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United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh Sunday for a four-day visit that will include a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. The exodus of Rohingya was sparked by a 2017 Myanmar…

The largest mosque in Central Asia has opened in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan.   Several high-ranking figures attended the mosque-opening ceremony. The mosque spans an area of almost ten hectares, and is topped by a 90-meter central dome and eight smaller domes. …

The Bangladeshi online newspaper, Barta24, reported the launch of the special mourning ceremonies for the holy month of Muharram and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, at the eternal battle of Karbala.  The newspaper said in a…

 For the first time, a mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) was officially held in Qatar. Photos published by Husseiniyat al-Rasool al-A’dham in Doha, the capital of Qatar, indicate that for the first time, a Husseini mourning…

“The people of Oman have never abandoned support for their Imam, the Master of Martyrs (peace be upon him) and the revival of his sacred rituals.” A group of Shias in the Sultanate of Oman speaks about the atmosphere of…

Archaeologists have unveiled a nearly 1,900-year-old coin discovered in the Mediterranean. The bronze coin, which archaeologists say has been preserved “extremely well” against the passage of time, is from the ancient Roman period. The 1850 coin shows Luna, the goddess…

In an anti-Islam law, the state of Kedah raised the minimum legal age of marriage for Muslims from 16 to 18 to ensure girls reach the minimum age of maturity before marriage. The Prime Minister of Kedah State, Muhammad Sanusi…

The Noble Quran Complex in the UAE city of Sharjah is currently displaying a rare copy of the Quran written in full on palm fronds.  The Holy Book contains 70 pages, each page includes 8 fronds, and each palm frond…

Russia is drafting a new law to regulate Islamic banking in the country, a growing sector that could help state-run banks hit by sanctions to attract investors from Muslim-majority countries as well as cater to domestic customers. The mass-circulated Russian…

Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has asked officials to step up efforts to uphold the principle that Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation and it should adapt to the socialist society being pursued by the ruling Communist Party of…