Category: Global News and Affairs

Ankara: Turkey's parliament has approved a law for establishing the country's first halal accreditation agency. Under the law, the Halal Accreditati [...]

Conference on Protecting Cultural Heritage

Istanbul: The two-day Conference on Protecting Cultural Heritage of Muslim World was held under the sponsorship of the Istanbul-based OIC Researc [...]

Russian-Muslim Billionaire Funds Digitizing of Jewish Manuscripts

A Russian-Muslim billionaire is funding an Israeli project that will digitize Jewish manuscripts that were seized by the Soviet Union a century ago [...]

Huquq-ul Ibad: Caring for Others

Piety is now worn on one's sleeve and many Muslims believe that they must 'prove' their religion by demanding special privileges. By Nikhat Sattar [...]

Prayer Mat that Lights Up When Facing Qiblah

Muslims across the world turn towards 'Kabah' to offer Namaaz. But if you are not in a mosque or happen to be in a new place, finding the right d [...]

Global Hunger Index – The Inequalities of Hunger

Hunger is still 'serious' in India, although the country has improved; Pak lags behind India; B. Desh and Nepal have done better. What is Hu [...]

World Sufi Centre to be Set Up in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: A World Sufi Centre is planned to be established in Kuala Lumpur for conducting studies and collecting inputs on Sufi practices, Malaysi [...]

Door-to-Door Campaign by Egyptian Women

Cairo: Muslim female preachers and Christian nuns recently attended an awareness course at Egypt's Assiut University. This came as part of the trainin [...]

World Tulip Summit Award for Istanbul Municipality

Ottawa: The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) was presented with an award and certificate by the authorities of the World Tulip Summit, whic [...]

Red Cross Urges Western Countries to Help Stop Saudi War on Yemen