Lebanon

Over 700 Muslims in Hässleholm Observe Ramadan Without Mosque After Building Permit Rejection ———————————— More than 700 Muslims in the city of Hässleholm, in Skåne County, Sweden, are observing Ramadan for the second consecutive year without a permanent mosque, following…

Beirut Hosts World’s Largest Iftar Dinner, Sets Guinness Record ——————————- Nearly 5,800 people gathered in Beirut for an iftar dinner aimed at entering Guinness World Records as the largest Ramadan iftar gathering, IQNA reported. The event was organized by the…

Lebanon PM pledges reconstruction on visit to ruined Southern border towns —————————————— Lebanese Prime Minister visited heavily damaged towns close to the Israeli border on Saturday, pledging reconstruction, Al Arabiya English reported. It was Nawaf Salam’s first trip to the…

Groundbreaking Laid for Al‑Muhsin bin Ali School in Kenya Amid Growing Community Needs ————————————— A new Shia religious school project began this week in the Kenyan city of Nyamira, where organizers laid the groundwork for a school aimed at serving…

Britain Faces Growing Pressure to Provide Muslim Burial Grounds ——————————————- Britain is facing increasing social and institutional pressure to expand the availability of burial grounds for Muslims, amid a deepening shortage of cemetery land, rising costs for developing new burial…

Lebanese Army Raids Syrian Refugee Camp in Bekaa ————————– The Lebanese Armed Forces carried out a security operation on a Syrian refugee settlement known as the Imam Ali camp in the Hermel area of the Bekaa Valley, according to local…

Muslim Lebanese nuclear scientist dies suspiciously in France ——————— Lebanese media have reported the discovery of the lifeless body of Mohammad Ali Makhybar Ayyoub, a Lebanese nuclear scientist, inside his apartment in France, without any official explanation of the causes…

Lebanese priest Bassem al-Rai: Imam Ali (peace be upon him) demonstrated asceticism, compassion in Nahj al-Balagha with a vision beyond his time ——————— Professor Bassem al-Rai, a Lebanese priest and professor of political philosophy, stated in a media interview that…

Lebanon’s Maronite Christian Leader: Enough of War and Division —————– The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, speaking during Christmas celebrations marking the birth of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), called for an end to conflict and internal divisions, stressing…

National Survey Alarms Lebanon: Crisis in Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse —————————- A comprehensive national survey conducted by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has uncovered…