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in Inspiring Muslims, UKBirmingham Muslims giving shelter to the homeless throughout the winter
Birmingham Muslims are providing beds for the city’s homeless community throughout the coming freezing months. From Monday (Jan 6), rough sleepers will be able to bunk down safely in a central location for as long as the cold snap lasts as reported by Birmingham Live. For the first time, Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre […] More
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Students from a Madrassa in Pakistan win a University’s robotics competition
Students from Jamia Baitul Salam participated in an educational competition conducted in Pakistan’s HITEC University Taxila, Panjab. The Madrassa students won a robotics competition by beating competitors belonging to 20 other universities as reported by Tech Juice. Not just that, the bright students from Jamia Baitul Salam have also won an Urdu speech competition and […] More
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Arsenal Muslim star Mesut Ozil criticizes Muslim world for doing nothing for the Uyghur Muslims in China
England’s Premier League club Arsenal star Mesut Ozil on Friday accused Muslims of staying silent over what he called China’s persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang as reported by A News. View this post on Instagram #HayırlıCumalarDoğuTürkistan 🤲🏻 A post shared by Mesut Özil (@m10_official) on Dec 13, 2019 at 2:37am PST On his Instagram account, the […] More
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Norway to distribute 10,000 Qurans to fight Islamophobia
Norway’s Muslim associations announced Thursday they would distribute 10,000 Qurans with Norwegian translations in an effort to fight racism and hate. It will be a collaboration with the Islam Literature Association and the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque, the Norwegian Muslim Arts and Culture Association reported. The decision came after an extreme right-wing group tried to burn a […] More
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Islamic Banking Act passed in the Philippines in accordance to the Shariah Law
On 22 August 2019, Republic Act No. 11439 (“Islamic Banking Act”) was signed into law. The Islamic Banking Act provides for the organisation, regulation and powers of Islamic banks to be established in the Philippines as reported by Mondaq. Implications for business in the Philippines While there are millions of Filipinos practicing the Islamic faith […] More
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks PTV to air famous Turkish drama ‘Ertugrul’ in Urdu, especially for the younger generation
Pakistan’s state television, the PTV, is set to air a famous Turkish historical fiction series “Dirilis: Ertugrul” dubbed in Urdu soon, the state broadcaster told Arab News on Monday. The move follows a special request by Prime Minister Imran Khan, who in October recommended the popular TV opera to all Pakistanis as promoting the true […] More
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Muslims and mosques on the rise in Japan amidst misconceptions about Islam
Recent years have seen increasing numbers of students and workers coming to Japan from Islamic nations, and mosques are being established in regions across the country. According to an investigation by Hirofumi Tanada, a professor of Asian social theory at Waseda University’s Faculty of Human Sciences, at the end of 2018 there were 105 mosques […] More
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Akon says his Islamic faith is key to his success
The UAE saw a different side of Akon this week. The US-Senegalese singer and rapper, real name Aliaune Thiam, skipped the club stage in favour of a forum to deliver an inspirational keynote address at the Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival on Monday as reported by The National. More than 2,000 people were at the Sharjah Expo […] More
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Social media hails a brave Muslim man who tried stopping burning of the Quran in Norway, condemnations came from worldwide
Social media was set ablaze with praises on Friday for a ‘Muslim hero’ who interrupted an anti-Islam rally last week to stop another man from burning a copy of the Quran in Norway. A scuffle broke out after the leader of the ‘Stop Islamisation of Norway (SIAN)’ rally, Lars Thorsen, tried to burn a copy […] More
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British Muslim family felt ‘violated’ after Domino’s sent pork pizza instead of vegetarian
A Muslim family in the UK said they were left feeling ‘sick and violated’ after they were given a pizza with pork instead of a vegetarian supreme from Domino’s. Father Sami Khan noticed a funny taste in his mouth after eating a slice, but then realised it was pork, which cannot be consumed by Muslims. […] More
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200 years old Singapore’s Sultan Mosque offer shelter to the homeless regardless of religion
It’s been announced that the Sultan Mosque will be the first mosque in Singapore to provide shelter for the homeless regardless of their race or religion. Homeless folks of all faiths are welcome to stay at the clean and spacious 200-year-old mosque from 10:00pm at night till 7:00am the next morning, according to BERITAmediacorp. The space […] More
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From Cleaner to Imam: The incredible story of Shalawi Siraje
A Ugandan Muslim by the name of Shalawi Siraje, starred in a viral video with him reciting Qur’an whilst working as a cleaner in a Masjid in Qatar. The video which was shared on social media a few days ago via the Gems From the Qur’an Facebook page has since had over 200,000 views and been […] More
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