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An initiative presented by the far-right Dutch Freedom Party has sparked widespread controversy, after it called for the establishment of a new ministry to take over the task of eliminating the “Islamic presence” and closing Islamic schools in the country.The…

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…

The Imam Hussein Association, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority, in the city of Segou, Mali, continues to organize many different religious, cultural and charitable activities.The association stated in a statement, “It is through the efforts of a group of…

The Ethiopian government vowed Monday to restore the partially damaged Al Nejashi Mosque in the country’s northern Tigray region.The iconic mosque, located in the Kilte Awulaelo woreda, or district, was struck by heavy weapons at multiple points including its minarets…

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…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, appealed to the High Commissioner for Refugee Rights to provide relief to refugees in Bihac camp in the state of Bosnia.The organization said in a statement, received by Shiawaves, that it was informed, through…

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 German government in 2020 approved arms exports worth more than a billion euros to countries involved in the conflicts in Yemen and Libya.For Egypt alone, exports of weapons and military equipment worth 752 million euros (913 million dollars) had…

The former Dutch Prime Minister, Dries van Agt, stressed the need to take into account the feelings of Muslims, after the insult against the personality of the Noble Messenger, peace be upon him and his progeny.Agt said in a statement…

Last Wednesday, the US police killed a young American Muslim of Somali origin, in the parking lot of a gas station, for allegedly possessing a weapon.The Hennepin County police in Minnesota published a video of the storming of the house…