Europe

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday decried a French government request for mosque imams to recommend same-sex marriage as a double standard against Islam.In a Facebook post addressed to French Minister of Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, IUMS Secretary-General…

Muslims in Scotland have expressed their hope to ease restrictions imposed to confront the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the upcoming great month of Ramadan so that they can perform their rituals in mosques.The pandemic crisis began before last year’s…

A Turkish mosque and a culture center in Germany’s Kassel were attacked on Saturday.Vandals wrote insulting and threatening words on the walls of Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Culture Center and Yunus Emre Mosque.According to the Kassel police force, the examination of the…

The UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, visited the Sultanate of Oman to resume political efforts for a ceasefire in Yemen.Griffiths’ office said in a tweet on Twitter, “The UN envoy is conducting a visit to the Sultanate of Oman,…

A group of far-right activists attacked and defaced a mosque in Limassol, Cyprus.As Greece observed its 200th anniversary of national independence on Thursday, a far-right Greek group attacked a mosque in the Greek Cyprus city of Limassol. The attackers drew…

More than 2200 migrants and asylum seekers died at sea trying to reach Europe last year, more than a third of them on the increasingly busy route to Spain’s Canary Islands, the UN migration agency says.The true toll is probably…

The local council of the English city of Blackburn approved a project to build the largest mosque in the northwest region of the country.The council approved a project to build a large mosque in the city after the project was…

Nationwide protests continued in France Sunday, with demonstrators marching against Islamophobia and a controversial bill that has been criticized for targeting Muslims.Demonstrators took to the streets in the capital Paris, Marseille, Lille, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Lyon. Chanting slogans against Islamophobia,…

The activities of the Imam of Life Blood Donation Campaign were launched in Germany through the efforts of a group of followers of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in conjunction with the birth anniversary of…

Three major mosques in France announced their refusal of the ban on animal slaughtering according to Islamic law.A statement issued by the mosques of Paris, Lyon, and Ivory stated that their administrations met to discuss the circular of the French…