Rohingya rights activist Nay San Lwin has warned that Rohingya Muslims risk losing their homeland if the international community fails to intervene. With 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Burma’s Rakhine State, Lwin highlighted ongoing atrocities. These include forced displacements and killings by the Burmese army, as well as the rebel outfit Ara...
By Ahmed I was born and raised in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir. Kashmir is known for many different things: the scenic beauty, the unending occupation, and its Islamicate culture. But the story that I am writing about is the journey of Hajj, a journey that I heard many stories about from my Boba (grandmother) […]
Renewed clashes between the military junta and rebels in Burma’s Rakhine state have killed dozens of Rohingya Muslims and injured many more. RFA Burmese reports 79 Rohingya people died and 127 were wounded in airstrikes and artillery bombardments. The conflict has worsened the plight of Rohingya refugees, with about 1 million living in Bangl...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed “grave worry” Tuesday at the opening of a Hindu temple on top of the demolished Babri Mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya. “In line with the OIC position expressed by the Council of Foreign Ministers in its previous sessions, the General S...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Egypt in support of war-torn Gaza on Friday, with large crowds flooding into Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, an AFP correspondent and Egyptian media said. The correspondent said several thousand packed into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 uprising that toppled...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Thousands rallied across the Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a Gaza hospital strike. Angry crowds gathered after calls from Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Palestinian factions for mass mobilisation. “Death to America, death to Israel,” hundreds...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced that it will hold an urgent meeting next Wednesday to discuss recent dramatic developments in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the OIC said: “At the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which chairs the Islamic Summit and the Executive Committee of the [&hel...
System is said to forcibly separate Uyghur children from their families and assimilate them into. Mandarin-speaking culture NEW YORK – U.N. experts have expressed “grave concern” about the reported expansion of a government-sponsored boarding school program in China’s Xinjiang region. This system is said to forcibly se...
Muslims of all ages flock to mosques to pray and recite poetry dedicated to the Prophet on the occasion, known as Mawlid Al-Nabawi ISTANBUL (AA) – Muslims around the world are celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, a day of great spiritual significance in Islam. Muslims of all ages flock to mosques […]
Leaders urge Muslims not to be provoked by such acts and to stand together in defending their faith NEW YORK – Leaders from Muslim nations of Turkiye, Iran, and Qatar have condemned Quran burnings and other desecrations of the holy book in European countries. Addressing the annual session of the U.N. General Assembly, Turkish President [...
