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One of the most important Islamic seminaries in India is now banning women from entering it. Darul Uloom, the Uttar Pradesh-based seminary, has reasoned that women often come in groups to make reels, distracting students. This action comes after months of people complaining about women being allowed inside the seminary.  Why Are Women Banned From Entry? Darul Uloom is where the Sunni Deobandi Islamic Movement, a revivalist movement for the Sunni faction, originated, making Daul Uloom one of the most important religious institutions in the country. Established in 1866 with Mahmud Deobandi as its first teacher, the seminary has historically…

TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s fastest-growing non-interest banking services provider, has won the Islamic Finance News’ (IFN’s) “Best Islamic Bank in Nigeria 2023”, beating other nominees from across the global geopolitical zones in the competition. The IFN’s Organizing Committee stated that the award was conferred on TAJBank in recognition of its superior value-adding, world-class products and innovative service delivery to non-interest banking customers globally. In his acceptance speech, Hamid Joda, TAJBank’s Founder/CEO, commended the IFN’s Committee for the global recognition, saying “the Board and management of TAJBank are grateful for recognizing our bank as an emerging frontline player in the global Islamic…

An Israeli airstrike killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization’s Rafah Brigade head of logistics, the IDF announced on Saturday morning.The terrorist was armed with an RPG in a compound across from IDF troops.The PIJ operative was reportedly responsible for preparing terrorists for attacks on Israeli personnel in the area.The airstrike eliminating the PIJ operative was one of a broader array of strikes across the Strip. The military reported that, over the past day, the Israel Air Force hit 70 targets across Gaza.Palestinian media reports have claimed that a person was killed in an airstrike in east Rafah,…

Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement and the release of the hostages “are at an impasse”. A foreign source familiar with the matter reported this to the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”, specifying that “there is no progress”. The source hoped that the situation could change in the coming days. Tomorrow, May 19, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is expected in Israel and will arrive in Saudi Arabia today for talks with the heir to the throne Mohammed bin Salman. Israel: more than 70 targets hit and one Islamic Jihad member…

Asset-based and risk-sharing instruments – the backbone of Islamic finance – ensure that financiers become stakeholders in a project’s success. A hybrid financing model that makes use of both conventional and Islamic finance could accelerate investment in sustainable infrastructure in developing countries.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…

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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.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, government forces and other groups.Bah says his income was enough to support his family, which now numbers nine children, and to pay for…

Doha, Qatar: The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) on Friday concluded the first edition of the Challenge Camp, organized in partnership with the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, the Qatar Scouts and Guides Association, and the Qatar Calendar House. The camp provided a comprehensive experience combining educational, skill-building, athletic, and exploratory activities, aligned with Qatar’s national values and Islamic teachings to open horizons of knowledge, foster a love of discovery, and enhance awareness of the history of Islamic arts among students. At the closing ceremony, participating institutions, organizations, and enrolled students were honored. Addressing…

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…