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The World Health Organization (WHO) committee will meet on 27 January to decide whether the coronavirus pandemic still represents an emergency on a global level or not, three years after it was declared a public health emergency. According to the…

The Hamtramck City Council on Tuesday approved amending an ordinance to allow residents to perform animal sacrifices as part of their religious ceremonies. The city council had debated the matter for months, even proposing restrictions that were ultimately shut down.…

The international magazine (Tahleelat Al-Asr) said that the Swiss National Library includes a prominent book on Shias in its Islamic archive. The book is titled (The Legends of the Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf) written by one of the prominent…

A recent report published in The Indian Express revealed that there has been a significant shift of Muslim students from government colleges to private pre-university colleges (PUCs) in Udupi district, which was the hotbed of the hijab protests in 2022.…

A joint statement from the world’s top NGOs was released in solidarity with political dissidents and human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. The statement says, “In recent years, Saudi authorities’ ongoing crackdown on dissenting voices has only increased in scope…

Muslims in India have been undergoing a critically adverse situation since 2014 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The community has been facing hate speeches, mob…

The director of the Najaf Office of the Imam Hussein Media Group, Sheikh Abdul Hamid Al-Amiri, discussed with the Private Secretary of the Al-Sahla Mosque, Sayyed Mudher Al-Madani, prospects for joint cooperation in the media field and disseminating the culture…

Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia “without legal documents”, state media reported Tuesday. The group were arrested last month in the southern…

Pakistan and the United Nations held a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshaling support to rebuild the country after devastating floods. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers last September displaced some 8 million people and killed at…

The Turkish daily ‘Yeni Akit’ published a report including some of the picturesque scenes that accompanied the blessed Arbaeen pilgrimage last year. At the beginning of its report, the conservative Islamic newspaper described the holy city of Karbala as “the…