ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former prime minister spent a third day in Attock prison in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His lawyers plan to appeal his conviction in connection with an alleged government treasury corruption case. Khan, who is also chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the country’s larges...
AUGUSTA, Maine – An American bank in the state of Maine has introduced Islamic mortgages to comply with Sharia law. Androscoggin Bank took more than a year to develop the Islamic mortgage program in collaboration with community organizations and an expert in Sharia-compliant lending. The bank also hired Ayesha Baye, an Ethiopian immigran...
JACKSON, Mississippi – A federal appeals court has ruled unconstitutional a Mississippi state law that permanently disenfranchises people with certain criminal records. The law was passed in 1890 by white lawmakers during the Jim Crow era and was used to disenfranchise Black voters. The court ruled that the law violates the Eighth Amendm...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A court in the U.S. state of Missouri has sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for setting fire to an Islamic center. According to the Department of Justice, the convicted man, John Proffitt, had attempted to set fire to the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center on the first day of Ramadan […]
NEW DELHI, India – Although India launched the Green Revolution more than five decades ago, the fight against hunger is still ongoing. According to Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair, a former professor, and Indian agricultural scientist, many poor people still do not have enough to eat. Writing an article in India’s Deccan Herald newspaper, ...
LONDON – Moroccan player Nouhaila Benzina made history last Sunday when she became the first female football player to wear a hijab at a FIFA World Cup match. Her appearance has inspired Muslim women and girls playing grassroots soccer in the United Kingdom. Sports officials say the Football Association has made efforts to make womenR...
ISTANBUL – A 71-year-old Uyghur serving a 14-year sentence died in a prison in China’s Xinjiang province. According to reports, Abdurusul Memet was arrested in 2017 for studying the Quran, praying, and supporting a beard. Chinese authorities justified his religious leanings as “illegal religious activities.” His situati...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two children were killed and one was wounded this week in mine explosions in Yemen’s port city of Al-Hudaydah. In war-torn Yemen, mines laid by Houthi rebels in residential areas and on roads continue to threaten the lives of children, despite international efforts to clear them. Conflicts between the legitimate government and ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Dhaka on Thursday reported the US and Canada for not sending back two self-proclaimed killers of Bangladesh’s founding leader. The killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cannot be returned due to the lack of political will of the Western countries, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sehli Sabreen said at the wee...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Muslim advocacy group Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Florida authorities to ban PragerU for anti-Muslim content. Florida recently approved PragerU, an unaccredited nonprofit organization, and its newly launched PragerU Kids content for teaching in public schools. PragerU has been critici...
