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Kenya: Stampede kills 4, injures dozens before public holiday celebrations
October 21, 2023
Kenya: Stampede kills 4, injures dozens before public holiday celebrations
Four people were killed and many others were injured in a stampede on Friday during National Heroes’ Day celebrations on Mashujaa Day in the western Kenyan city of Kericho, police said. The incident occurred at around 03:00 local time when…
Indian court sentences Gujarat police officers who flogged Muslims to 14 days in prison
October 21, 2023
Indian court sentences Gujarat police officers who flogged Muslims to 14 days in prison
Gujarat high court sentenced four policemen on Thursday to 14 days’ simple imprisonment for contempt of court as they had violated Supreme Court’s orders about treatment of accused in police custody by flogging members of Muslim community in full public…
Utah Shiites secure $250K grant toward renovation work on mosque
October 21, 2023
Utah Shiites secure $250K grant toward renovation work on mosque
Northern Utah’s growing Shiite Muslim community won a $250,000 boost in its quest to preserve a historic Latter-day Saint chapel-turned-mosque. While Taylorsville’s Alrasool Islamic Center is the happy recipient of a highly competitive grant from National Fund for Sacred Places,…
Spain’s far-right Vox bids to stop granting residence permits to ‘Islamic culture’ people
October 20, 2023
Spain’s far-right Vox bids to stop granting residence permits to ‘Islamic culture’ people
Following this week’s terrorist attack in Brussels the Spanish far right Vox party has registered a proposal in Congress to suspend the granting of Spanish nationality and residence permits to people from Islamic countries, Euronews reported yesterday. Specifically, the party…
US-based Muslim civil rights group receives bomb and death threats
October 20, 2023
US-based Muslim civil rights group receives bomb and death threats
A national Muslim civil rights group said on Thursday that its moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel that received bomb and death threats due to the Palestinians caught in the war. “In recent days, according to the…
Atlantic hurricanes strengthening faster due to climate change, study finds
October 20, 2023
Atlantic hurricanes strengthening faster due to climate change, study finds
A new study, published in the journal of Scientific Reports, has warned that Atlantic hurricanes are now more likely to quickly strengthen from weak storms than during the 1970s and 80s, according to new research published Thursday, which warned of…
Birmingham club aims to get Muslim women into archery
October 20, 2023
Birmingham club aims to get Muslim women into archery
An archery club in Birmingham, Crescent Archers has been set up in a bid to get more Muslim women to take part in sports. This news comes as a report published earlier this year by the Muslimah Sports Association (MSA),…
Surge of break-bone fever claims hundreds of lives in Burkina Faso
October 20, 2023
Surge of break-bone fever claims hundreds of lives in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s health ministry has declared a dengue fever epidemic amid the deadliest outbreak in years in which more than 200 people have died and new cases are rising sharply. There have been 50,478 suspected cases and 214 deaths of…
UN chief urges ‘humanitarian cease-fire’ to allow ‘safe’ aid delivery to Gaza
October 20, 2023
UN chief urges ‘humanitarian cease-fire’ to allow ‘safe’ aid delivery to Gaza
A “humanitarian cease-fire” is essential to guarantee “safe” delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday as he addressed a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. He urged both parties to respect…
Azerbaijan holds seminar to promote Halal Industry Ecosystem
October 20, 2023
Azerbaijan holds seminar to promote Halal Industry Ecosystem
In a joint effort, Azerbaijani ministries and Islamic Development Bank hold an event titled “Development of halal industry ecosystem in Azerbaijan”, Azernews reports. officials emphasized that the halal economy is currently one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and…