Category: Miscellany
Morocco Bans Sale and Production of Full-Face Veils
Rabat: Morocco has banned the production and sale of full-face veil (burqa) due to reports which say that the garment is used to carry out crimes. [...]
King Faisal International Prizes 2017 Awarded
Riyadh: The King Faisal Foundation has announced the winners of King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) 2017. Professor Ridwan Al-Sayyid of the [...]
The Man who Runs ‘Bike Ambulance’ – Padma Shri Award for Karimul Haque
Name of Karimul Haque from Jalpaigudi of West Bengal also finds a place among the Padma Shree awardees this year.
Karimul Haque has been known here [...]
UN-Backed Programme Trains 1,000 Refugee Entrepreneurs in Turkey
Istanbul: A UN-backed programme to train Syrian entrepreneurs in Turkey has produced a thousand graduates. The three-month scheme was a pilot program [...]
Omar Saif Ghobash’s “Letters to a Young Muslim”
Ghobash, who discusses the discrimination he experienced being from a mixed family background, makes a plea for multiculturalism within Islam.
By [...]
Moroccan Cartoonist Riham El-Hour Named on BBC’s 100 Influential Women List
London: A Moroccan woman cartoonist, Riham El-Hour, has been named on the BBC's 100 Women List for 2016. Every year, the BBC makes a selection amon [...]
Civil Society Groups Gather for a Culture of Peace
Youth and Women's Conference with 250 Social Leaders
New Delhi: The "Youth and Women's Conference for Spreading a Culture of Peace", was held in [...]
Two Kashmiri Kids Make Award-Winning Documentary
Purtas and Zameem want to become scientists when they grow up and continue with their passion of making science documentaries!
Srinagar: In the fir [...]
Oman Aims to Become a Tourist Hub by 2040
Salalah: Under a new investment plan worth $35 billion, Omani government plans to attract more than five million international visitors a year by 2 [...]
Islamic Community Center Opens in Pondoland
Pondoland (South Africa): In the windswept hills at the heart of Pondoland, in South Africa, a new beacon of spirituality has opened its doors to t [...]