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Fatima Payman, who has been elected as the first hijab-wearing Muslim women in Australian Senate, says she wants to normalize hijab in the country.  The Labor Party candidate will be representing the state of Western Australia as a Senator, becoming…

South Korean food company SPC group said on Monday that it has invested 40 billion won ($31 million) to enter Malaysia’s halal market with its bakery brand Paris Baguette. As Muslims account for almost 24 percent of the world’s population,…

The United Nations celebrates the “International Day of Countering Hate Speech” on June 18, as it is increasing worldwide against Muslims, indigenous peoples, blacks and minorities. The United Nations declared the revival of the international day with the aim of…

Dozens of civil society organizations active in Europe blamed the European Union institutions for the failure to combat Islamophobia. In a letter addressed to the institutions of the European Union, 41 European organizations expressed their concern over the failure of…

Shia Muslims in England celebrated the opening of the Husseini Islamic Center located in Burton Street in the city of Sheffield, with a self-financed amount of four million pounds. The Peterborough Today newspaper said, “The construction of this center represents…

The public affairs spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, Miqdaad Versi, confirmed that 69% of British Muslims were exposed to Islamophobic practices in their workplaces. In his article in the Guardian newspaper, Versi highlights a recent opinion poll conducted…

A museum that showcases a collection of historic Quranic manuscripts has been inaugurated in Chicago, United States. The Nagamia International Institute of Islamic Medicine and Science (NIIMS) based in Illinois, announced the opening of the “Rare Quranic collection of Antique…

An academy school which has been mired in controversy over its safeguarding practices has been downgraded by Ofsted from its previous rating of “outstanding” to “inadequate”. In May, Holland Park School in Kensington was found to have a “culture of…

An Indian-origin patient was among those who had a “miracle” cure using a cancer medication that is being tried out by a research centre here, achieving an unprecedented healing rate when all 14 patients in the trial had their cancers…

In its latest reports, the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism highlighted the high rates of violence and extremism, as well as the steady increase in the phenomenon of Islamophobia and the escalation of hostility and hatred towards Islam and Muslims,…