the interest of justice,” The News International cited the plea filed by the former first lady as saying.Bushra Bibi filed the plea through her…