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Members of the Shia community in Nigeria have begun holding Ashura mourning ceremonies across the country. In Kaduna the gathering took place at the Islamic center located at Zango area with a crowd of people in attendance. It began with…

Boston police has named the first Muslim Captain, Haseeb Hussein, who was a former science teacher.   Hussein assumes leadership in Mattapan as the department’s first Muslim captain, and plans to have his officers walking not only the streets, but…

Hundreds of thousands of Shias witnessed the hoisting of a black banner on the dome of a Husainiyyah in Zaria on the occasion of Muharram.   The flag was a donation from the holy shrine of Imam Hussain, peace be…

A growing number of Latinos have been reverting to Islam, seeing its teachings and guidance as setting their lives in order.   Over the past decades, a growing number of Latino Americans have reverted to Islam, and about 6 percent…

 The rise of Salafism or Wahhabism in Malaysia has resulted in controversial edicts (fatwas) being issued, to the extent of interfering in the personal lives of Muslims.   An associate professor at the Sociology Department at National University of Singapore,…

Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Program said that the death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the…

 The Muslim community in the Italian capital and authorities together gathered to say no to the violence of extremists from the so-called Islamic State and make the right distinctions between terror and the Muslim religion, which is a religion of…

Racial and religious hate crimes are on the rise in Britain with the number of reported cases hitting record figures.   A new Home Office report showed racial hate crimes made up 84 percent of all hate crimes in Britain,…

A Nigerian court has maintained a ban on Islamic headscarf in Lagos public primary and secondary schools.   In a Friday session at the High Court in Lagos, the judge said that the Lagos government had been correct in seeking…

 The Tauheed Islamic Center in the Norwegian capital of Oslo plans to hold a seminar this weekend on the theme of Islam and Today’s Challenges.   It is slated to be held at the center on Saturday, October 18. The…