Dhaka: After recently issuing a set of fatwas against militancy, a group of Muslim scholars from Bangladesh have stressed the need for taking their message to the masses to stop militancy and violence in the name of religion. Bangladesh Jamiyatul Ulama (BJU), a national body of scholars, issued the fatwas, saying that those killing people…
Minneapolis: “Islam means peace”, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said as he decried the backlash against Muslims and made a strong call to nations to welcome refugees, particularly children, and not generalise them based on the actions of a few who have “tarnished” the image of Islam. “Islam means peace. There are hundreds of references) in…
Hena Khan, 42, an American Muslim author, thinks children’s books and increased religious literacy might be a partial solution to anti-Muslim sentiment among a substantial number of Americans. Khan, who holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from George Washington University, has published 13 kids books including Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story,…
New Jersey: A diverse group of faith and justice organizations have backed the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, New Jersey’s, federal lawsuit against a local planning board for rejecting its application to build a mosque. The interfaith coalition, led by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, argued that the proposal to erect the mosque should…
Seventy American lawmakers recently introduced a bill in the Congress to ensure people were not barred from the US because of their religion, even as presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump has stuck to his controversial “temporary” ban call on Muslims. “We cannot allow fear and paranoia to drive our public policy, especially when it…
London: London’s iconic red buses and public transport in other British cities will carry banner adverts featuring the Arabic phrase “Subhan Allah” (Glory be to God) in a bid to encourage British Muslims to support Syrian war victims. The posters will appear on hundreds of buses during Ramadan, which begins on June 6 and lasts…
A coalition of Protestant and Catholic organisations has reached an agreement with the Italian government to provide travel and integration services for refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. The government will provide humanitarian visas to ensure the right to take up residence and the visas will not allow passage to other countries in…
Recently, more than 20 teams from mosques, Muslim student clubs, and faith-based non-profits signed up to serve in soup kitchens across the country for USA’s first National Muslim Soup Kitchen Day. The volunteers cooked and distributed more than 3,000 meals throughout the day in New York, Florida, Alabama, and seven other states, according to the…
Labour party candidate and son of a London bus driver, Sadiq Khan, 45, was recently elected the new Mayor of London, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor (and also the first Muslim mayor of any capital city in the European Union). In his victory speech, he referred to his humble origins and said he had…
Vatican: On 23rd May, 2016, Pope Francis, global head of the Catholic Church, met the grand imam of Egypt’s highest Islamic authority, Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed al-Tayeb, at the Vatican. Since becoming Pope in 2013, Pope Francis has put great emphasis on improving interfaith relations. “The message is the meeting,” the pope told reporters. The…
