India Has Criminalized ‘Instant Divorce’
By agencies India is one step closer to a total ban on the custom of so-called “instant divorce” after the government issued an executive…
China holds one million Uighur Muslims in concentration camps
By Khaled A Beydoun / Aljazeera Rwanda. East Timor. Myanmar. The world has a cruel habit of ignoring humanitarian disasters until it’s too late.…
Israel Enraged As Paraguay Says Embassy to Leave Jerusalem
President Mario Abdo Benitez is reversing predecessor Horacio Cartes’s decision to move Paraguay’s embassy in Israel (AFP Photo/NORBERTO DUARTE) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…
Saudi ‘seeks death penalty’ for Muslim scholar
Sheikh Salman al-Awdah By Agencies Public prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty against prominent Muslim scholar Salman al-Awdah, local media, activists…
Malaysian PM: Behaviour of Muslims driving people away
KUALA LUMPUR: If Muslims want others to embrace Islam, they should show by their behaviour and attitude that Islam is a great religion, Prime…
Ilhan Omar Wins Minnesota Democratic primary
Ilhan Omar /Photo/Courtesy MINNESOTA – America’s first Somali-American legislator, Ilhan Omar, won the Minnesota Democratic primary on Tuesday night, becoming more likely to make…
Turkish lira rebounds as finance minister vows to defend currency
By Julia Kollewe/The Guardian The Turkish lira recovered some of its losses on Tuesday, with the country’s finance minister pledging to take steps to…
Political row affects Canadians’ Hajj
TORONTO – Counting down days before travelling to Saudi for hajj, Canadian Muslim Mehek Mazhar and her husband fear the recent political tensions between…
10 outstanding Muslim inventions that shaped the world
Think of the origins of that staple of modern life, the cup of coffee, and Italy often springs to mind. But in fact, Yemen…
Pakistan elects first non-Muslim MP in modern times
Mahesh Kumar Malani of the PPP has become the first non-Muslim to win a general seat in the national assembly of Pakistan ( Rafiq Usmani…
