The Cairo International Book Fair, established in 1969, is one of the largest and oldest in the Middle East, attracting millions of visitors annually Muslim Network TV News CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) – The 56th Cairo International Book Fair commenced on Thursday at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in New Cairo, running until February 5...
More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have arrived in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Aceh. They arrived in East Aceh in two boats stranded in the sea, according to the Aceh Online newspaper. Local police chief Surya Dharma said information about the boats was obtained from fishermen who saw two ships carrying refu...
Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency or MMEA has expelled two boats carrying nearly 300 Burmese nationals who are suspected to be Rohingya refugees, from its waters. These actions followed the detention of 196 undocumented migrants attempting to enter the country via Langkawi Island. The refugees, found exhausted and lacking basic supplies, ...
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...
