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Al-Husnawi said the main objective of the institute is to disseminate the Quranic concepts and teachings among women   A specialized Quranic institute called “Al-Kawthar” will be set up for women in Iraq. According to reports, Anwar Al-Husnawi, in charge…

Attacks on Muslim women may range from verbal abuse to violent assaults   Muslim women wearing hijabs or headscarves are far more likely to fall victim to hate crimes amid alarming rise in Islamophobic attacks, according to monitoring groups in…

The 34-year-old self-taught photographer considered as one of the first professional female photojournalists in Iran   Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The…

Over a million mourners have flocked to the holy city of Kadhimiya in the Iraqi capital Baghdad   Over a million mourners have flocked to the holy city of Kadhimiya in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in recent days to mark…

The Syrian High Committee of Hajj said that the Saudi regime deprived the Syrian pilgrims of performing Hajj   The Syrian High Committee of Hajj said that the Saudi regime deprived the Syrian pilgrims of performing Hajj rituals for the…

Books on different Islamic issues, philosophy, Islamic culture and rituals and scientific fields   The first specialized library of Islamic-Arabic culture was opened in Melun, a south-eastern suburb of Paris, the French capital. According to reports, the library was launched…

report pointed out that most of the Islamophobia-related crimes were recorded in the capital Madrid   Spain’s Interior Ministry revealed that 40 percent of xenophobic crimes which Spanish police investigated are linked to Islamophobia, especially in the aftermath of the…

Yemeni officials put the number of foreign troops from Saudi Arabia   As many as 800 Egyptian soldiers arrived in Yemen, Egyptian security sources said, swelling the ranks of a Gulf Arab military contingent launching a wide war on the…

Two of Al-Azhar’s Tajik students have been recently arrested for trying to join ISIS   At least 300 students of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University are associated to the IS terrorist group.  It had been reported earlier that IS seeks to recruit…

The source said five more shells fell in the neighborhoods of al-Qasa’a, Bab Touma, al-Qaimariye, and al-Hamidiye   Five civilians were killed and dozens were injured, some of them women and children, in a series of terrorist mortar attacks on…