Muslim News based Articles

As France clinched its second-ever World Cup win over Croatia thanks to goals by migrants and a Muslim, fans and onlookers quickly pointed out the need for the country to apply its victories on the field to life off the field. Often in the spotlight for its xenophobic and Islamophobic ...
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Ahmed Burhan Mohamed has become a bit of a celebrity since winning the Dubai International Holy Quran award last month. The 17-year-old, who beat out more than 100 other contestants from around the world, said he has been swarmed by admirers everywhere he goes. “It’s too much, I was not expecting ...
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Airtel India landed in hot waters on Monday after replacing a Muslim representative with a Hindu on the demand of a customer. Pooja Singh, an Airtel customer uttered her disapproval of a Muslim customer care executive named Shoaib tending to her complain on Twitter of a service engineer’s misdemeanor and ...
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Deadly attack by the US airstrike killed 150 hafiz-e Quran on Quran graduating Ceremony in Kunduz. A Ceremony had been taking place in a Madrassa  where over 150 students had to be given a formal degree over complete memorization of the Holy Quran which is also known as Hafiz E ...
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Nearly 100 people formed a human chain outside a mosque in Newcastle to fight against racism and Islamophobia. Protestors formed a human chain around a mosque as anti-racism events were held throughout the country against 'Punish A Muslim Day' on Tuesday. Nearly 100 people held signs and hands as they ...
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Punish A Muslim letters sent across UK offering points as games to attack and abuse Muslims. The anonymous letters arrived this weekend in plain white envelopes with second-class stamps, and were sent to people in at least six communities in England. Inside was a message so hateful that it sent ...
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India ends Hajj subsidy as part of policy to 'empower minorities without appeasement' NEW DELHI: Haj pilgrims will no longer receive any subsidy this year onwards, with the government saying the decision is part of its agenda of empowerment of minorities without appeasement. Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday confirmed ...
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Imam Omar Suleiman was arrested along with others after protesting in favour of the #CleanDreamAct which calls on the US government to legislate a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young people who came to the country as a child.‬ Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at the capitol today as we stand ...
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For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage Transgender people in Pakistan are often shunned by their families and forced into begging or prostitution to support ...
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A Lebanese Christian judge ordered three young Muslim men, accused of insulting Mary ,the mother of Jesus (pbuh) to memorize a section of Surat al-Imran as a condition for their release. Instead of handing down a prison sentence over their contempt of religion, Joceline Matta ordered the men to memorize ...
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World Hijab Day takes place on February 1st each year . Its stated purpose is to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear and experience the hijab. It was a movement started by  Nazma Khan in 2013 and it continues to grow in stature across the globe . According ...
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Muslim Rugby Player Sonny Bill Williams The 31-year-old New Zealand rugby player Sonny Bill Williams  converted to Islam in 2008. He is the first Muslim to play for the All Blacks. He made headline 9 months back  when he covered the BNZ’s logo with Pink tape.The logo belonged to the Bank of ...
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 Davis was caught on camera spray painting swastikas and hateful messages on the windows of Masjid Al Salam: He could have faced six years in jail if he failed to pay the fine While sitting in jail awaiting trial, Davis came to understand the error of his ways and reached out to ...
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A teenage Syrian refugee won a prestigious international prize on Monday for building a school and providing  education to hundreds of children who fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict. Also read : https://islamhashtag.com/done-in-hijab-beard-and-kufi-pakistani-american-muslims-proudly-received-1-million-hult-prize-2017/ Mohamad Al Jounde was just 12 years old when he decided to set up a school in ...
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There are reports that  photos and video can no more be taken at Kabah and Masjid-e-Nabavi as Saudi Arabia imposed has imposed a ban on them. According to Arab News The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque urged worshippers and pilgrims not to get carried away with taking ...
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The Muslim contingent of the Black Stars team that traveled to Saudi Arabia on Sunday visited the holy land of Makkah to perform the ‘mini’ Hajj called Umrah.   Together with the Ghana FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi who is performing Umrah for the second time, the seven members took time ...
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Mosques around Germany opened their doors to non-Muslims to dispel common myths and stereotypes about Islam. Nearly 900 mosques across Germany took part in "Open Mosque Day”, an annual event organized by Islamic associations in the country since 1997. Dr. Zekeriya Altug from the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), ...
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A Pakistani-American team from Rutgers University has won this year’s $1 million Hult Prize, a high profile, global contest for student social entrepreneurs focused on tech for refugees. The winner this year is a startup called Roshni Rides, Bill Clinton announced at the end of the competition last Saturday. The ...
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The social network says it’s committed to helping the world ‘share their stories.’ But when people from Burma’s oppressed minority post, their stories have a habit of disappearing. Rohingya activists—in Burma and in Western countries—tell The Daily Beast that Facebook has been removing their posts documenting the ethnic cleansing of ...
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