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Sri Lankan govenment urged to probe anti-Muslim hate crimes
Jun 01, 2017 15:31Sri Lanka-based Western diplomats have urged the Colombo government to investigate anti-Muslim hate crimes after a series of attacks targeted mosques and Muslim-owned businesses on the Buddhist-majority island.
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Military op continues against Daesh in southern Philippines
May 29, 2017 12:13In the southern Philippines, heavy fighting continues between military forces and Daesh militants, who have taken positions in urban areas and are facing a government operation to drive them out.
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Anti-Muslim incidents in US saw 57% rise in 2016: CAIR
May 09, 2017 10:15The number of anti-Muslim bias incidents in the United States saw a dramatic rise last year, according to a prominent Muslim advocacy group.
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Shaikh Kolayni, the Doyen of Imami Scholars
May 09, 2017 09:57The 19th of the Iranian month of Ordibehesht is marked every year in the Islamic Republic of Iran as National Day for the great Imami scholar Abu Ja'far Mohammad bin Ya’qub bin Ishaq al-Kolayni ar-Razi, who was born in the village of Kolayn near the ancient city of Rayy, presently a suburb of modern day Tehran.
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Leader warns against Western attempts to dominate Muslim nations
Apr 27, 2017 08:15Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warns against Western attempts to gain political and economic dominance over Muslim nations, saying Muslims worldwide must hold onto their “Islamic identity” as deterrence against such attempts.
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The Grand Day of Mab’ath
Apr 25, 2017 03:16Today is the 27th of the sacred month of Rajab, the day on which darkness was dispelled and enlightenment took birth as the prime and pristine call of monotheism that had started with Adam the Father of the human race, once again started to reverberate in a world that had sunk into disbelief, polytheism, atheism, fire-worship, ancestor-worship, oppression, and all other forms of deviations.
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India's ruling BJP politicians to face trial in mosque case
Apr 19, 2017 13:04A top court in India has ruled that three senior members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should face trial over the demolition of a historical mosque by Hindu extremists in 1992.
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Myanmar begins shutting down displacement camps in Rakhine
Apr 11, 2017 10:14Myanmar authorities begin shutting down three displacement camps in the beleaguered Rakhine State, where persecuted Rohingya Muslims are mainly based.
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UNICEF urges Myanmar to release detained Rohingya children
Apr 09, 2017 08:29The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the release of the Rohingya children detained by Myanmar’s government as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on the Muslim minority group in Rakhine State.
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Indian meat sellers end strike after government assurances that crackdown will end
Mar 31, 2017 08:34Indian meat sellers have called off a strike following assurances by the government of a key northern state that a crackdown on slaughterhouses would not continue.