In a country where Muslims are a small minority, they are having outsized influence with their halal laws. Halal shops and restaurants as well as beauty and cosmetic shops are finding plenty of Catholic and Christian customers who...
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The Amal Women’s Center is Boston’s first Muslim-run homeless shelter for women and children, a place where Muslim women who have fallen on hard times may feel especially at home...
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Muslim women dressed as superheroes, princesses, and mighty sword-wielding warriors took part in a hijab cosplay event in Malaysia Saturday, where the role-playing craze continues to...
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The President of Austria has called for all women to wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslims to fight...
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“I’ve always seen events as a way to break down social barriers,” says the man behind the London Muslim Lifestyle Show, Waleed Jahangir...
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It’s the first time the swimwear giant has released a range of this kind in Australia with options for a swim tunic or dress with leggings or pants and hood...
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A growing Muslim community in Canada has led to swelling sales of halal food, which has some grocers, manufacturers and eateries seeking ways to...
Read More »Millions Mark Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Kazim
Millions of Muslims have converged on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 7th Shia Imam, Imam Musa ibn Jafar...
Read More »Islamic View on Using Leather
Shi'a Fuqaha have proclaimed a variety of dimensions about leather including rulings on its sale and purchase, its purity and impurity, eating and feeding it to others and its ...
Read More »Memorandum on Tanzania White Paper on Uniform Marriage Law
On behalf of the Shi’a Ithna-’Ashari Community of Tanzania, we take the liberty of submitting the following views on the Government proposals on Uniform Law of ...
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