Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated on the third day of Hajj. Here is how to wish someone Eid Mubarak in various languages around the world. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated … Continued
Kamal Kabashi (L) and Ahmed Jaber travelled for days from war-torn Sudan to Mecca to perform one of the five pillars of Islam The hajj pilgrimage has given Sudanese faithful Kamal Kabashi a brief respite from his country’s bloody conflict. … Continued
NADA HAMEED MOHAMMED MELEKODESSERI EDDAH/RIYADH: An Indian man has fulfilled a lifelong dream to walk all the way from his hometown in Kerala to Makkah for Hajj — a distance of 8,640 kilometers. Shihabudeen Sayid Alawi, also known as Shihab … Continued
EDDAH: King Salman issued a directive on Saturday that the Kingdom will host 1,300 Hajj pilgrims from more than 90 countries this year. The pilgrims will be hosted as part of the Guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy … Continued
BY: ASLAM ABDULLAH Hajira, the wife of Prophet Ibrahim, the mother of Prophet Ismael and the matriarch that created an entire civilization, remains a forgotten figure in the annals of religious history. There is not much archeological data available on her … Continued
Eighty members of a Ugandan religious cult who had been convinced to travel to Ethiopia and starve themselves have been repatriated, authorities in Uganda say. Their pastor allegedly told them that they would “meet Jesus Christ” after fasting for 40 … Continued
Professor from Bonn-Rhein-Sieg university use racist slurs, insults against student wearing headscarf Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany, A Muslim student was racially insulted by a university professor in Germany because she was wearing a headscarf, her lawyer said on Monday. The … Continued
ADDIS ABABA, Police fired teargas at worshippers today outside Addis Ababa’s largest mosque, in the latest clashes fuelled by the destruction of mosques in the Ethiopian capital. Several Muslim places of worship have been destroyed in Addis Ababa in recent … Continued
BY: MANSOOR ALAM Originally humankind was one single community, free of discord. Then human beings created mutual differences and since these differences could not be resolved by means of human intellect alone, Allah sent a series of Messengers and Books for … Continued
WASHINGTON, D.C., – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to take concrete actions to prevent the government of Ethiopia from demolishing that nation’s mosques. The … Continued
BY: MANSOOR ALAM Anything that is in accordance with the Book of Allah (the Quran) is right; it is the truth; it is real. Anything that is against the Book of Allah is wrong; it is false; it is bogus – … Continued
By Dorcas Wangira Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has appeared in court following the discovery of scores of bodies in a remote forest. He is accused of encouraging followers to starve themselves to death – hundreds of relatives are now … Continued
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