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NYC Allows Unpermitted Muslim Call to Prayer Broadcast
August 31, 2023
NYC Allows Unpermitted Muslim Call to Prayer Broadcast
NowThisNews reported this week that New York City has removed the need for permits to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer, or adhan, from mosques. Mayor Eric Adams stated that the move aims to foster unity and understanding, allowing the…
Documentation of murders, cruelty against Hazaras of Uruzgan sent to United Nations
August 31, 2023
Documentation of murders, cruelty against Hazaras of Uruzgan sent to United Nations
A group of residents of Khas Uruzgan District in the center of Afghanistan, who belong to the Hazara tribe, say they have sent their “documents” of murders, burning of land and cutting of trees, perpetrated against the inhabitants of the…
30 million pilgrims expected to enter Karbala, Karbala Governorate estimates
August 31, 2023
30 million pilgrims expected to enter Karbala, Karbala Governorate estimates
“A few days before the last ten days of the month of Safar which highlight the event of Hosseini Arbaeen, we have reached the climax of the special plans designed for Arbaeen pilgrimage this year,” the Karbala Governorate announced on…
US: Followers of different religions intend to organize 12th Religions for Peace annual conference
August 31, 2023
US: Followers of different religions intend to organize 12th Religions for Peace annual conference
A group of Muslims, Christians and Jews announced their intention to organize the 12th Religions for Peace annual conference at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights/ United States on September 10. Pastor Corey Proust, co-founder of Sons of Abraham,…
India’s capital grappling with housing crisis for the poor
August 31, 2023
India’s capital grappling with housing crisis for the poor
According to a study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in 2020, India’s urban housing shortage rose 54 percent to 29 million in 2018 from 18.78 million in 2012, Aljazeera reported in an article yesterday,…
Russia Introduces Islamic Banking in Pilot Program
August 31, 2023
Russia Introduces Islamic Banking in Pilot Program
Aljazeera reported this week that Russia is set to launch its first Islamic banking system as part of a two-year pilot program starting September 1. With an estimated Muslim population of up to 25 million, the move endorses Islamic financial…
Kyrgyzstan brings home 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps
August 31, 2023
Kyrgyzstan brings home 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps
The government of Kyrgyzstan announced that 95 wives and children of ISIL (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in northeast Syria as part of a humanitarian mission on August 30, reported Aljazeera. This operation was carried out with…
Iraq’s Umrah and Hajj Commission confirms large number of buses to transport pilgrims
August 31, 2023
Iraq’s Umrah and Hajj Commission confirms large number of buses to transport pilgrims
The chairman of Iraq’s Supreme Commission for Hajj and Umrah, Sheikh Sami Al-Masoudi, confirmed that “The buses allocated by the government will be in service to transport the honorable pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala and then back to…
China deepens ties with Taliban to exploit resources, pursue Uyghurs, new report reveals
August 30, 2023
China deepens ties with Taliban to exploit resources, pursue Uyghurs, new report reveals
Nikkei Asia, a major Japan-based English-language weekly news magazine, has published a report, a copy of which was received by Shia Waves Agency, which says that the Chinese authorities are standing out for an active role in Afghanistan. The report,…
Iraqi Parliament’s service commission increases electricity, water quotas for Arbaeen pilgrimage
August 30, 2023
Iraqi Parliament’s service commission increases electricity, water quotas for Arbaeen pilgrimage
On Tuesday, Iraq Parliament’s Services Committee convened a meeting under the chairmanship of Ali al-Hamidawi in order to review the preparations for the Euphrates River water release plan and the electricity supply needed for the Arbaeen pilgrimage of Imam Hussein,…