TORONTO (AA): US President Joe Biden congratulated Muslims on Tuesday on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Biden and first lady Jill Biden conveyed their best wishes to everyone who celebrates the holiday. In a statement issued by the White House, he noted that Eid “commemorates the story of Abraham and his family’s ultimate fidelity to [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA): On a sunny October day last year, Usman Arshad set out from his hometown in northeastern Pakistan to do what he had wished for a long time. Over the next six months, undeterred by freezing winds or scorching heat, he walked some 5,400 kilometers (3,350 miles) across four countries to fulfill his dream […]
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA): The world’s first Islamic Experience Center in the Netherlands, where Islam is explained through the technologies of virtual reality glasses, hologram and 8D sound, aims to break down Islamophobic prejudices. The center has been established in the city of Rotterdam by the Islamic Experience Center Foundation,...
Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims prayed at Mount Arafat in searing heat on Tuesday at the height of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers crowded the rocky rise and surrounding area from before dawn and when the sun appeared, it revealed vast numbers of white-robed worshippers thronging the sacred si...
Mina, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or rode buses Monday to Minaa — a tented city for pilgrims near Mekkah for the climax of the annual Hajj. After performing the ritual ‘Tawaf’ (circumambulation) of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque that Muslims pray towards e...
Mekkah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Braving the scorching Saudi heat, Mekkah resident Amer Abdullah distributed free tea and bread to worshippers performing the annual hajj pilgrimage, honouring a long-standing tradition in Islam’s holiest city. Joined by his five sons, the 45-year-old Saudi man who spends his evenings serving warm beverages to w...
Mekkah, Saudi Arabia: (AFP): Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, on Sunday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years began in the heat of the Saudi summer. Islam’s holiest site is expected to host more than two million worshippers from 160 countries during [&hel...
IDLIB, Syria (AA): Bustle has started at the livestock markets set up for the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in a de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria amid the ongoing civil war and continued attacks by the regime army. Hundreds of thousands of people, who have sought refuge in Idlib camps along the Türkiye-Syria border […]...
Mekkah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Enormous crowds of worshippers are gathering in Mekkah, Islam’s holiest city, for the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat. Pilgrims dressed modestly and simply in white robes and sandals packed the ancient city, now dotted with luxury ...
ISTANBUL (AA): Malaysia’s parliament has approved a bill to decriminalize attempted suicides. The Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 was passed in the upper house of the Malaysian parliament, locally known as Dewan Negara, on Wednesday. It aims to “empower crisis intervention officers to apprehend individuals who attempt suicide,&...
