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A group of Muslim female students at Desh Bhagat University in Punjab faced a distressing incident on a Thursday afternoon as they engaged in a protest that had been on-going for approximately three weeks. The protest was organized after the…

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) had to cut rations to another 2 million Afghans this month and is warning of a “catastrophic” winter if funding runs out with little food for remote communities in place, the agency’s country director…

The Ministry of Education of the north western German state of Lower Saxony has announced the teaching of Islamic religion in 75 state schools, ten years after it was adopted as a main subject of study. According to the ministry,…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Wednesday, the 4th of Rabi al-Awwal. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues. Grand…

Hundreds of women in Afghanistan believe that the United Nations should not recognize the Taliban government until women’s access to work and education is restored, according to a new survey reported by VOA. About 46% of the 592 Afghan women…

The World Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) has warned of the serious consequences of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, expressing its serious concern about the repercussions of the continuation of the war between the two countries at the regional and…

Civil society activists and non-governmental organizations in Sudan have called for demonstrations to stop the devastating conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Tuesday, they called on the international community concerned about…

Androscoggin Bank has become the first institution in Maine, US, to offer Islamic interest-free mortgage plans that comply with Islamic and other religious injunctions prohibiting usury. In one model, the buyer and the financier purchase a property together and become…

More than 1,200 refugee children under 5 have died in Sudan amid on-going fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. These children have died in nine camps in the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will give Morocco a $1.3 billion loan following the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed thousands in the North African country, Anadolu News Agency reported.  According to IMF Managing Director, the IMF has concluded a staff-level…