Islam
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Top Muslim scholar slams Macron's remarks on Islam
Top Muslim scholar Friday slammed remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron on Islam that sparked stern criticism among Muslims worldwide.
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UK media disproportionate focus on Islam when reporting terror
This is almost nine times the amount perpetrators were identified as “far-right”, “neo-Nazi” or “white supremacist”, the analysis by the Muslim Council of Britain’s Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) said.
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How Islam came to dominate Indonesia
Indonesia became the world’s largest Muslim country over a period spanning centuries, yet experts are still undecided on how it actually came about.
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Sayyed Nasrallah: Hezbollah fights will never be limited to Lebanon’s border
Delivering a speech during Hezbollah televised ceremony which marks the third Ashura night, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that assuming one’s responsibilities in helping all the human beings, regardless of their affiliations, is obligatory according to the Islamic values, adding that geographical and political borders must never be a barrier in this regard.
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Muslim pilgrims perform last Hajj ritual in Makkah
According to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), after completing the major pillar of Hajj, the pilgrims descended Thursday from Mt. Arafat to the plain of Muzdalifah, where they spent the night, before heading in the morning to Mina, east of the holy city of Makkah.
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Twitter account of Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders among those hacked
The politician, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, said Thursday that he was informed by Twitter that his account was compromised by a hacker, who posted tweets on his account and sent false direct messages, or DMs, in his name.
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Islam for non-Muslims – Chinese Imam in Hong Kong on a mission to explain his religion
The result is a book in Chinese, Understanding Islam. Yang says what sets Islam apart from other religions is the fact it touches all parts of a believer’s life.
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Muslim world has to unite against forces trying to create divide amongst their ranks: Masood Khan
During a meeting with Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Director General Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University in Islamabad, he said that the Muslim world has to unite against forces trying to create a divide amongst their ranks.
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Islam’s most important annual holiday, Eid ul-Adha, will be celebrated this year
While its exact start date is not yet known, some astronomers have suggested it will arrive at the end of next month, on July 31.
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Europe must 'stop treating Islam as a security threat'
European governments, opinion leaders, and policymakers "must stop" treating Islam as a security threat and Muslims as potential criminals, a top Turkish government official said.
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Chairman of the Serbian Muslim Scholars Community Leader:
Interreligious dialogue plays an important role in proximity of religions
According to Public Relations Department of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), Iranian Ambassador to Belgrade Rashid Hasanpor along with Iranian Cultural Attaché to Serbian capital, Mahdi Shirazi on Monday June 15 visited the Baberakli Mosque in Belgrade and held a meeting with the Chairman of the Serbian Muslim Scholars" Community Leader, Mufti Sead Nesvovich.
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Indonesia's Muslims to skip Hajj this year
"The government has decided to cancel the Hajj 2020 as the Saudi Arabian authorities failed to provide certainty,” said Fachrul during a press conference in Jakarta.
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Iranian Cultural Attaché to Uganda:
Islam is the greatest supporter of workers rights
According to public Relations Department of Islamic Culture and relations Organization (ICRO), the Iranian Cultural Attache to Uganda in his written comment published on the occasion of Labor Day has said those people working in various production, industrial and service sectors are doing a sacred job adding that workers are so praised in Islam that the Holy Prophet has kissed the scarred hands of the laborer and said that such hands will never be exposed to fire of the hell.
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Wife of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.)
According to a number of sources, Khadija was born in 565 A.D. and died one year before the Hijra (migration of the Holy Prophet and his followers from Mecca to Medina) in 623 A.D. at the age of 58.
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Ramadan 2020 coincides with crucial moments in coronavirus fight
The ninth month of the Islamic world's lunar calendar marks the occasion when Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad, while fasting is one of the five fundamental pillars in Islam.
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Ramadan under lockdown is encouraging Muslims to talk about the way they worship
There’s been an increased focus on Ramadan in 2020 as mosques have been shut down thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that the month-long daytime fast experience has moved from being something institutionalised to an individual thing. For non-Muslims it’s a chance to see Islam less as a monolith and more as a diverse collection of people who are Muslims.
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UK MP fasting to better understand Islam
Paul Bristow, Conservative MP for Peterborough in Eastern England, announced his decision via video on Twitter.
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Birth Anniversary of Hazrat Ali Akbar (A.S.):
The Day of Youths
"That is the good news Allah gives to His servants who have faith and do righteous deeds! Say (O Prophet to mankind), ‘I do not ask you any reward for it (enlightening minds with Islam) except love of [my] nearest of kin..."
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Ayatollah Khamenei:
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been developed from the Prophet's teachings
Be’that and divine revelation clarified certain truths for the people. It clarified some truths for humanity. If humanity and various human societies believe in these truths and commit themselves to them, they will attain a good life.