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A mosque came under an attack in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.A man wearing a mask hurled stones at the Hagia Sophia Mosque, an official said.There was no damage to the place of worship other than broken windows, Gaza Dejric added.The official…

Smugglers mercilessly beat rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat, in a video obtained by AFP news agency that shows rarely seen images from the front lines of the Rohingya trafficking network.Filmed on a mobile phone by a smuggler who…

The Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, organized an exhibition of Islamic artifacts including a copy of the Noble Quran that was written by a number of Kashmiri calligraphers and artists in the year 1700 CE.Developed in partnership with Christchurch…

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Tuesday for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys last Friday in northwestern Nigeria.Nigerian authorities have yet to respond to the claim. However, the Katsina State governor on Monday said he had begun…

Despite calls from exiled Uighurs, International Criminal Court prosecutors say they will not investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a report issued December 14.The Uighurs had called for the investigation and provided The Hague-based court…

American Orientalist Dr. Douglas Crowe wrote a research about the most prominent political and religious events after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.Crowe is a senior researcher at the International Institute for Higher Islamic Studies in Malaysia,…

A report by the American newspaper Poltico revealed that right-wing and racist extremist groups in the United States are using the Corona pandemic to expand their activities to Australia, taking advantage of the closures and the Western focus on the…

The Ulu Mosque in the Netherlands’ Utrecht province, which is linked to the Diyanet Foundation of Holland (HDV), suffered an Islamophobic attack late Saturday, the mosque’s board of management announced.The statement said that in addition to Muslim insults being written…

More than 300 schoolboys are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in Kankara, a town in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, authorities said.Attackers on motorcycles stormed the all-boys Government Science School late on Friday and engaged security forces in…

Sayyed al-Shuhada Committee, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Kuwait, announced its intention to build the first Husseiniyah and seminary for women in Niger.In a statement, the Committee stated that as part of its ongoing religious projects in the…