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DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali’s historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Grand Mosque of Djenné — the world’s largest mud-brick building — used to draw tens of thousands of tourists to central Mali every year. Now it’s threatened by conflict between jihadi rebels,…
Lawyer Feyza Altun An İstanbul court has handed down a nine-month suspended sentence to a lawyer on conviction of inciting hatred and enmity among the people with her remarks on Islamic law, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Anka news agency. Feyza Altun was briefly detained in February for allegedly insulting Sharia religious law due to a tweet in which she said, “F*** Sharia” in response to a comment on a Persian poem she posted on X that said, “Feyza seems to have had a Sharia attack,” a play on the phrase “panic attack.” Altun deleted the post after being targeted on social…
The participating First ladies undertook to make a case for greater funding and massive efforts to cut down the infection claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, especially in the African regionPromotion of Cancer Awareness took the center stage at the High-level Seminar on Promoting Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Programs in the OIC African Member States, which commenced on Wednesday 15th May 2024 in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The two-day event sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady of Nigeria, relevant OIC institutions, and international partners, focused on finding innovative…
An İstanbul court has handed down a nine-month suspended sentence to a lawyer on conviction of inciting hatred and enmity among the people with her remarks on Islamic law, the Anka news agency reported. Feyza Altun was briefly detained in February for allegedly insulting Sharia religious law due to a tweet in which she said, “F*** Sharia” in response to a comment on a Persian poem she posted on X that said, “Feyza seems to have had a Sharia attack,” a play on the phrase “panic attack.” Altun deleted the post after being targeted on social media, with users launching…
ALKHOBAR: Celebrated American chef Jerome Grant ventured to Dhahran on Thursday to teach Saudi culinary students about a dish close to his heart. As a culinary diplomat, Grant visited ZADK Culinary Academy to break bread, learn about Saudi cuisine, and provide a bit of his homeland on a plate.Grant was joined on the visit by James Sindle, US consul-general in Dhahran.“It’s my first visit to Saudi. The food has been great, super tasty, great flavors, but also, there’s some similarities here and there, so it always felt welcoming and inviting,” Grant told Arab News.“I think food is a great tool…
DECR Communication service, 16.05.2024 On May 16th, 2024, an international conference of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia – Islamic World: A Just Multipolar World Order and Safe Development” opened in the IT Park named after Bashir Rameev in Kazan, within the framework of the international economic forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum 2024”. The forum was attended by religious and state leaders, representatives of international and public organizations, diplomats, and experts from dozens of countries around the world. Representing the Russian Orthodox Church at the event were: Metropolitan Antoniy of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department…
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb DBE said the swift actions of the armed response officers who arrested Ahmed Ali Alid and the counter-terrorism officers who built the case against the Moroccan national deserved recognition. Within minutes of the 45-year-old asylum seeker murdering Terrence Carney the officers had tracked him down in Hartlepool and secured his peaceful arrest. The dramatic arrest was captured in body-worn footage after Alid had murdered the Hartlepool man. Alid, of Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mr Carney and attempted murder of his housemate Javed Nouri. Speaking at the end of the sentencing…
A social media commentator, Shehu Sadiq, has alleged that Saudi Arabia profits off Nigeria through Hajj in return for Islamic terrorism sponsorship. Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disclosed on Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu subsidised the 2024 Hajj with N90 billion. Vice-President Kashim Shettima Shettima stated this when he represented Tinubu to flag off the inaugural airlift of the 2024 pilgrimage exercise from Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. He urged the intending pilgrims to pray for peace, unity, and progress in the country, urging the intending…
Mental health is an important topic that affects everyone, including Muslims. Through this article, we explore how collaborating between various stakeholders along with internalising our Islamic teachings, can ensure the well-being of an individual.Based in Singapore, Ustazah Amirah Munawwarah holds an MA in Art Therapy from LASALLE College of the Arts (2020) and received the MENDAKI’s ABC Youth Promise Scholarship Award in 2019. As an art psychotherapist at Promises Healthcare, she conducts individual and group art therapy sessions. In 2021, she founded ToLeaps to provide spiritual and mental health events for the community. As an ongoing taboo subject that can…
