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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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in Inspiring Muslims, UK
Asda supermarket’s Muslim worker hailed a hero for saving baby from a burning house
A Muslim supermarket worker has been hailed a hero after he stepped in to rescue a baby from a house fire as reported by Metro. Habeel Khan, 26, was on his rounds in Nottingham for Asda when he saw smoke billowing out of a house. He pulled up and saw a woman screaming that her […] More
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Pakistan cricketers take Indian cab driver to dinner in Brisbane after he refuses fare
Seeing people from rival nations and different religious mindsets being compassionate and kind to one another is always beautiful to see isn’t it? Five Pakistan cricketers including Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Naseem Shah, treated an Indian cab driver at a restaurant in Brisbane back on Friday, after the latter refused to accept any […] More
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in Latest News
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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Muslim call for prayer recited in Amsterdam, Netherlands for first time
The Adhan, the Muslim call for prayer was recited on loudspeakers for the first time in Amsterdam on Friday, according to a mosque official. The Blue Mosque had originally planned the Adhan last Friday, but the cable of the audio system was cut by unidentified individuals. Mosque-goers and locals stood outside and recorded the emotional […] More
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in Islamophobia
Qatar withdraws support for China over Beijing’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslim minority
Qatar has pulled out from the 13 countries which have backed China’s human rights record pointing that it is concerned about the situation of the Muslim Uighur minority group going through crackdown in the far western region of the Asian giant, Bloomberg reports. The tiny Gulf country has informed the United Nations Human Rights Council […] More
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in Islamophobia
Indian Muslim officer wants to change name to escape lynching and Hindu mobs hate
Upset over the rising mob lynching incidents in the country, a Muslim bureaucrat in the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh wants to change his name. In a series of tweets on Saturday, senior officer Niyaz Khan expressed his fear for the safety of the Muslim community in the country. Opening up about how he […] More
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11-year-old Muslim girl beat Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking’s Mensa IQ scores
An 11-year-old Iranian Muslim high school student in the United Kingdom is making headlines for getting a remarkable result on her Mensa IQ test that even surpasses those of great thinkers such as Albert Einstein and the late Professor Stephen Hawking. Tara Sharifi, a student at Aylesbury High School, recently took the Mensa IQ test […] More
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After waiting for decades, Muslims in Athens finally get a mosque
Athens’ first official mosque is set to open in the coming months after a decades-long fight for its construction by the country’s minority Muslim population as reported by various news media. “We hope the first prayer will be in September,” said Minister of Education and Religion Kostas Gavroglou on Friday. The minister toured the nearly […] More
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