The Imam of Chesham is among those who have been named in the British Queen’s New Year Honours. Arif Hussain has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the Muslim community in the UK and abroad during the past 35 years. Mr Hussain, whose work focuses on…
Mia Khan, a resident of Sharana in Afghanistan, has won social media’s respect with his daily routine, which involves travelling 12 kilometers to take his daughters to school every day. According to the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, an NGO that works in the region, Mr Khan travels 12 kilometers on a motorbike daily to get…
Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization NahdlatulUlama (NU) has highlighted the importance of social activism in addressing interreligious conflicts during a discussion with religious leaders held as part of the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative forum in Rome recently. The discussion, held at the Gregorian University, Rome, focused on the stance and measures that can be taken together in…
The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. The 193-member world body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favour of the resolution. It also calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures to combat…
Three Norwegian Muslim organizations are set to distribute thousands of free copies of the Holy Qur’an to Norwegians. This is designed to create dialogue following uproar created by the recent attempt to set fire to the holy book.”I believe many people are curious about what the Quran contains and what Muslims stand for. We hope…
The first ever global study focusing on the role of religious leaders and religious communities in promoting children’s rights was launched recently in Geneva to honour the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The study “Faith and Children’s Rights” is intended as a resource to support the efforts of…
On March 15, 51 people were shot dead by a lone gunman at two mosques in Christchurch. A week later Imam Gamal Fouda of Al Noor Mosque, one of the mosques attacked, gave a speech to thousands gathered at Hagley Park. His words “we are heartbroken not broken” and “we will not let anyone divide…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam at the official opening of an eco-friendly mosque in Cambridge recently. Mr Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is patron of the Cambridge Mosque Trust according to the mosque’s website. The mosque is described on its website as ‘Europe’s first eco-mosque’ which has green features…
The Calcutta High Court on December 24 passed an order staying the deportation of a Rohingya couple to Myanmar. The order was given ina response to a writ petition filed by the couple who have, as per their petition, already served their sentence in prison. The petitioners submitted that now that they have completed their…
More than 200 Christian leaders from across India have condemned the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and “brutal repression” of protests by youth and civil society against the legislation. “We express our solidarity with the students and others who have been grievously injured and pray for their speedy recovery,” said the statement signed among others by…