Swiss director Milo Rau has made his name as a provocateur Joe Klamar Text size Pictures by Joe Klamar One of the latest events in Europe to be hit with accusations of anti-Semitism, the Vienna Festival kicks off Friday, with its new director, Milo Rau, urging that places of culture be kept free of the “antagonism” of the Israel-Hamas war while still tackling difficult issues. As the conflict in Gaza sharply polarises opinion, “we must be inflexible” in defending the free exchange of ideas and opinions, the acclaimed Swiss director told AFP in an interview this week. “I’m not going…
As Iranian authorities violently clamp down on women refusing to wear the hijab, the minister of culture appeared to justify the mandate by citing carvings in ancient Persepolis showing women in “appropriate clothing.”Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said Thursday that “Iranian identity and the post-Islamic era do not conflict,” as Iranian women wore “appropriate clothing” at that time, based on petroglyphs from the 2,500-year-old Persepolis.Founded by King Darius I, Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and existed 1,100 years before the founding of Islam.The Islamic Republic’s first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,…
Sheikh Hasina organized AL after returning home: Prof Khalek DHAKA, May 17, 2024 (BSS) – Presidium Member of Bangabandhu Parishad and former Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University Prof. Dr. Abdul Khalek today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had organized the Awami League (AL) very well after returning home on May 17, 1981. Abdul Khalek said some leaders of AL thought that AL President Sheikh Hasina couldn’t make the AL as a well organized party, but Sheikh Hasina had been able to give shape her party as well organized one and she has been running the country successfully. “The AL now a…
While not yet common in Canada, halal mortgages have been available for those in the country who seek loans that abide by the Muslim faith to buy homes. Halal mortgages have more broadly become a subject of conversation after being recently highlighted in the 2024 spring federal budget. More offerings for halal mortgages could become available as interest grows and the government looks into expanding access for these types of alternative financing products. “This could include changes in the tax treatment of these products or a new regulatory sandbox for financial service providers, while ensuring adequate…
An İstanbul court has handed down a nine-month suspended sentence to a lawyer on conviction of inciting hatred and enmity among the people with her remarks on Islamic law, the Anka news agency reported. Feyza Altun was briefly detained in February for allegedly insulting Sharia religious law due to a tweet in which she said, “F*** Sharia” in response to a comment on a Persian poem she posted on X that said, “Feyza seems to have had a Sharia attack,” a play on the phrase “panic attack.” Altun deleted the post after being targeted on social media, with users launching…
A judge branded him a ‘dangerous offender’ who used violence to attempt to influence the government over its stance on Israel’s actions following the invasion last October. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb DBE said Ahmed Ali Alid told the police he wanted to kill them because of the conflict in Gaza and so that Palestine would be free from “Zionists” and repeatedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he carried out the attacks. Jurors had heard how Alid picked up to knives before forcing his way into his housemate’s room and stabbing him in the chest as he slept. The 45-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker was overpowered…
TEHRAN – The Times Higher Education has placed Iran second among Islamic countries in terms of the number of universities included in Young University Rankings 2024.The country now boasts 46 universities included in the Young University Rankings, up from 39 last year and 20 in 2020. Turkey (58) and Pakistan (33) ranked first and third, respectively. The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings include institutions that were founded between 1974 and the present. The 2024 Young Universities rankings include 673 universities that are younger than 50 years of age. A further 499 universities received ‘reporter’ status which means they provided data but did not…
Britain’s Community Security Trust, an anti-Semitism watchdog, observed a massive spike in hate incidents against Jewish citizens following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel. This increase coincided with the mainstreaming of the kinds of genocidal and anti-Israel rhetoric that have since been recycled at various Democrat-supported campus protests in the United States. Douglas Murray, the founder of the Center for Social Cohesion, noted in an Oct. 12 piece for the Spectator, “Within hours of the slaughter, people in London were driving around flying Palestinian flags and blaring their horns in celebration of the massacre. In Manchester the president…
