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Police Investigating Alleged Hate Attack on New York Mosque

Police Investigating Alleged Hate Attack on New York Mosque

Arson detectives are investigating a hate crime attack at a mosque on Long Island. A member of the Fatima Al-Zahra mosque in Ronkonkoma posted video to social media showing damage to a crescent sign on the property. He said the…
Islamic call to prayer shows Muslims ‘belong’ in Minneapolis

Islamic call to prayer shows Muslims ‘belong’ in Minneapolis

Pastor Jane Buckley-Farlee was recently walking through her Minneapolis church’s Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood when an unexpected ‘song’ broke out. “I heard this tune that sounded sort of heavenly,” she said. At first, she did not know what it was – but…
Finland researchers install world’s first ‘sand battery that stores clean energy’

Finland researchers install world’s first ‘sand battery that stores clean energy’

Finnish researchers have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery” which can store green power for months at a time. The developers say this could solve the problem of year-round supply, a major issue for green energy. Using low-grade…
Inside Indonesia’s Islamic boarding school for deaf children

Inside Indonesia’s Islamic boarding school for deaf children

At an Islamic boarding school in a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Indonesian city Yogyakarta, the sound of Quranic recitation is nowhere to be heard. This is a religious school for deaf children, and here the students gesture rapidly…
ISWF sends message to Libyan people and leaders calling for wisdom, vigilance and rationality

ISWF sends message to Libyan people and leaders calling for wisdom, vigilance and rationality

The Imam Shirazi World Foundation (ISWF) has sent a message to the Libyan people and their leaders, in which it called on the leaders, rulers and politicians of the Libyan society to be wise, vigilant and rational in managing the…
Norwegian extremist burns Quran in Muslim neighborhood, police arrest woman who chased him

Norwegian extremist burns Quran in Muslim neighborhood, police arrest woman who chased him

The leader of the “Stop Islamization of Norway” movement, Lars Thorne, burned a copy of the Holy Quran in a neighborhood where a large Muslim community lives on the outskirts of the capital, Oslo. The act angered a number of…
UAE: More than 50 human rights organizations call for the release of prisoners of conscience

UAE: More than 50 human rights organizations call for the release of prisoners of conscience

In a joint statement, dozens of human rights organizations called on Western countries allied with the UAE to pressure the Abu Dhabi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those convicted in the mass trial of members of the so-called…
Burkina Faso: Shias complain of Wahhabi harassment and violations

Burkina Faso: Shias complain of Wahhabi harassment and violations

The religious leader of the Shias of Burkina Faso, Sheikh Ali Badara, visited the Holy Shrine of Imam Redha, peace be upon him, and met the director of international relations there, Muhammad Zulfiqari. Sheikh Ali Badara said that Burkina Faso,…
Nigeria: Noble Quran translated into Igbo language

Nigeria: Noble Quran translated into Igbo language

A group of Muslims from the Southeastern part of Nigeria have successfully produced copies of the Quran in Igbo. Representatives of the group led by Mal. Muhammed Muritala Chukwuemeka, said the team’s mission is to spread Allah’s message to his…
The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Majunga opens free “campus housing” for Shia university students

The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Majunga opens free “campus housing” for Shia university students

A group of followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in Majunga, Madagascar, celebrated the inauguration of two residential buildings with the efforts of the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in the…
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