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Taliban forces prevented female college students from attending classes on Wednesday in Kabul, apparently turning them away because their headscarves were deemed too colorful. Videos shared on social media show Taliban members stopping a group of women at the entrance…

Australia seeks to expand its halal market to southeast Asia and compete with the global halal production market. In February, the Australian Trade and Investment Authority (AUSTRADE) signed an agreement with the Malaysian Halal Development Company (HDC) so that the…

The Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Kotaro Suzuki, visited the holy shrine of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali, peace be upon him, and was taken on a tour of its historical landmarks. In a statement, the official website of…

Ahlulbayt followers organized a protest in front of the Saudi embassy in the British capital, London, to commemorate the tragic demolition of the shrines of the Imams of al-Baqi, peace be upon them, in Medina. Dozens of members of the…

There are many Islamic landmarks in Spain, which today have turned into shrines and tourist destinations for thousands of tourists annually. Spain, located in the southwest of Europe, was subjected to Islamic rule from the 8th – 15th century AD,…

A German scholar believes that the Quran has helped to strengthen the Christian identity. Klaus von Stosch, a scholar at the University of Cologne, wrote in an article that the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, peace be upon…

The house of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, witnessed the establishment of a mourning ceremony on the martyrdom anniversary of Hamza ibn Abul Muttalib, the Holy Prophet’s uncle, peace be upon him, and the demise…

Swedish police repressed and dispersed angry demonstrators, and arrested one of them after saying “Allahu Akbar”, in response to the Danish politician Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Holy Quran, in the Swedish city of Uppsala. Paludan was accompanied by large…

Robots guide pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on how to perform their Umrah rituals, issue fatwas, answer questions and provide opportunities for people to communicate with scholars remotely. The Robots provide the pilgrims information in 11 languages: Arabic,…

The exhibition “Cartier and Islamic Art in Search of Modernity” opened at the Dallas Museum of Art in the United States.The exhibition saw the presentation of more than 400 pieces from the holdings of Cartier, the Museum of Decorative Arts…