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Grand Ayatollah Shirazi representative calls on Indian authorities to secure safe drinking water at train stations

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi representative calls on Indian authorities to secure safe drinking water at train stations

The representative of the religious authority Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadeq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, Hujatul Islam Sayyid Abbas Naqvi called on the Indian authorities to provide drinking water coolers at the train stations.   The representative of…
Ramadan dinner for neighbors planned in Southborough¸ Massachusetts

Ramadan dinner for neighbors planned in Southborough¸ Massachusetts

Southborough Neighbors for Peace is inviting families in Southborough in Worcester County, US state of Massachusetts, to its third annual Iftar dinner, which will be held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m.    Southborough Neighbors…
Muslims in Paphos, Cyprus, Left with No Worship Space for Ramadan

Muslims in Paphos, Cyprus, Left with No Worship Space for Ramadan

Muslims in Paphos, a city on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean island country of Cyprus, are calling on authorities to speed up ongoing upgrading work in the area of the Paphos Mosque, which has almost ground to a halt.…
South Africa Muslim Judicial Council delegation visits Shia mosque, condemns attack

South Africa Muslim Judicial Council delegation visits Shia mosque, condemns attack

A high-level delegation from South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) visited the Imam Hussein Mosque in Verulam, near Durban, on Monday night to call for calm after Thursday’s fatal attack there, the MJC said on Tuesday.     A high-level…
Cape Town Shia community ‘tense’ after KZN mosque attack

Cape Town Shia community ‘tense’ after KZN mosque attack

Cape Town’s Muslim Shia community is “tense”, says Moulana Syed Aftab Haider, after a deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Verulam last week. They are trying to raise money for extra security.    Cape Town’s Muslim Shia community is…
Apparent bomb found at South African Shia mosque days after deadly knife attack

Apparent bomb found at South African Shia mosque days after deadly knife attack

 A South African mosque where Shia Muslim worshippers were stabbed last week in an attack that police said displayed elements of extremism, was Sunday evacuated after a suspected bomb was found inside, police and private security said.      A…
Muslims to make up 8% of Europe population in 2030

Muslims to make up 8% of Europe population in 2030

The Muslim population of Europe will rise to 8 percent and of the United States to 2.1 percent by 2030, according to Global Muslim Diaspora Report released on Saturday.   The Muslim population of Europe will rise to 8 percent…
Exhibit in Philippines showcases replicas of world major mosques

Exhibit in Philippines showcases replicas of world major mosques

At least 2 dozen miniature mosques are now on display in Cotabato City in Maguindanao, the Philippines, as the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) officially launched an exhibit of ‘Mosques Around the World’.   At least 2 dozen miniature…
Armed men slit throats of Shia worshipers at Durban mosque

Armed men slit throats of Shia worshipers at Durban mosque

A terrorist attack has taken place when three men armed with guns and knives slit the throats of three Shia worshipers at Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, mosque near Durban in South Africa and a person was killed, an…
German police registers 1075I crimes in 2017

German police registers 1075I crimes in 2017

German police recorded 1,075 Islamophobic crimes in 2017, according to new government figures announced on Tuesday.   German police recorded 1,075 Islamophobic crimes in 2017, according to new government figures announced on Tuesday. Far-right extremists or groups carried out some…
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