KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A young Pakistani mountain climber has scaled the world’s third-highest peak “Kunchenjunga” in Nepal, becoming the youngest mountaineer of the world to climb the three tallest peaks on the planet. Shehroze Kashif, 20, summited the 8,586-meter (28,196 feet) peak to become the world’s youngest climber to scale the third t...
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks over phone on Monday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss cooperation between the two countries during this year’s World Cup tournament in Qatar. Raisi wished success for the Gulf nation in hosting the high-status event, the Iranian Presidency said in a...
Ghanian football star Abdul Majeed Waris, the Racing Strasbourg forward, is funding a mosque project in his Ghanaian hometown. The Twitter page of the player’s foundation shared photos of the mosque that showed work on the project is moving forward successfully. The two-story mosque is under construction in the Lamashegu community in Tamale ...
Three Kashmiri students have spent more than three months in jail now for celebrating the Pakistani cricket team’s win over India. Their families have appealed for their release as they struggle to bail them out. Arsheed Yousuf, Inayat Altaf and Showkat Ahmad Ganai — all in their early 20s — were arrested last October on […]
The Islamic Center of Detroit or ICD is proposing renaming a local park to honor legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. Currently named the Belton-Mark Twain Park, ICD has plans to remodel and rename it “Muhammad Ali Park.” The city-owned green space is located at the intersection of Belton and Mark Twain streets, hence the name. It […]
Uyghurs in the U.S. protested in front of the White House Saturday against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. They criticized the Chinese government and accused it of carrying out “genocide” in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 2019, Human Rights Watch confirmed that the Chinese government has committed, and continues to commit, crim...
U.S. officials and international human rights groups are concerned for the safety of Olympic athletes in China. A Chinese government official warned about “punishment” for competitors if they speak out on political issues at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Yang Shu, deputy director of international relations for the Beijing organizing commit...
The 2022 Olympic Winter Games began yesterday in Beijing under the cloud of a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott and the coronavirus pandemic. The opening ceremony is Friday and the Games continue through Feb. 20. The United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia have each announced a diplomatic boycott of the games, over concerns about China’s ...
Hijab-wearing footballers played an impromptu game in Paris’ Luxembourg garden, behind the Senate protesting a decision banning them from sports competitions. Founé Diawara, co-president of the collective Les Hijabeuses, an offshoot of the Alliance citoyenne group “What bothers us is that some women are being left out, including ...
One of the most well-known mixed martial arts fighters in the world is coming to a Detroit suburb. Khabib Nurmagomedov will speak Tuesday at an Islamic educational center about his Muslim faith and career. Nurmagomedov has an undefeated 29-0 record and is often named among the best MMA fighters of all time. He is to […]
