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A decision on whether Muslim nurses will be allowed to wear the hijab while at work will hopefully be made by the end of August, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday after a closed-door dialogue with 70 Malay/Muslim…

Dr Shafaque Shaikh MBBS FRCS PhD, a Scottish Muslim doctor and consultant in colorectal and general surgery, has been praised for her recent efforts to introduce surgical robots as part of a £3.5m investment at NHS Grampian.NHS Grampian, which oversees…

The French Senate approved Wednesday the addition of a ban on religious practices in university corridors to a controversial bill that French President Emmanuel Macron’s government believes will combat so-called “Islamist separatism,” but which is seen by rights organizations as…

The Bahraini authorities have released dozens of prisoners due to fears related to the outbreak of Coronavirus in prisons.Rights activists reported that the Bahraini authorities released dozens of prisoners, including political activists, after demonstrations calling for their release, due to…

Forty-two members of the terrorist Taliban movement were killed in security operations in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.In a statement, the Afghan Ministry of Defense stated that during the past 24 hours, defense and security forces, with the support of the…

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the Imam Shirazi World Foundation called on Islamic governments to take the initiative to reconcile their people through good faith measures.A statement by the Foundation, received by Shia Waves, said, “The…

A threatening letter was sent to a mosque in the central city of Almere, the Netherlands, containing threats and anti-Islam expressions, the mosque said on Friday.The message sent to the mosque contained the phrase “Islam does not belong to the…

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirmed that her country has reports documenting China’s brutal practices against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.Payne said that the Chinese embassy in Canberra called on Australian journalists to convince them that…

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) revealed that the Bahraini authorities have arrested family members of prominent political prisoners in Bahrain because of their participation in a peaceful demonstration…

A Muslim woman and her husband in the US state of Florida were subjected to a racist attack by a woman for wearing the Islamic headscarf.The attacker, a woman of Ukrainian origin, attacked Nahla Obeid inside a store, who recorded…