Category: Global News and Affairs
Integration of Muslims in Germany Moving Ahead
Berlin: The integration of Germany's more than 4 million Muslims is moving ahead, especially when it comes to employment and language skills, accord [...]
OIC tells Myanmar to Protect Rights of Rohingyas
Dhaka: Myanmar must protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim minority, chief of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said, urging the govern [...]
Bookstore on Wheels in Baghdad
By Sinan Salaheddin
Ali al-Moussawi, the owner of a mobile library truck, arranges his books on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The mobile bookstore is [...]
‘Mary, Jesus’ Mother’ is New Name for UAE Mosque
The Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Mosque in Al Mushrif, a district in Abu Dhabi, was recently renamed 'Mariam, Umm Eisa' " Arabic for 'Mary, the mother [...]
UN Refugee Agency: Record 65.6 Million People Displaced Worldwide
A record 65.6 million people are either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced across the globe, the UN refugee agency said. The estimated f [...]
Cool, and ‘Power’ful
A scooter rider in Erode, Tamil Nadu, has erected a roof of solar panels over his vehicle with twin purposes; 1- As a shade against the sun, and 2- [...]
Children’s Multidimensional Poverty
Two of the every five children in the world are multi-dimensionally poor.
Children represent the hope of any community or nation. Well-nurtured chi [...]
Archeologists Uncover 17 Mummies in Central Egypt
Cairo: Egypt has unearthed an ancient burial site, replete with at least 17 mostly intact mummies. It is the latest
in a string of discoveries, tha [...]
Saudi Arabia and Iran have Radicalised and Divided the Muslim World Says Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano
Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, in Nigeria, an influential Muslim leader, says Saudi Arabia and Iran have "radicalised and divided" the Muslim wo [...]
Pope Francis Visits Egypt, Calls for Peace and Christian-Muslim Harmony
Pope Francis began his speech with a quiet "as-Salaam-Alaikum," meaning "peace be upon you". The Pope spoke of Egypt's "inestimable cultural heri [...]