Category: Global News and Affairs
Syed Soharwardy Issues Fatwa against ISIS
Canada: Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary has issued a religious edict, or fatwa, against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its recruitme [...]
Islamophobia Helps Strengthen ISIS
Strasbourg: Jordan's King Abdullah stated that Islamophobia helps strengthen the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Addressing the European P [...]
An Industrial City for Women in Jeddah
Jeddah: The Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon) has announced plans to establish an all-women industrial city in Usfan near Jeddah. The city [...]
UK Muslim Women Stand Against Radicalization
Cardiff (UK): A British Muslim women's group held a conference in Cardiff as part of their nationwide campaign called, "Making a Stand" against ext [...]
Imams and Rabbis to Bike Together
Berlin: Imams and rabbis are set to share tandem bicycles in a mass demonstration appealing for tolerance in Germany's melting-pot capital Berlin. Th [...]
Women in Parliament
Gender Balance
In the world ranking released by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in February 2015, Algeria stands on the 27th place while Tunisi [...]
First Palestinian Mission in Europe
Sweden became the first West European nation to allow opening of embassy of Palestine. Palestinian Authority chief Mahmood Abbas inaugurated the embas [...]
German Artist Rolls Prayer Rugs against Islamophobia
Taroudant: In response to the growing anti-Islamic movement led by Pegida "European Patriots against the Islamization of the West" in Germany, reno [...]
“Iranian Women, Most Emancipated”: Molaverdi
Vatican City: "Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have made great strides and are in many respects better off than their counterparts in other [...]
Rotterdam Muslim Mayor Calls for Dialogue
Washington: Being a devout practising Muslim himself, Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has urged Muslims to distance themselves from extremist attack [...]