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The French Senate approved Wednesday the addition of a ban on religious practices in university corridors to a controversial bill that French President Emmanuel Macron’s government believes will combat so-called “Islamist separatism,” but which is seen by rights organizations as…

A threatening letter was sent to a mosque in the central city of Almere, the Netherlands, containing threats and anti-Islam expressions, the mosque said on Friday.The message sent to the mosque contained the phrase “Islam does not belong to the…

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirmed that her country has reports documenting China’s brutal practices against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.Payne said that the Chinese embassy in Canberra called on Australian journalists to convince them that…

A Muslim woman and her husband in the US state of Florida were subjected to a racist attack by a woman for wearing the Islamic headscarf.The attacker, a woman of Ukrainian origin, attacked Nahla Obeid inside a store, who recorded…

Egyptian volunteers organized a sterilization and cleaning campaign for the Imam Hussein Mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo, in preparation for its opening during the great month of Ramadan.“One of the companies specialized in medical sterilization carried out a volunteer…

Two Uighur ex-government officials in China’s Xinjiang have been handed death sentences for carrying out “separatist activities”, a court said, as Beijing comes under increasing fire for its actions towards minority groups in the region.Shirzat Bawudun, a former head of…

Husseiniyat Al Yasin, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Australian city of Sydney, announced that it will continue to hold weekly ceremonies, with the presence of the Shia community in the area.The blessed ceremonies being held at the…

The United States has expressed its concern about the Saudi judiciary’s issuance of a twenty-year prison sentence against the activist Abdul Rahman Al-Sadhan.The US State Department said in a statement that Washington is concerned about the Saudi ruling on aid…

For the first time, the Rohingya Muslims will be able to listen to an authentic recitation of the Quran in their own language as an audio and video translation of Islam’s holiest scripture will go online in a few days.The…

The World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities (KSIMC) announced the donation of one million dollars by Abid Hemani towards the Federation’s Covid vaccination drive.This is a major boost to the ongoing initiatives by the WF Vaccine Team to…