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BARMM ‘saddened’ by stranded pilgrims

It’s perpetually saddening to learn about Philippine Hajj Pilgrims being held at the Manila International Airport for reason that they were not able to...

Pinoy Muslims mark Ramadan start

Filipino Muslims—in Mindanao, Metro Manila, and other areas of this predominantly Christian country of 110 million—marked the start of the month-long Ramadan Sunday with...

French prosecutors probe death threats against TV reporter

French prosecutors said Monday they have opened an investigation after death threats were issued against a journalist after she fronted a report over the...

France closes mosque over its preaching

Paris — France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the north of the country because of the radical nature of its imam’s...

Eid Mubarak!

Members of the Muslim community maintain social distancing and strictly observe health protocols as they flock to the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila during...

Mecca opens for limited umrah

Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage with extensive health...

Saudi Arabia concludes downsized hajj amid pandemic

Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj, the smallest in modern history as...

At the cow wash: Pakistanis scrub Eid animals at car cleaners

In the run-up to the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Karachi car-wash owner Sheikh Sagheer sees much of the traffic at his business switch...

Indonesia pulls out of annual Mecca pilgrimage over virus fears

Indonesia is pulling out of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca over coronavirus fears, the religious affairs ministry said Tuesday, removing the largest contingent...

Turkish mosques reopen for mass prayers

Turkish mosques on Friday reopened for mass prayers more than two months after they had shutdown, as the government eased restrictions aimed at stopping the...

Muslims start Ramadan under lockdown as US beefs up virus support

Jakarta - Muslims across the world began marking the holy month of Ramadan under unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns on Friday as the US added another half...

Writer Salman Rushdie turns from fatwa fugitive to free speech hero

Paris"•On February 14, 1989 Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for British writer Salman Rushdie to be killed for writing “The Satanic Verses”,...

Sinead O’Connor now a Muslim

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Basilan governor hits TV show

A television documentary about female circumcision in Islam has hit a raw nerve among Muslims in Mindanao, a governor said Wednesday. Last May 6, GMA-7...
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