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...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The singing of a Hindu religious song by Muslim students unwillingly at a government school in Indian-administered Kashmir stirred controversy, prompting Muslim clerics to strongly object and call the act intolerable. Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, or United Council of Clerics, an umbrella organization representin...
Mecca, Saudi Arabia – (AFP) White-robed worshippers from around the world have packed the streets of Islam’s holiest city ahead of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began. Banners welcoming the faithful, including the first international visitors since 2019, adorned squares and alleys, while armed security ...
Rahat, Israeli occupied Palestinian territories – (AFP) Archaeologists have unveiled a mosque in Israel’s south that they say sheds light on the region’s transition from Christianity to Islam. The remains of the mosque, believed to be more than 1,200 years old, were discovered during works to build a new neighbourhood in the ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – (AFP) Veterinarians are called in to inspect the sheep at an abattoir ahead of one of Islam’s major holidays in Dubai, where the municipality is encouraging residents to use smart apps to order the sacrificial animals. Muslims during Eid Al Adha, which falls in July this year to mark the […]
Thousands of Minnesota Muslims are expected to celebrate Eid Al-Adha at U.S. Bank Stadium next month. It’s the first time the celebration will be held since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. A group of 40 mosques and organizations are hosting the event on July 9 or 10, based on the lunar calendar. The date […]
