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During Prophet’s Birthday Celebrations in Kabul, Afghan Shia Renew Calls for Representation and Rights A number of Afghan Shia scholars and community figures have renewed calls on the Taliban to address their religious and social concerns and ensure their representation…

Pakistan Hosts International Conference on the Prophet’s Biography, Focusing on Protecting and Shaping the New Generation The Pakistani capital, Islamabad, hosted an international conference on the Noble Prophet’s biography, titled “Protecting and Shaping the New Generation and Its Role in…

These developments are raising growing concerns among Afghan Shia Muslims, particularly as the removal of Ja’fari jurisprudence, exclusion of Shia professors, intervention in the administration of universities affiliated with the community, and removal of books that conflict with the sectarian…

Law and Political Science Removed from Universities as Taliban Politicize Afghan Higher Education The Taliban continues to reshape Afghanistan’s higher education sector through decisions affecting academic disciplines, curricula, textbooks, professors, and the administrations of academic institutions. Among these policies are…

The Syrian Observatory: 1,048 Druze Civilians Killed During Transitional Period and Demands for Non-Selective Justice The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of 1,048 unarmed Druze civilians since the fall of the Syrian regime on December 8, 2024,…

King Harald V of Norway Passes Away at Age 89 The Royal Palace in Norway announced this Friday morning the death of King Harald V, the eldest monarch in Europe, at the age of 89. In an official statement released…

Nepal: 472 Bodies Found, Search Continues for Hundreds of Missing The Himalayan region is facing one of the worst natural disasters in its modern history, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors amid massive floods and avalanches that…

Syria Decides to Include the Kurdish Language in School Curriculums and Considers it a “National Language” The Ministry of Education in Syria issued a decision today, Thursday, August 27, 2026, to allow the study of the Kurdish language as a…

Broad Meeting in Montreal Discusses Hijab, Elections, and Muslim Community Affairs A broad meeting was held in the Canadian city of Montreal, bringing together a number of scholars, officials of Islamic centers, and representatives of Muslim communities to discuss a…

The UMEED online registry launched by the Indian government to document waqf properties is struggling to achieve its objectives more than a year after its launch, with large numbers of waqf properties still absent from the database. This has raised…