Asia

A large-scale exhibition titled, “Moscow Qurans — The Truth of the most Beautiful” has recently been mounted at the State Museum of Oriental Arts in the Russian capital.  It is dedicated to the 1,100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam…

A tourism conference was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in which the speakers said the potential of Islamic tourism is US $230 billion by 2028. It can play a significant role in the economic integration of Islamic counties, they said. They…

On East Turkestan Independence Day, protests erupted in different parts of Bangladesh on Sunday against the Chinese oppression of Uyghur Muslims and its expansionist efforts in Bangladesh.  The cause of the protest was to extend support to the people of…

Driven by the increasing number of Muslim consumers worldwide, the lucrative Halal food market has grown steadily over the last 5 years. Halal manufacturers and distributors around the world and especially Malaysia are embracing IoT technology as digitization of the…

The so-called ‘Islamist terrorism’ is not a novel phenomenon in the Southeast Asian region and can be traced to a myriad of indigenous and transnational factors. From the Bali bombing (2002) in Indonesia by Al Qaeda and its regional affiliate…

The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has said as it warned of a worsening food crisis in the south Asian country. Months of protests against high prices…

Saudi authorities have carried out maintenance work on the Kiswa (curtain) of the Kaaba in Mecca. On Sunday, specialized teams fixed some tears on the lower part of the Kiswa, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The King Abdulaziz Complex…

A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at mosques in Christchurch in March 2019, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history, has filed an appeal against his life sentence, a court spokesperson said on Tuesday. No hearing date…

Today, Tuesday, media outlets reported the arrest of a number of Rohingya Muslims in occupied Myanmar, while they were trying to travel by boat from their country to Malaysia to escape the oppression of the authorities and takfiri groups. The…

Two Rohingya refugees were killed and five others were injured in Myanmar on Friday when several mortar shells hit their villages during a battle between the junta forces and a rebel group, raising panic among refugees living in Bangladesh’s camps,…