JERUSALEM (AA) – His passion for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem was always a big part of his life. Palestinian Marwan Nashashibi, born in Jerusalem in 1934, studied engineering at Haifa University. After graduation, he joined the Jordanian army’s engineering corps until Israeli forces occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Midd...
Sotheby’s auction house recently sold a page from a 14th century copy of the Quran. Many archaeological artifacts were sold in the auction titled “Art of the Islamic World & India Including Luxurious Carpets.” The large page of the Quran, written in the Muhaqqaq script on pink paper, dates back to the Mamluk era in […]
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...
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...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent on Friday his “warmest wishes” to the world’s more than two billion Muslims as they prepare to mark Ramadan. The UN chief said Ramadan is a time of “compassion and empathy, a time for reflection and learning,” and added he will resume a tradition h...
Right-wing Israeli Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir Thursday stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem under tight police protection. A Palestinian agency said Ben-Gvir breached the site after Israeli police agreed to allow him to tour the complex ahead of the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Islamic Endowments D...
Tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky in December killed many Bowling Green community members and destroyed numerous homes and businesses. After the storms, Imam Muamer Sljivic of the Bosnian Islamic Center of Bowling Green, received many calls from city residents seeking assistance. The Bosnian Islamic Center and the Islamic Center of Bowling Green...
BRUSSELS – The EU foreign policy chief has called on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to immediately reopen secondary schools for girls. In a declaration issued on behalf of the bloc, Josep Borrell slammed the Taliban’s decision to exclude over 1 million girls from secondary education in the country. “No religious or social reason...
NEW YORK – The Muslim call to prayer or the ‘Adhan’ can now be heard several times a day in Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota. The city council has approved a bill presented by council member Jamal Osman, allowing the prayer to be played publicly by loudspeaker between the hours of 7 a.m. and […]
Ukraine’s Muslim community estimates that 10,000 Muslims have died in the Russian aggression, so far. A Muslim group with historical ties to Ukraine spoke about the toll amid escalating violence. The Manitoba Islamic Association in Canada hosted a virtual discussion with President of the Muslim Council of Ukraine Sheikh Seyran Aryfov in Lviv L...
