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 ...
LONDON (AA) – The number of people in England and Wales identifying as Christians has dropped below half for the first time, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics from the 2021 census. The census showed 46.2% of people saying they were Christian, a decrease from 53.9% in 2011. Those saying they […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – The Katara Cultural Village Mosque in Qatar’s capital of Doha has become the focus of attention for World Cup fans who want to know about Islam. Multilingual male and female preachers at the mosque explain the religion and tolerance of Islam to tourists. Electronic boards about Islam in more than 30 […]
More than 10,000 Muslims met Saturday for a one-day conference in Minneapolis. It was one of the largest Muslim gatherings in the state since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Minnesota mosques organized the event, led by Dar al-Faruq Center and the Muslim American Society. It marked the 18th consecutive annual convention aimed at [...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations will recognize Ohio student athlete and activist Noor Abukaram as the “American Muslim of the Year” at its 28th annual banquet on Oct. 29. Abukaram was on the cross-country running team at Ohio’s Sylvania Northview High School in October 2019. She was disqualified from her track meet because of her [&h...
In recent years, voters in Indonesia have supported candidates with solid religious personas whose lifestyles and appearances adhere to Islamic values. The world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy has seen an increasing trend toward Islamic piety. That’s according to a paper published by researchers Haryanto and Rizkika Lhena Darwin in the n...
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Quran reciter to 12 years in prison for leading prayers at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque eight years ago. The kingdom is intensifying its crackdown on religious figures. Saudi rights organization, Prisoners of Conscience, said a Saudi court last Wednesday sentenced Imam and Quran reciter Abdullah Basfar to 12 year...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s largest mosque in Cologne broadcast the Muslim call to prayer over its loudspeakers for the first time on Friday. “This a sign that Muslims are at home here,” Abdurrahman Atasoy, the secretary general of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) told reporters, and thanked the city admini...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – Muslims in Germany’s city of Cologne have welcomed the permission granted to them for two years to announce the call to prayer every Friday on loudspeaker. Abdurrahman Atasoy, the acting president of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), said: “I hope we will hold our first call to p...
