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Montgomery County Public School system in the US has decided to accommodate families who celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha by closing school.
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Second Australasian Conference on Islam: Radicalisation & Islamophobia
This conference to be held in Novotel Hotel, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. The conference aimed to explore how radicalisation and Islamophobia feed one another and work hand in hand to pull society towards polar extremes. By tackling these issues from political, sociological, psychological and theological angles, this conference aims to explore …
Read More »Is It Permissible to Consume the Food with Trace Amounts of Alcohol?
There are many food items that contain small amounts of alcohol, including Tim Tams which was confirmed via email (To add to the confusion, reliable sources have informed me that they called and Arnotts has denied alcohol being used in the process, if there is doubt in this case he …
Read More »Director of Hamburg Islamic Center Slams Death Verdict against Sheikh Nimr
Director of Hamburg Islamic Center and Hamburg’s Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Reza Ramezani criticized the death sentence against highly-revered Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.
Read More »Blackburn Library to Host a Conference on Islamophobia Next Month
The evening seminar on Friday, November 20, is organised by the Blackburn working group of national organisation Muslim Engagement and Development, know as MEND. Attending will be a cross-section of influential East Lancashire Muslims, community leaders, local businesses, women’s groups, cohesion groups and other significant community figures. It marks November …
Read More »Pork or nothing: a deliberate stigmatization of Islam
When Aïcha Tabbakhe, a French nurse, went to fill out the forms for her children’s school dinners in her small town outside Paris, she was puzzled. The box she would usually tick to say that her Muslim children didn’t eat pork wasn’t there. “Confused, I called the town hall and …
Read More »Senior Shia scholar: Foreign interventions distanced Muslim states
Iranian senior scholar demanded Islamic states to prevent intervention of foreign countries in their policies warning that one of the factors for distancing of Muslims from each other is the meddling of foreign countries. According toAhlul Bayt News Agency Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity …
Read More »California Mosque Connects Sunnis, Shiites
“I think one missing thing … right now, today, is beauty — really paying attention to the beauty of Islam, and its rich history,” California mosque leader Ali Sheikhulislami said. Sheikhulislami, the leader of the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), was talking about activities being held by his …
Read More »“The best form of unity is a co existential unity meaning that Shia and Sunni follow commonalities as an Islamic nation.”
Top Shia scholar attending the ceremony for 25th foundation anniversary of the prominent Islamic unity center in Iran said to summon all Muslims to join a common Islamic denomination is neither logical nor legal. Ayatollah Ahmad Moballeghi, dean of the University of Islamic Denominations, attended the ceremony held for the …
Read More »Largest Shia mosque opens in Copenhagen
Topped with a turquoise dome and two minarets, the Imam Ali Mosque opened its doors on Thursday in preparation for its first Friday prayer service. Denmark’s largest Shia Muslim mosque opened in Copenhagen on Thursday. The Imam Ali Mosque is located on Vibevej in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district. The 2,100 square …
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