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Illinois Islamic Center’s Open Mosque Day slated for Sunday
October 26, 2022
Illinois Islamic Center’s Open Mosque Day slated for Sunday
An Open Mosque Day will be held at the Islamic Center of Naperville, Illinois, on Sunday. The free event, which will include food from around the world, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2844 W. Ogden…
Ground Broken for New Mosque; First in North Mississippi
October 25, 2022
Ground Broken for New Mosque; First in North Mississippi
About 40 people gathered over the weekend to plant a set of Magnolia trees on a vacant 80-acre plot of land in a City of Horn Lake neighborhood. The site will eventually be transformed into a mosque and Muslim cemetery…
UNHCR’s unprecedented US $700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
October 25, 2022
UNHCR’s unprecedented US $700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. UNHCR is particularly concerned about the…
Fargo’s Islamic cemetery target of vandalism spree
October 25, 2022
Fargo’s Islamic cemetery target of vandalism spree
Community leaders say Fargo’s Islamic Cemetery is the target of a vandalism spree. The area in North Dakota, USA, is usually a quiet, peaceful area, and operating the one-acre cemetery is largely a grassroots effort for the Islamic Society of…
Imam Shirazi World Foundation calls for reform of prison conditions in Middle Eastern countries
October 24, 2022
Imam Shirazi World Foundation calls for reform of prison conditions in Middle Eastern countries
The Imam Shirazi World Foundation has called for reforming the prison conditions in the Middle East, stressing the need to pay serious attention to the conditions of those who are imprisoned or arrested on any charge. In a statement received…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captures new view of Pillars of Creation
October 20, 2022
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captures new view of Pillars of Creation
NASA’s James Webb Telescope has captured an extraordinary and highly-detailed view of the iconic cosmic landscape Pillars of Creation. The image released on Wednesday revealed newly formed stars and pillars of gas and dust that look like rock formations. The…
Texas’ Muslim community fundraise to help refugee families
October 20, 2022
Texas’ Muslim community fundraise to help refugee families
Hundreds of people from North Texas’ Muslim community gathered over the weekend and raised tens of thousands of dollars that will help refugee families in the area with rent, food, clothing and necessities. Zeenat Khan, founder of DFW Refugee Outreach Services,…
Brazilian Muslims demand Harvard return skull of slave who fought in uprising
October 19, 2022
Brazilian Muslims demand Harvard return skull of slave who fought in uprising
The Islamic community of Salvador, in Brazil’s Bahia state, has pushed Harvard University to repatriate the skull of an enslaved man who allegedly took part in a famous uprising of African Muslims in the city in 1835. The skull is…
US: Shia Association organizes religious activities for children
October 18, 2022
US: Shia Association organizes religious activities for children
The Shia Association in San Francisco organized religious and cultural activities for children and young girls on the birth anniversary of the Prophet and Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon them). The organizers said that the aim of such activities is…
Two Shias lead campaign for removing “inappropriate content” from school curricula in Dearborn, USA
October 16, 2022
Two Shias lead campaign for removing “inappropriate content” from school curricula in Dearborn, USA
Two Shia clerics in the US state of Michigan played a central role in organizing protests against the inclusion of inappropriate content and the promotion of homosexuality in school curricula for primary and secondary school students, according to US media…