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Denmark’s parliament started on Tuesday to debate the government’s bill to ban Quran burnings, after a string of desecrations of Islam’s holy book sparked anger in Muslim countries during the summer. The government has maintained that it backs the bill…

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for “extended humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza Strip, the first time it has broken its silence since the start of the bloody conflict in Gaza. The resolution, prepared by Malta and adopted with 12 votes in favor, “calls…

The first of Jumadi al-Awal marks the anniversary of the historic tobacco-banning fatwa issued by late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hassan al-Hosseini al-Shirazi, known as Mirza Shirazi, one of the taqlid authorities who lived in Samarra at the time. The…

The “New York Times” newspaper published an editorial in which it recounted the journey of the British writer and journalist “Atesh Tasir” to a number of countries that witness major religious events, including Iraq. The newspaper said in its article,…

Almost half of the civilians killed and injured by landmines last year were children, with the highest number in Syria followed by Ukraine and Yemen. The latest Landmine Monitor report published on Tuesday reveals at least 4,710 casualties of mines…

A young Thai woman, declined to reveal her name, converted to Shia Islam at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, peace be upon him, the eighth Infallible Imam, in the holy city of Mashhad, the media department of the Holy…

At least 20 fishermen died after their boat capsized on Monday in the Anyiin area of River Benue in north-eastern Nigeria’s Taraba state. Boat accidents are frequent on Nigeria’s poorly regulated waterways due to overloaded boats, lack of maintenance and…

A Muslim youth has been arrested for selling eggs at Haridwar’s Har Ki Pauri ghat on the banks of river Ganga, considered sacred by Hindus. The young vendor has been charged with hurting Hindu religious sentiments. The sale of meat,…

Nearly two hundred Rohingya, most of them women and children, arrived by boat at Indonesia’s Aceh province on Tuesday, the chief of a local fishing community said, the latest batch of people to have fled Myanmar by sea this year.…

In a bid to advance the cause of Islamic banking in Pakistan, Punjab University Professor Vice-Chancellor Dr Khalid Mahmood emphasised the need for additional measures. Addressing the audience in the opening ceremony of a prestigious international conference on commerce and…