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The auction house Sotheby’s has put a collection of 52 original architectural drawings and 216 photographs of the first expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque, peace be upon him, in the holy city of Medina in 1951.   The documents, which…

Floods in India and Pakistan have killed as many as 400 people, with authorities in both countries warning of more flooding ahead.    The flash floods, which began on September 3, have put more than half a million people in…

People have escaped from the Nigerian town of Mubi in the north-eastern state of Adamawa as Boko Haram Takfiri militants are getting closer to it.   Mubi used to house thousands of refugees trying to avoid fighting. According to Boko…

Banks in the U.S. have been sending letters to their American Muslim customers telling them that their accounts will soon be closed.    There has been no explanation as to why certain Muslims have been targeted. The Los Angeles Times…

Australian Muslims have expressed their concern over new anti-terror measures in the country, fearing that they may increase hostility and prejudice towards them.   Religious Muslim leaders said raising the country’s threat level from medium to high will just make…

Armenia has rejected a request to open up a mosque for the performance of Friday prayers.   The request of reopening Goy Mosque was turned down by the Armenian authorities, despite lobbying attempts made through some embassies. Muslim groups plans…

Human Rights Watch has called on the Bahraini regime to release 13 dissidents serving long prison terms in the country.   The deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division said that these men are in…

Emboldened by the rightist Hindu Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hindu groups have been railing against other faiths in India, vowing to work on converting the whole Muslim and Christian communities within the next decade.   Hindu activist said that the…

Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, in spreading the Islamic culture and erecting mosques, Islamic and cultural institutions, a group of believers in the city of Majingha in Madagascar…

Catering to the needs of the fast growing Muslim students, a new center for Islamic studies will be launched by the University of Florida later this month to serve as an Islamic hub in the US fourth most populous state.…