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UN: World population to reach 8.5 billion in 2030

UN: World population to reach 8.5 billion in 2030

 The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs announced, on Monday, that the world’s population is supposed to reach 8 billion on November 15, also expecting that India will replace China and become the most populous country in 2023.…
Veiled woman assaulted in Berlin, others racially abused

Veiled woman assaulted in Berlin, others racially abused

In yet another incident of anti-Muslim violence in Germany, a woman wearing a headscarf was physically attacked in the capital Berlin, local media reported Saturday. According to the daily Der Tagesspiegel, a 37-year-old attacker tore off the 39-year-old victim’s head…
Hilliard becomes first Ohio school district to recognize Muslim holiday of Eid

Hilliard becomes first Ohio school district to recognize Muslim holiday of Eid

A petition drive by a group of Muslim students in Hilliard resulted in the first school district in Ohio to recognize the Muslim holiday of Eid. As a result, the district will change the school calendar to reflect a district…
Al-Abbas Holy Shrine organizes Quran Competition Children from five African countries

Al-Abbas Holy Shrine organizes Quran Competition Children from five African countries

Children and teenagers from five African countries took part in a Quran competition organized by Al-Abbas Holy Shrine. The event was attended by some 150 contenders from Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Tanzania, according to Al-Kafeel website. The Holy Shrine’s…
Kashmiri man writes entire Holy Quran by hand on a single piece of paper

Kashmiri man writes entire Holy Quran by hand on a single piece of paper

Kashmiri calligrapher Mustafa Ibni Jameel sets a new record as he wrote the Islamic holy book on a 500-meter-long scroll – a project that took him seven months. The 27-year-old penman revealed that it took him months to create the…
Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation in cooperation with Shirazi Religious Authority institutions distribute sacrificial meat to underprivileged Shia families in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan

Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation in cooperation with Shirazi Religious Authority institutions distribute sacrificial meat to underprivileged Shia families in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, in cooperation with the Shirazi Religious Authority institutions, distributed sacrificial meat to underprivileged Shia families in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, within its annual Sacrifice Project on Eid al-Adha. This blessed work comes…
Refugees and migrants stranded at Belarus-Poland borders

Refugees and migrants stranded at Belarus-Poland borders

Activists say the refugee crisis on the EU’s eastern borders is not over and will not end. The road to Europe via Belarus has become fixed, and is taken by migrants not only from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen, but…
UAE to launch first world’s metaverse hospital

UAE to launch first world’s metaverse hospital

The UAE is taking the metaverse to another level, releasing the initial metaverse hospital to offer medical tourism services. The metaverse hospital will be managed by the Thumbay Group, a healthcare provider which has now started working on the project.…
Two pieces of Kaaba Kiswa on display at Saadabad Museum in Tehran

Two pieces of Kaaba Kiswa on display at Saadabad Museum in Tehran

A piece of the Kaaba Kiswa, measuring 285 x 92 cm, with the honorable verse 198 of Surat Al-Baqara embroidered on it , was put on display at the Saadabad Museum in Tehran. Another piece of the Kaaba’s Kiswa, measuring…
Iraq: Mosul’s education system post-ISIS in poor condition

Iraq: Mosul’s education system post-ISIS in poor condition

As Mosul marks five years since its liberation from ISIS occupation, children and youth are still struggling through a strained school system and difficulty in finding work in Iraq’s second biggest city. Thousands of students are studying in schools that…
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