BAKU, Azerbaijan / ANKARA – Azerbaijani mine clearing experts have so far defused 55,000 landmines and explosive ordnance in regions liberated from the Armenian army in November 2020. Azerbaijan’s mine disposal teams continued to clear areas of landmines and live explosive devices in the Karabakh and neighboring regions. It is estimated ...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow, holding the Russian army responsible for war crimes in Ukrainian city of Bucha. Macron described the pictures from Kyiv as “unbearable” and “extremely shocking,” saying that “there were very clear indicators of war crimes.” “What has just happen...
ISTANBUL – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the killing of over 400 civilians in a Ukrainian city following the withdrawal of Russian troops there. “I am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in Bucha, Ukraine,” Guterres said on Twitter. “It is essential that an independent investiga...
This is Islamic Foundation in Villa Park, Illinois where on Friday evening, Muslims gathered for the start of special nightly prayers, called taraweeh, for Ramadan. Some Muslims made a point of offering taraweeh prayers at Time Square in New York City. There are roughly 3,000 mosques in the U.S. serving about 4 million Muslims. Indonesia [&hel...
One Ummah Radio Station’s inaugural broadcast hit the airwaves at the start of the holy month of Ramadan in the Canadian city of Halifax. After two years of planning, the station began broadcasting live from a small room in the basement of the Ummah Masjid. Abdullah Yousri, imam and executive director of the mosque, said […]
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are restricting the number of Muslims allowed to observe fasting in Ramadan. The move has drawn heavy criticism from rights groups. For years, Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims have been prohibited from fully observing Ramadan in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region known to Uyghurs as Eastern Turkestan. That in...
Care packages were distributed at Masjid Ar-Rahama for the start of Ramadan, three months after a deadly fire killed 17 people. The Bronx, New York, community is still reeling from the tragedy at a nearby apartment complex. A number of the dead worshiped at Masjid Ar-Rahama. Husainou Waggeh, who serves on the mosque’s executive board, [&hellip...
On Saturday, France’s interior minister denounced racist comments, defending his greetings to French Muslims commemorating the start of Ramadan. Gerald Darmanin condemned the “ordinary racism” of people for his April 1 tweet wishing all Muslims in France a “happy Ramadan.” The controversial French Minister has announced shutting down 92 mosque...
Israeli police attacked Palestinians outside the Old City in east Jerusalem late Sunday leaving a dozen people wounded, sources said. Palestinians congregated there after nightly prayers for the second night of the month of Ramadan, which began on Saturday. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 11 people were wounded in clashes.
Eight local churches in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania have pitched in to prepare a home for Afghan refugees. The family of 10 Afghan evacuees arrived earlier this year. Church volunteers have been painting, sanding and ripping out old carpeting in the home. Once the family arrived, volunteers drove members to medical appointments, helped the child...
