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Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned remarks by the Archbishop of Greece against Islam and Muslims.Islam is a religion of peace based on tolerance and compassion that ensures the coexistence of other religions and civilizations, the ministry said in a…

A series of online Quran courses were launched from Karbala to train Indonesian Quran teachers.The courses, launched by the Quran House of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine, offered a number of specialized Quran lessons to the professors of the Quran House…

Russia Today quoted the editor-in-chief of the Islamic World magazine, Raees Suleimanov, an expert at the Institute for National Strategy, that the number of Shia Muslims in Russia represents 3% of the total number of Muslims there.In an interview with…

The Indian Ministry of Defense has included in its new strategy, the curriculum for religious education for soldiers, in order to provide them with the necessary religious information.According to what was published by Jakran newspaper, followed by Shiawaves, “The Ministry…

Former Turkish People’s Assembly member, Mahmud Kabalan, stressed the endeavor to establish security and peace with the Iraqi people through continuous communication with the followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, indicating at the same time that the Karbala…

The number of Muslims living in Japan, though small, has more than doubled in the past decade, from 110,000 in 2010 to 230,000 at the end of 2019 (including as many as 50,000 Japanese converts), according to Tanada Hirofumi of…

Brushing aside pressure from various Muslim countries to stop cremating Muslim bodies, Sri Lanka on Thursday declared that it will continue to cremate all the bodies that have died of COVID-19.Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Parliament on Thursday, stressing…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is grateful to the people who convert to Islam for carefully conserving Christian monuments in Syria.In an interview with journalist Yevgeny Poddubny, Putin added in the documentary “There is no room for error. The…

The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a former Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker for inciting public hatred following the ex-official’s recent anti-headscarf comments, reports said Monday.The remarks were made during a TV appearance by ex-main opposition…

The Sri Lankan Doctors Association has set conditions for burying the bodies of the dead due to the Coronavirus, following objections by Muslims and Christians to the forced burning of bodies in the country.A report prepared by a committee consisting…