• Shariah-compliant Islamic Coin could scale like Bitcoin and hit $1 trillion in value, its founders say • That’s based on an adoption rate of between 3% to 4% of the existing 1 billion Muslim internet users • People in the Middle East are loosening their ties to Islam, especially in countries such as Iran…
Islamabad: In honor of the Muslim World League, the activities of the Pakistan International Conference on Islamophobia and its Impact on Relations between Islamic and Western Civilizations, hosted by the International Islamic University, kicked off in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The two-day-long activities, sessions, and panel discussions of the conference were held with the participation…
RIYADH: Delegations from 50 countries, including muftis, scholars, and ministers participated in the 35th International Conference on the Biography of Prophet Muhammad in Nouakchott last fortnight. The Muslim World League’s Secretary General Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa was the guest of honor at the event and delivered a speech. The Muslim World League’s Secretary General…
• Saudi Arabia and five other Gulf Arab countries issued a joint statement demanding that Netflix remove content they say “violates Islamic and societal values and principles,” Saudi media reported. • The statement said that the streaming giant’s material was in breach of government regulations. • Netflix has come under fire in many Middle Eastern…
Sydney: The New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party Leader Chris Minns together with his 15 shadow ministers met more than 100 Muslim community leaders and Imams over dinner at ANIC offices in Chullora on 12 September 2022, assuring the Muslim community to counter Islamophobia and religious vilification in NSW. The talking points during the dialogue…
Jeddah: The Islamic world celebrated on August 5th every year the Islamic Day for Human Rights and Dignity as per the resolution adopted by the 48th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) held in Islamabad, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in March 2022 that designates August 5th “The Day for Human Rights and…
On the 53rd Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Arson Jeddah: The August21, 2022 marks the 53rd painful anniversary of the sinful attempt to burn the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the first of the two Qiblas and the third of the Two Holy Mosques, on the backdrop of the escalating frequency of violations by Israel, the occupying power, and…
URUMQI: Envoys from 30 Islamic countries visited northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Aug. 1 to 5 at the invitation of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The diplomats from countries including Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, and Pakistan visited the regional capital city of Urumqi, Kashgar Prefecture, and Aksu Prefecture, learning about the region’s…
Russian authorities are drafting a new law that would legalize and regulate Islamic banking in the country, initially to be introduced across four Muslim-majority republics as part of a pilot scheme, including Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan, and Russian Bashkiria. The implementation of non-credit banking institutions would function as Financing Partnership Organisations (FPO), offering Sharia-compliant financial products…
An important new survey highlights the gulf between Western perceptions of the Arab world and the reality of the region. (AFP) • The study by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change came out on the eve of President Biden’s Middle East trip • Two surveys found a wide gulf between Western attitudes and the…
