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Thursday saw the opening of the four-day 9th World Halal Summit and 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo in Istanbul, Turkey. This year’s edition of the event is expected to see participation of more than 500 local and…

The Blue Mosque located in Maharlika Village, Taguig City of the Philippines saw on Thursday the opening of the first-ever Muslim-Filipino museum, a local news outlet reported. The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has helped establish the Maharlika Cultural…

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor condemned the campaign of arrests that it said took place in Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia on the background of the right to freedom of expression in connection with the ongoing Israeli war on…

Dutch Muslims expressed shock on Thursday at the election win of far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has previously called for mosques and the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands. Wilders has long insulted Islam, describing it as a fascist…

Two scholars from the Hazara Shia minority were killed on Thursday morning after being shot by unknown gunmen near the Gabriel Mosque in the Afghan city of Herat. Afghan local sources reported that two Shia Hazara scholars in the city…

The Pakistani government has initiated the second phase of deportations, with the aim of expelling one million undocumented immigrants within the next two months, Amu News quoted Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai. Pakistani authorities said that at least 2,600 undocumented…

Three boats filled with more than 500 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province on Sunday, a U.N. agency said, in one of the biggest arrivals since Myanmar launched a military crackdown on the minority group in 2017. The mostly…

A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people, the Associated Press reported. According to Police, the bomb was planted on a dirt road in the Balgatar area of Kech district and was detonated remotely. No group…

Misbah al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development has continued to hold its regular sessions to further discuss the electricity project which is important to the holy city of Karbala during the Arba’een Pilgrimage. These sessions are part of the foundation’s…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep concern over Israel’s attacks on two UN-run schools in Gaza in the last 24 hours, stressing the inviolability of UN facilities. “Deeply shocked” by the death of sheltering civilians, Guterres emphasized the conflict…