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The city of Queenstown, New Zealand, is preparing to open its first mosque next Friday, December 11th, after it was built with charitable donations from Muslims there.The head of the financial treasury at the Islamic Center, Jalal Qadi, said that…

The Charitable Committee of Husseiniyat Al Yasin in Sydney, Australia, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority, announced the distribution of sacrificial meat and food baskets to orphans and poor families in Iran and Iraq.In a statement, the committee said, “Based…

The Chargé d’Affaires of the Azerbaijani embassy in Baghdad, Nasser Mammadov, visited the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain, peace be upon him, expressing his admiration for the construction and development witnessed by the holy city of Karbala.“We were honored to…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, expressed its sadness and frustration about the turbulent political conditions facing Egypt during this period, and the negative repercussions of these problems on the human rights file and public and private freedoms.The organization said…

While the Muslim community has been growing in the German city of Mühlhausen, specifically since 2015, it suffers from discrimination and lack of recognition as well, especially for Muslim women because of the headscarf.“The growth of Muslims in Mühlhausen is…

A government official in Diyala said that three police officers were wounded when an explosive device exploded in the Kubba area, northeast of Baqubah.“An explosive device exploded on an agricultural road near the Kubba area, on a police patrol, resulting…

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Wednesday announced the dissolution of anti-racist group Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF).“In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic, the CCIF was dissolved in the Council of Ministers. For several…

The French government is preparing for an unprecedented move against the country’s mosques.France will be inspecting 76 mosques in the coming days in a “massive and unprecedented” operation against separatism, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday.Gerald Darmanin said state services…

The United Nations welcomed the progress made in the ongoing negotiations between the delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban terrorist movement in the Qatari capital, Doha.According to a statement published by the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan…

A new place of worship is rising in the heart of Jersey City.The Muslim Federation of New Jersey, a Jersey City-based Islamic nonprofit, broke ground on a new mosque last month at its McGinley Square headquarters.The new, roughly 17,000 square-foot…