Indian expat sacked, faces jail for insulting Islam in the UAE
Dubai: Yet another Indian expat in the UAE is facing police action after being fired for insulting Islam on social media. Rakesh B. Kitturmath, who worked as a team leader at Emrill Services, an integrated facilities management (FM) headquartered in Dubai, was sacked...
COVID-19: International media highlight teachings of Islam
Hyderabad: Amid Coronavirus outbreak, doctors have come out with a list of preventive measures including hand wash, self-isolation, etc. Almost all the countries have banned international travel whereas, a few of them have even imposed restrictions on the movements...
Germany permits Adhan on loudspeakers for the first time.
Mosque in Germany has been calling to prayer every evening to raise the morale of Muslims amid the coronavirus lockdown since last Friday, German media shops report. Adhan is being called from mosques belonging to the Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB Merkez Mosque...
WHO slams French scientists for Africa coronavirus vaccine testing notion
Dr. Jean-Paul Mira is head of ICU services at the Cochin Hospital in Paris, pictured. GENEVA (AA)/ LONDON (The Muslim News): The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) condemned on Monday in the “strongest possible terms” two French scientists who...
Saudi Arabia’s clear response to the coronavirus outbreak is in stark contrast to the West View
Saudi Arabia’s bold, swift response to COVID-19 is a lesson to western countries, and means that there are - so far - minimal cases and only one death in the country. Compare this with neighbouring Iran, where deaths are well into four figures, or Turkey, where some...
Police investigate UK far-right groups over anti-Muslim coronavirus claims
Counter-terrorism police in the UK are investigating far-right groups accused of trying to use the coronavirus crisis to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment. The monitoring group Tell Mama said that in March it recorded dozens of incidents of far-right groups allegedly trying...
Muslims in Kandy offer 100-bed Islamic school for quarantine center to Kandy National Hospital
KANDY- The board of management of a mosque in Kandy has offered its Madrasa, Islamic teaching school, for the use of quarantine patients, who are suspeted in the hill capital. The trustee of the Kandy Katukelle Jumma Masjid along with the members of the Furqaniya...
British Muslim nurse, doctor latest medical staff to die of virus
Areema Nasreen worked at Walsall Manor Hospital London, United Kingdom - A British Pakistani woman who worked as a hospital cleaner for 15 years before realising her dream and graduating in nursing has become one of the first nurses in the United Kingdom to die...
Saudi tells Muslims to wait on Hajj plans amid coronavirus crisis
Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims to wait until there is more clarity about the coronavirus pandemic before planning to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the Minister for Hajj and Umrah said on state TV on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia suspended the...
Halal Travel Guide To Japan – Guide for Muslim Visitors
While Japan has only a very small percentage of Muslim residents, the number of Muslim tourists has been increasing considerably in recent years. Japanese, in general, are very tolerant towards different religions, including Islam, but there is a wide lack of...