Shia Rights Watch International Organization published its latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements in February 2017.
SRW publishes its monthly report
Buddhists attack mosques, Muslim shops in Sri Lanka
The tense situation that had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka Monday night after a group of Buddhists attacked a Muslim shop and a mosque, has presently been brought under control, police said on Tuesday.
Workshop on teaching Quran recitation underway in Hamburg
A workshop on teaching Quran recitation has been organized in Hamburg, Germany.
Special permit approved for mosque in Indiana Town
The board of zoning appeals in Carmel, US state of Indiana, approved a special use permit for the Al Salam Foundation to build an Islamic Life Center and Mosque at their board meeting Monday evening.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes in London soared by 40% in a year
The number of Islamophobic hate crimes in London has soared by almost 40 per cent in the past year, figures have revealed.
Arbaeen Int’l Exhibition to be held in Netherlands
The Arbaeen Association of Europe plans to hold the first international photo and film exhibition on Arbaeen (the 40th day after Ashura) in Leiden, the Netherlands.
HRW: China fuels crackdown in minority region
Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar's Rakhine hit by crackdown
The United Nations has called on Myanmar authorities to “ensure unfettered humanitarian access” in Rakhine state, where state-sponsored violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Rare Quran copies on display at India National Museum
A collection of rare manuscripts of the Holy Quran dating back to the 8th CE to the 19th CE were open to the public by India’s National Museum in New Delhi on Tuesday.
An Islamic Science Exhibition in India’s Hyderabad has been organized
On completion of 18 years of its inception, Maahad-ul-Islami in Hyderabad, India, organized a two-day Islamic Science Exhibition on Sunday February 24.
Free Muslim: The international community has to save more than a hundred girls kidnaped by Boko Haram
The international non-violence organization, Free Muslim, has called on the international community to intervene in the rescue of more than 100 girls kidnaped by the terrorist group of Boko Haram.
UNICEF calls for urgent help for Rohingya children
UNICEF on Friday called for urgent efforts for nearly 720,000 Rohingya children in Bangladesh and Myanmar who are vulnerable to violence and outbreak of diseases.
Imam Ali Islamic Center in Stockholm to host I’tikaf
The Imam Ali, peace be upon him, Islamic Center in Stockholm, Sweden, will host Muslim worshipers who are going to attend I’tikaf (seclusion for worship in a mosque) on the 13th to 15th of the lunar month of Rajab.
Al-Shabab twin bomb attacks kill 45 in Somali capital Mogadishu
At least 45 people have been killed and several others sustained injuries when a pair of car bombings, carried out by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab terrorist group, hit the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police say.