On Thursday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame laid a wreath at a memorial as the African nation remembered the 1994 genocide. More than 800,000 Tutsis and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed. Of those, more than 250,000 people are buried at the memorial site in the capital Kigali. Thursday’s ceremony marked the beginning of […]
A group of Australian academics has quit the Australia India Institute at Melbourne University citing concerns for academic freedom. The group alleged interference by the Indian High Commission. A March 29 letter signed by 13 affiliated fellow scholars claims the Indian High Commissioner to Australia intervened in the institute’s activities. I...
A video posted online appears to show Ukrainian troops shooting what is believed to be a captured Russian soldier, outside a village west of the capital Kyiv. The clip, verified by The New York Times, was filmed north of the village of Dmytrivka, near the town of Bucha. In the clip, the Russian soldier has […]
A Turkish court has suspended the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused of killing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The court also ruled for the case to be handed over to Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz said she would appeal the court’s decision that came amid warnings from human rights groups. The 59-year-old [&hell...
The new Museum of Islamic Civilizations will open Friday in Turkey’s largest mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate the museum, located in Istanbul’s Grand Camlica Mosque Complex. Built in a closed area of more than 100,000-square-feet, the museum includes works from the collections of the Topkapi Palace and Palace Collections ...
Professional athletes who are practicing Muslims fasting during daylight hours will need extra psychological and physical stamina to get through the month of Ramadan. Muslims are one of the largest faith-based groups in the U.K. Yet, the community has traditionally struggled for representation in British sports from national teams to lower lea...
Muslim students in the Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba are frustrated after many schools prevented prayers and other activities during the month of Ramadan. After meeting with secondary school principals, the Addis Abeba City Education Bureau said education should be free from religious activities. Several reports this week showed many schools p...
On Monday, an Indonesian court delivered a death sentence to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school. Prosecutors appealed for the death penalty after Herry Wirawan initially received a sentence of life in prison by a court in the city of Bandung in February. The case has sent shockwaves across Indonesia, shining […]
Muslims in Oman found eating in public in the daytime during the month of Ramadan will be jailed and fined. According to the Penal Code, “a Muslim who publicly breaks the fast during the day in Ramadan shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine.” The penalties are for breaking the fast “without a legitimate […]
Leaders at Buffalo Public Schools in New York are pushing to allow Muslim students to take off from school for their religious holiday. Muslims across the U.S. and globally are now observing Ramadan. The month of fasting ends in early May this year, with the Eid al-Fitr festival, including a big celebration attended by thousands […]