The Machinery Manufacturers Association (MİB), which has been operating in the entire machinery sector since 1990 to protect the interests of domestic machinery manufacturers and support domestic machinery production, continues to represent our country successfully. MIB participated in the Russia – Islamic World International Kazan Forum, held in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, between 14-19 May 2024. HAD SIGNED IMPORTANT MEETINGS At the 15th forum this year, MIB held important discussions on the promotion and lobbying activities of the Turkish machinery industry in the international arena. To the organization organized; In addition to MIB Secretary General Zülfikar…
Next Article Darul Uloom bans women from campus What’s the story The Uttar Pradesh-based Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband, has imposed a ban on the entry of women on its campus. This decision was taken on Thursday after officials received multiple complaints about women filming videos and reels for social media within the premises, reportedly disrupting students’ studies. The seminary’s administrator, Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, confirmed the ban, stating, “Darul Uloom is an Islamic seminary and such acts are not acceptable in any school.” Ban triggered by social media activity and overcrowding “Not only this, a new session of…
ASWJ militants preaching to locals in Mozambique. Extremists linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province are notorious for raiding and torching entire towns, beheading civilians and attacking security forces. However, IS-linked groups are pushing to change their image in an effort to win public support and recruit new fighters, analysts say. Notably, they have increased “da’wah” activities in the provincial districts of Chiure, Macomia, Meluco, Mocímboa da Praia, Nangade and Quissanga, which 300 rebel fighters reportedly captured in March. Da’wah is an Arabic term that roughly means proselytizing. As Caleb Weiss noted in the Foundation…
How a Saudi healthcare startup is using AI to transform the diagnosis of chronic diseases RIYADH: Healthcare startup SDM is using artificial intelligence to make healthcare efficient, accessible and potentially life-saving by detecting the stages of chronic diseases such as diabetes through retinal imaging analysis of the eye. “When you hear the phrase ‘your eye is a window to your body,’ it’s actually the retina that is the window to any systemic diseases,” Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa, CEO and founder of SDM, told Arab News. Since launching in 2018, SDM has worked on filling the gaps in the health sector as…
Doha, May 16 (QNA) – The State of Qatar participated in the 15th International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2024,” currently held in Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, and runs until May 19. HE Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem chaired the delegation of the State of Qatar to the Forum with the membership of HE Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Mohammed bin Hassan Al Malki. The delegation witnessed the official opening ceremony of the international exhibition “Russia Halal Expo.” On the sidelines of the forum, the delegation met separately with HE…
A coordination meeting between the agencies of the United Nations and the Islamic Emirate was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Participants in the meeting discussed the needs of the people of Afghanistan, the assistance provided by the United Nations in the past year, and the creation of coordination between the United Nations organizations and the caretaker government. Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, in this meeting said that four decades of conflict in the country have prevented Afghanistan from economic development. Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said: “In this meeting,…
A law professor at the University of Abuja, Ali Ahmad, has called on international actors to explore Islamic legal provisions for the resolution of ongoing violent conflicts. Ahmad, who is a former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, made the call yesterday while reviewing the book: “Philosophy of War and Peace Under Islamic Law”, written by Dr Nuraen Dindi at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja. He said despite the application of United Nations treaties and conventions, conflicts continued to ravage many parts of the world, with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, Israel-Palestine War, America-Iran and several other…
By Muhammad Al JasserJEDDAH – Today’s world is confronting a host of complex development challenges, from climate change and rapid urbanization to widening inequality, debt sustainability, and a persistent digital divide. But, as the COVID-19 pandemic made plain, many developing countries lack the sustainable and resilient social-sector infrastructure required to address such complex and overlapping crises. More worryingly, these countries – particularly the least-developed among them – are unable to close their infrastructure gaps, owing to shrinking fiscal space, heavy debt burdens, and inadequate levels of official development aid.By 2040, the global infrastructure-financing gap will have widened to an estimated $15…