Islam World

French Scholar: “The West Sees Islam not as a Different Culture but as an Existential Threat” —————————————- French scholar and specialist in Eastern studies, Olivier Roy, in an analytical interview observed that the Western view of Islam has shifted from…

UK Removes Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from Terror List …………….. The British government has removed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that led the Syrian rebel alliance which helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, from its list of banned terrorist…

World Bank Estimates Syria’s Reconstruction Costs at $216 Billion …………… The World Bank has estimated the cost of rebuilding Syria after more than 13 years of war at $216 billion, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country’s new…

Pakistan Confirms New Polio Case, Total Reaches 30 Nationwide ……………. Pakistan’s Health Ministry has confirmed a new polio case in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the country’s total to 30 infections this year, Khaama Press reported. The latest…

Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Afghanistan: Over 212,000 Children at Risk of Deadly Diseases ——————————— The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a dire warning that the humanitarian situation in eastern Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating following devastating earthquakes, placing over…

Pakistan Demolishes Over 1,200 Homes in Afghan Refugee Settlement ……….. Pakistan has demolished more than 1,200 homes in a long-standing Afghan refugee settlement in Karachi as part of an ongoing nationwide deportation campaign targeting undocumented Afghans, according to Khaama Press.…

Saudi Arabia’s growing dominance in international football — described by a former FIFA president as a “shift of the game’s center of gravity from Europe to Riyadh” — has intensified debate over the kingdom’s use of soft power while its…

Pakistan’s Al-Khidmat Launches $52.8 Million Gaza Reconstruction Project …………… Pakistan’s Al-Khidmat Foundation (AKF) has announced a Rs15 billion ($52.8 million) initiative to help rebuild infrastructure destroyed in Gaza during Israel’s two-year war, Arab News reported. The project aims to restore…

AISPLB seeks Sachar Committee-style panel to assess Shia Muslims’ condition ————————————————– The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has urged the central government to establish a committee similar to the 2005 Sachar Committee to study the socio-economic status of…

Oman Honors Women’s Contributions to Serving the Quran ——————————- An event was recently held in the Sultanate of Oman to recognize and honor the significant and multifaceted role of women in serving the Holy Quran, according to the International Quran…