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A fraternal project: one Common Home to protect

The Islamic community is increasingly committed to environmental protection. Many initiatives have been launched to prevent the world from turning into a huge wastebasket: from campaigns to raise awareness about the fragility of the environment, to organizing a Green Mosque Day...

Mindanao Muslim nationalists to work with the authorities to curb violence

Manila (AsiaNews) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which formerly sought to set up an independent Muslim state in Mindanao, has offered to work with police in Cotabato, a province on Mindanao Island, to curb violence in the Municipality of Pikit, scene of a string of gun attacks.

Tougher challenges ahead for Indonesia’s moderate Islam

Increasing signs of radicalization are not only a threat to ‘Islam of the archipelago’ but also to other religions.

Philippine Muslim women call for laws in local languages

Group says women are not participating in local affairs because bills are in English, a language they do not understand

More than 30 people die in a suicide bombing against a Peshawar mosque

A suicide bombing killed at least 32 people, wounding more than 145, in a mosque in Peshawar, north-western Pakistan, in a suicide attack

A 1000 Years Amnesia: Sports in Muslim Heritage

There is an amnesia in the minds of people about 1,000 years of Muslim

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, shadow guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has died

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Muslim family of 23 plays for Pope Francis in Kazakhstan

As Pope Francis arrived to meet with clergy, he was greeted by a family of 21 children playing traditional Kazakh music, who told Vatican News that all faiths are united despite different beliefs.

MJC (SA) Welcomes the Constitutional Court Ruling on The Recognition of Muslim Marriages

The MJC (SA) welcomes the Constitutional Court judgment handed down on 28 June 2022, where it inter alia declared the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 to be inconsistent with the South African Constitution as it fails to recognize marriages solemnized in accordance with Sharia law (Muslim marriages) as valid marriages for all purposes in South Africa, and it fails to regulate the consequences of such recognition.

Mali: Terrorists kill 132 villagers in weekend attack

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Suspected terrorists raided several villages in central Mali over the weekend, killing at least 132 civilians, the government confirmed Monday.

Muslim insurgents in Thailand to cease attacks during Ramadan

Separatists in three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces agree to stop violence during fasting month

Palestine: Israeli air raids & shelling into Gaza kills 24, incl children, 612 injured in E Jerusalem

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): The number of those killed in attacks by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip late on Monday rose to 24 and the wounded to 103, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Afghanistan: 58 Shia Muslim Hazara school girls killed in bombings in Kabul

Kabul, Afghanistan (AA): At least 58 people, mostly Shia Muslim schoolgirls, were killed and 150 people injured in three back-to-back blasts that targeted a secondary school in Kabul.

Pope Francis and Islam: three cornerstones of a magisterium

A common thread links Pope Francis' keynote speeches given in Baku, Cairo and Ur, which indicate the need for an authentic religiosity to worship God and love our brothers and sisters, and a concrete commitment to justice and peace.

Pope stresses fraternity in meeting with Iraq's Grand Ayatollah

Pope Francis met this Saturday morning in Najaf with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani in a visit which stressed the importance of friendship, mutual respect and dialogue between religious communities.

Pope Francis meets Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani

On the second day of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, the Pope arrives in the city of Najaf on Saturday morning for a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani.

Muslim Council of Elders on Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq

The Muslim Council of Elders issues a statement regarding Pope Francis’ landmark visit to Iraq saying it is a message of solidarity with victims of violence in the region and around the world.

US condemns terror attacks killing 20 in N Syria

WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Monday condemned three terrorist attacks in northern Syria that killed at least 20 civilians.

India: Muslim stand-up comedian denied bail

NEW DELHI (AA): An Indian high court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of a Muslim stand-up comedian over allegedly objectionable comments against Hindu deities.

Christchurch-like terror attack thwarted in Singapore

(AA): A major terror attack has been foiled in Singapore as a 16-year-boy planning to attack two mosques and kill worshipers was arrested, an official statement said.

Palestine: Israel condemned for demolishing mosque

JERUSALEM (AA): Palestine’s acting minister of religious affairs condemned Israel’s demolition of a mosque Wednesday in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank.

France: Commission approves bill targeting Muslims

PARIS (AA): A special commission in the French National Assembly approved the “charter of republican values” which was announced earlier by the nation’s president as the fight against Islamist separatism.

Mali to maintain support for French troops amid threats

PARIS (AA): A top Malian official has said the country would continue supporting the French military presence in the West African nation amid threats of attacks against the troops engaged in anti-terror operations.

US alleges al-Qaeda’s new ‘home base’ is Iran

WASHINGTON (AA): Iran is now al-Qaeda’s “home base,” the US alleged Tuesday despite an often-bloody history between Tehran and the terror group.

Afghanistan: Religious cleric dodges bombing, 5 killed

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A prominent pro-government religious figure survived a deadly bomb blast in Afghanistan on Sunday that killed at least five people as a string of such attacks rock the war-ravaged country, officials confirmed.

Syria: 4 civilians dead, 37 injured in bomb blasts

RAS AL-AYN, AFRIN, AL-HASAKAH, Syria (AA): At least four civilians, including two children, were killed and 37 others injured in three bomb attacks in northern Syria, local security sources said on Saturday.

Pakistan: 11 Hazara miners killed in armed attack in Balochistan

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 11 Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

Sudan: Israelis visit Sudan’s defense industry facilities

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA):- A delegation from Israel visited Sudan’s capital Khartoum and held talks on military matters, the spokesperson for the transitional government said Sunday.

Nigeria: Boko Haram attack killed 110 in Borno state

ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): The death toll has risen to at least 110 in a recent attack by Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria, a UN official has said.