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Jordan condemns Israeli violations at AL-Aqsa

The Jordanian government condemned Israel’s violations on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, citing recent raids into the site over the final days of the holy month of Ramadan, when dozens of Palestinian worshipers and workers were assaulted by Israeli forces with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and beaten with batons. More

Jordan condemns Israeli violations at AL-Aqsa

Islamic World

Saudi Arabia to restore eight historic Jeddah mosques

Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal has announced restoration work on eight historic mosques located in various parts of Jeddah. In the first step, all the mosques will be opened for worship and prayers, according to a media report. More

Saudi Arabia to restore eight historic Jeddah mosques

World News

Chief Imam questions Peace Council

On religious rights and tolerance in schools, the office of the Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu is calling on the National Peace Council (NPC) to provide it with information regarding the exercise of religious rights and tolerance in public and private schools as well as workplaces More

Chief Imam questions Peace Council

World News

Brexit Vote Sends a Message to Politicians Everywhere

The decision by British voters to take a leap into the unknown by severing ties with the European Union is by no means a reliable predictor of the eventual outcome of the presidential election in the United States. But neither was it an event without larger meaning. More

Brexit Vote Sends a Message to Politicians Everywhere

Islamic World

King Salman Receives Scholars

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Safa Palace before sunset on Saturday a number of scholars, General President of the Grand Mosque More

King Salman Receives Scholars

Islamic World

Israeli PM apologizes to Turkey after Obama push

Israel issued a formal apology to Turkey and agreed to pay compensation over the Mavi Marmara killings of 2010 on March 22 after a phone conversation between the two countries’ premiers, Benjamin Netanyahu and Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, that was brokered by U.S. President Barack Obama. More

Israeli PM apologizes to Turkey after Obama push

World News

Rioters burn mosque in South Africa

Rioters protesting against the murder of two Zimbabweans allegedly killed by foreign nationals have burnt a temporary mosque and shops and looted shops in the town of Giyani in the northern Limpopo province, a community leader told Anadolu Agency. More

Rioters burn mosque in South Africa

Muslim Minority

Muslim injured in attack on mosque by Buddhists

A Muslim man has been injured after a Buddhist mob destroyed a mosque in Myanmar’s south-central Bago region following an argument over the construction of a new religious school. More

Muslim injured in attack on mosque by Buddhists

Muslim Minority

Turkish mosque vandalized in S Netherlands

A group of vandals attacked a Turkish mosque in southern Netherlands, local television channel RTV Rijnmond reported. More

Turkish mosque vandalized in S Netherlands

World News

New Zealand man jailed for sharing Islamic State videos

A New Zealand man has been jailed for more than three years for distributing terrorist videos in the first case of its type in the South Pacific nation. More

New Zealand man jailed for sharing Islamic State videos

World News

Britain Paying Out

Britain will look back on Thursday, June 23, 2016, as a historic date. It’s a tragically historic date fraught with ominous potential. That date marked the British citizens’ rejection of the European Union. More

Britain Paying Out

Islamic World

Palestinian teen mistakenly shot dead

A Palestinian teen was shot dead and four others were injured, the Palestinian health ministry confirmed in a statement on Tuesday, after Israeli forces “mistakenly” shot at them during clashes in the occupied West Bank. More

Palestinian teen mistakenly shot dead