High profile Scots Muslims have spoken of the racist abuse they and their friends and families have suffered in the wake of the terror attacks across Europe this summer.
Many have had to endure everything from verbal abuse to physical attacks – which are not always reported to the authorities.
Despite this, high profile Muslims were keen to praise the vast majority of Scots who offer support after such incidents.
Scottish Government ...
- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered decisive reaction by all Iranian organizations to cases of exorbitant, unconventional wages, and called for unrelenting punitive action on breaking ...
Religious leaders, scholars and government officials from China and other countries urged Muslims to resist religious extremism and condemn terrorism at a symposium.
Participants from Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan gathered in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to share their insights on Islam and experience in combating terrorism.
The symposium is hosted by the China Religious ...
-- A 2-day international conference entitled 'Religion and Peaceful Coexistence' kicks off today in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Religious education in the modern era, religious teaching and international law, minority rights and peaceful coexistence, religion and international challenges, and international relations and the roles of religions are among the most important subjects to be addressed at the conference.
According to ...
--Kenya Muslims have begun the journey to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Close to 200 pilgrims left for Mecca and Medina Tuesday while 35 others were said to have travelled last week.
The leaders of the group Al Haj Mohamed Hajar and Sheikh Omar told the Nation that thousands of potential Muslims may not make it to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca owing to financial constraints.
The Muslims were given 3,000 places by Saudi ...
Allah says in a Hadith Qudsi, "My servant continues drawing nearer to Me through voluntary, optional, and extra acts of worship until I love him, and when I love him, I am hearing through which he hears, the sight through which he sees, the hand through which he grasps, and the foot through which he walks."
Besides being extremely particular about acting upon what is obligatory and refraining from what it forbidden, it is also important to ...
Calendar of the year 2010 entitled "Ahlul Bayt (AS) Calendar" was published by Shia Association of Turkey in cooperation with Caferiyol "Jafari's tradition" magazine.
The calendar is adorned with hadiths of the infallible Imams and marks all of Islamic occasions.
Among these occasions are birth and martyrdom anniversaries of the Imams (AS) along with their brief biographies.
The calendar is available in book markets and ...
A Canadian priest has been charged over stealing funds which were to be used for resettlement programs.
A Canadian priest has been charged over stealing more than $500,000 intended for the resettlement of Syrian refugees, and then gambling it away.
Amer Saka, 51, a clergyman of the Chaldean Catholic church – based in Baghdad – had allegedly collected the funds from more than 20 donors to support refugees arriving from the war-torn ...
Dementia and aging of Salman bin Abdulaziz, the king of Saudi Arabia, have raised speculations about the transition of power to the third generation of princes, as the foreign media have put forward the hypothesis that king Salman in a move similar to that of King of Jordan and Emir of Qatar, would resign for the benefit of his son Mohamad, a hypothesis that if realized could convey important messages within Saudi Arabia and among the Saudi ...
The attack, which took place late on Wednesday, occurred after the breaking of the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
A Cameroonian army officer said the bomber was a young boy.
More than 15,000 people have been killed and 2 million displaced in Nigeria and neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon during Boko Haram’s seven-year campaign to create an caliphate in northeast ...
The representative of Ayatollah Isa Qassim in Iran referred to the recent events occurring in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and the victories of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq as well as the victories of the Syrian army in Aleppo, saying these victories have led to the defeat of Saudi Arabia on these fronts and they have now increased their efforts in Bahrain and Yemen.
He explained that in order to keep religious scholars and clerics out ...
Judicial authorities in Bahrain have sentenced five Shia Muslims to prison and revoked their citizenship on alleged charges of terrorism.
A prosecution statement said on Monday that the criminal court sentenced two of the unnamed defendants to three and ten years in prison respectively over alleged involvement in activities linked to the country’s biggest opposition bloc, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
The same court found ...
Sheikh Al-Daqaqs wife was interrogated twice since arriving in the country Wednesday night and refused the authorities' request to spy on her husband. The sources indicated that she had arrived in Bahrain on Wednesday night (July 19, 2017) from Tehran at around 6 pm. She stayed at the airport and was interrogated until 10:20 pm by the intelligence services, who asked her to cooperate and spy on her husband Al-Daqaq, and then released her, so ...
He said that the continuous curfew and restrictions on the movement has been taking heavy toll on the common people. He condemned the harassment of people, vandalising of public properties by forces, and arrest of pro-freedom leaders saying the innocent civilians were deliberately targeted by the occupational forces. He appealed Red Cross to take care of the wounded civilians. Aga Hasan also condemned the use of lethal weapons on ...
