Tripoli, Libya (AFP): The blast of a cannon booms across Tripoli, but it doesn’t signal another round of fighting in the Libyan capital — rather, the revival of a long-lost Ramadan tradition. Officers in berets rolled out a red carpet on the iconic Martyrs’ Square on March 23 for the 600-year-old weapon, setting off a [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday marked the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, wishing Muslims worldwide “Ramadan Kareem.” “Today, Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world as they begin the Islamic holy month of [&...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia, home of the holiest shrines in Islam, has announced that the fasting month of Ramadan will start on Thursday. The kingdom’s supreme court ruled on Tuesday evening that the Islamic calendar month of Shaban, which precedes Ramadan, ends on Wednesday, meaning Ramadan will begin the following day, th...
WARSAW (AA) – Mizar, a Muslim cemetery, is less than a kilometer outside the small village of Bohoniki in northeastern Poland. You pass the last houses, turn left along a track lined with trees. Behind a wall, between the trees, tombstones with crescent-shaped monuments begin. The village is located 9 kilometers in a straight line [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece’s use of Ottoman-era mosques for purposes other than Islamic worship is a violation of fundamental human rights, say experts. Evaluating the current status of historic mosques in Greece, Sabri Can Sannav from the History Department at Trakya University shared that the Mecidiye Mosque was converted into the By...
ANKARA (AA) – English Premier League club Chelsea will host a first-ever fast-breaking or iftar meal at their home stadium Stamford Bridge on March 26, a few days after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts. “On Sunday 26 March, Chelsea Foundation will host an Open Iftar at the side of the pitch at Stamford […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a far-right politician in Sweden for desecrating the Quran, calling on Stockholm to take action and prevent such provocative acts in the future. “No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable [sic] act of desecration o...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – A Sharia court in northern Nigeria’s Kano state sentenced an Islamic cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy on Thursday. The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, delivered the verdict against Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara in a court session that lasted over three hours amid tight security. Kabara was arraigned o...
IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – A prominent politician in Sweden is pushing for the passage of a bill that would ban headscarves in the Swedish police force. The proposed law may also be extended to all public employees, Richard Jomshof, the chairman of parliament’s Justice Committee, said Monday. He hopes that the coalition of four right-wing [&h...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Muslim students in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos can now wear headscarves, according to authorities. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the head of Publix Servants in the state of Lagos, announced in a statement on Wednesday the use of headscarves by girls in schools “with immediate effect.” He did not explain if ...
