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The South China Daily (SCMP) revealed today, Tuesday, that the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia is looking to buy an ancient church in Spain and turn it into a mosque that includes major services for the country’s Muslims. The newspaper…

The Iraqi writer and researcher, Ali Al-Khalidi, said that the Iraqis are living at the climax of the spread of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage, and they have the right to be proud of the success of embracing it. Al-Khalidi stressed that…

Former Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass said the calls to prayer shouldn’t be amplified on microphones to high levels as they disturb tourists. “Egypt should protect tourists from being disturbed by the Islamic call to prayer”, top Egyptian archaeologist and…

An Austrian publishing house showcased to the visitors of the 40th Sharjah International Book Fair, ancient and rare historical documents and manuscripts, some of which are translated into Arabic. Yousef Al-Tamimi, director of the house’s office in Sharjah, said in…

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq’s civil defense directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed yesterday Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. Brig. Gen. Qusai Younis,…

The General Assembly, in 2001, proclaimed 6 November of each year as the International Day for the Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Military Conflict. Although people always count the losses of wars with the number…

A new United Nations report concluded that the past eight years have been the hottest on record, indicating that the world is now deepening into a climate crisis.  According to the Guardian newspaper, the report issued by the United Nations…

A cultural symposium was held in the German city of Stuttgart on Imam Al-Mahdi (may God Almighty hasten his honorable reappearance), the Askariyain Imams and the two honorable ladies, Sayyeda Hakima and Sayyeda Narges, peace be upon them. The symposium…

At a time when the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, expressed his great sadness on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her), he called on young people and…

Sweden must step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, the UN said on Friday. Members of a UN Human Rights Council-appointed group of independent experts on advancing racial…