TEHRAN (IQNA) – For a year, Irfan has remained almost entirely in his house, too terrified to leave. A Muslim living in north-east Delhi, he says that his powerful Hindu neighbors, many belonging to the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), are keeping a close watch on him.
News ID: 3474113 Publish Date : 2021/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hailed the recent decision by Sri Lanka to lift a controversial order to cremate the bodies of all people who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including Muslims.
News ID: 3474112 Publish Date : 2021/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bangladesh is under "no obligation" to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighboring India, said Bangladesh foreign minister A.K. Abdul Momen.
News ID: 3474104 Publish Date : 2021/02/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on Sri Lanka to respect the right of burial of the Muslim community.
News ID: 3474078 Publish Date : 2021/02/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – China on Monday rejected “slanderous attacks” about conditions for Muslim Uighurs and other minorities living in its Xinjiang region, saying that they enjoyed freedom of religion and other fundamental rights.
News ID: 3474062 Publish Date : 2021/02/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistan urged France to desist from entrenching "discriminatory attitudes" against Muslims into laws aimed at fighting so-called extremism.
News ID: 3474040 Publish Date : 2021/02/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslims worldwide will celebrate Laylat al-Raghaib, Islam’s blessed Night of Wishes, tonight, the first Thursday of the lunar Hijri month of Rajab.
News ID: 3474019 Publish Date : 2021/02/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Between 112,000 and 230,000 people have been accepting Islam in Japan, making it one of the countries where the religion is growing rapidly.
News ID: 3474017 Publish Date : 2021/02/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Protesters gathered in Paris on Sunday to demonstrate against a proposed law that is deemed discriminatory toward Muslims.
News ID: 3473982 Publish Date : 2021/02/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A group of Muslim families are launching a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) about Sri Lanka’s policy of enforced cremation of all those confirmed or suspected to have died with COVID, saying it breaches their religious rights and is causing “untold misery”.
News ID: 3473940 Publish Date : 2021/02/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Police in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday charged a 40-year-old dad under anti-terror laws for demanding the release of his “terrorist” son’s body.
News ID: 3473936 Publish Date : 2021/02/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – When 60-year-old Shenaz Sajan, a British woman from the English Midlands, learned more about COVID-19, she was hesitant about the vaccines on offer, and hoped that if she needed to, she could fight off the virus with a plant-based diet.
News ID: 3473926 Publish Date : 2021/02/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Islamic association of Malaysia on Friday called on the international community to stand up in solidarity with the Kashmiri people and stop human rights abuses by the Indian security forces who are enjoying “impunity for crimes” committed in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
News ID: 3473899 Publish Date : 2021/02/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The head of the Georgian Muslims Department criticized the West’s approach to Islamophobia, saying the phenomenon is a threat to the whole world.
News ID: 3473877 Publish Date : 2021/02/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Philippines House of Representatives approved a bill declaring the first day of February as National Hijab Day every year to promote a “deeper understanding” of the Muslim practice, as well as tolerance for other faiths across the country.
News ID: 3473859 Publish Date : 2021/02/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Muslims’ affairs body in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan urged obtaining a Halal certificate for the coronavirus vaccines made in Russia.
News ID: 3473858 Publish Date : 2021/02/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The secretary general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) criticized the French government’s moves against Islam and Muslims.
News ID: 3473795 Publish Date : 2021/01/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The “charter of republican values” which was announced earlier by France’s president as the fight against “Islamist separatism” was approved by a special commission in the French National Assembly.
News ID: 3473789 Publish Date : 2021/01/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned remarks by the Archbishop of Greece against Islam and Muslims.
News ID: 3473727 Publish Date : 2021/01/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A BJP Member of the Legislative Assembly of India from Uttar Pradesh kicked up a controversy by saying that Muslims who do not have faith in the COVID-19 vaccines developed by the country should go to Pakistan.
News ID: 3473694 Publish Date : 2021/01/13
