Footage showing French police assaulting two Muslim women wearing Hijab has triggered anger on social media. In the April 14 video, French police use disproportionate force against two Muslim in headscarves in the city of Asnieres-sur-Seine. Police can be seen beating one of the women and trying to push the other to the ground. As […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – An international economic summit to encourage cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world will be held in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, from May 19-21. The 13th International Economic Summit: Russia-Islamic World: KazanSummit 2022, aims to foster cooperation in trade, economy, science and t...
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires over an incident involving the burning of a copy of the Quran by far-right extremists last week. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the Danish leader of the Stram Kurs Party, burned a copy of the holy book in the city of Linkoping, according to media reports. Swedish Prime Minis...
Footage of police’s harsh treatment of a 13-year-old Turkish boy in the German city of Duisburg DOOS BURG has sparked social media outrage. The boy was allegedly tearing up an election poster. In the April 12 footage, two police officers can be seen handcuffing Emirhan Altintas while one of the officers was pressing the boy’s […]
Five Muslim men were injured when someone opened fire on the group, which had just finished midnight prayers in the suburb of Scarborough, police said. The men range in age from 28 to 35 years old. Acting staff Supt. David Rydzik RIJIK said the men, who were observing nightly prayers for Ramadan, gathered around 1 […]
South Korean pop singer Daud Kim posted an Instagram picture of himself standing in front of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Kim shared pictures of his pilgrimage to the two Grand Mosques in Makkah and Madinah as part of his visit to the kingdom during Ramadan. He posted a picture of himself […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem said 561 settlers stormed the flashpoint site under heavy police protection. The settlers toured the complex fo...
“They have looked the other way while millions have died needlessly”, reads a new letter. In a letter on Wednesday, around 300 public health experts, academics, labor leaders, and activists condemned rich countries for preventing the world from an “early exit” from the coronavirus pandemic, by continuously obstructing a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Sardar Tanveer Ilyas of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was elected as the new prime minister of Azad Kashmir on Monday. Ilyas, a businessman and close friend of Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan, was elected unopposed, state-run Pakistan Television reported. The opposition alliance led by the Pakis...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday threatened to strike “at the heart” of Israel if Tel Aviv makes the “slightest move” against Tehran. Speaking at a military parade marking the National Army Day, Raisi said if Iran’s security was threatened by Israel, its armed forces would retaliate st...
