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Tatarstan to create website dedicated to 1100th anniversary of adoption of Islam

Tatarstan to create website dedicated to 1100th anniversary of adoption of Islam

According to Realnoe Vremya online newspaper, the Tatarstan Ministry of Culture started to look for a developer of a website dedicated to the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by Volga Bulgaria — the jubilee is celebrated this year.…
UN marks second International Day for People of African Descent

UN marks second International Day for People of African Descent

The International Day for People of African Descent, commemorated on 31 August, is a day of celebration of the heritage and contributions of people of African descent. Moreover, it is also “a day of recognition of the enslavement and trade…
UN on Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms right of families to know fate of relatives

UN on Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms right of families to know fate of relatives

Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives. Enforced disappearances is a crime which is generally committed by State agents…
San Francisco Unified School Board agree to add two Muslim holidays to school calendar

San Francisco Unified School Board agree to add two Muslim holidays to school calendar

San Francisco’s public schools will add two holidays next academic year (2023). The school board voted to close all schools on two of the holiest Muslim days. “Hundreds of our children were left behind academically missing classes, missing assignments, when…
US court sentences man to 12 years in prison for shooting at a mosque

US court sentences man to 12 years in prison for shooting at a mosque

A US court in Indianapolis has sentenced a suspect in the 2020 mosque shootings in Indiana to 12 years in prison. Court documents reveal that Jonathan Warren, 22, shot at the Al Noor Mosque while driving a speeding car, on…
US college launches center to highlight Muslim American experience

US college launches center to highlight Muslim American experience

A college in the US state of Arizona has launched a new center that focuses on the experience and contributions of Muslims in the country. The Center of Muslim Experience in the United States by Arizona State University “will facilitate…
Laila Ikram: The first Muslim judge in Arizona, USA

Laila Ikram: The first Muslim judge in Arizona, USA

Recently, many Muslims have assumed many positions in the United States of America, as part of the diversity policy that the American administration seeks to comply with. Laila Ikram, an American woman from North Carolina, was able to hold the…
Nigeria: Police attack Husseini mourners in Ashura procession

Nigeria: Police attack Husseini mourners in Ashura procession

Dozens were killed and injured as a result of the Nigerian police shooting at a mourning procession commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in the north of the country. Media sources in Nigeria reported that…
Symposium for group of female students in Madagascar

Symposium for group of female students in Madagascar

The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in Madagascar, His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Radhi Wasram, announced the organization of an educational trip for a number of female students. Wasram said in a statement to…
Rohingya Muslims in exile mark five years since start of genocide in Myanmar

Rohingya Muslims in exile mark five years since start of genocide in Myanmar

In Bangladesh, thousands of Rohingya Muslims have staged protests in refugee camps to mark five years since Burmese soldiers began a campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide against their community. The U.N. reports as many as 10,000 Rohingya were killed…
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