TEHRAN (IQNA) – Rohingya refugees attempting to reach Malaysia by boat from Bangladesh are being held hostage by human traffickers who have demanded large ransoms from their relatives with threats of violence, according to several families and aid organizations.
News ID: 3471709 Publish Date : 2020/06/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Indonesian government will not change its decision to cancel this year's Hajj even if Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca and Medina for the annual pilgrimage, a minister said.
News ID: 3471659 Publish Date : 2020/06/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The majority of Muslims in Thailand who have registered to go on the Hajj pilgrimage this year have decided to postpone the journey to 2021.
News ID: 3471637 Publish Date : 2020/06/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Police in Germany have detained a man on suspicion of planning to kill Muslims in an attack inspired by the 2019 mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, prosecutors said Monday.
News ID: 3471636 Publish Date : 2020/06/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An agreement between the Italian government and the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (Italian: Unione delle Comunità e Organizzazioni Islamiche in Italia, UCOII) will allow imams to offer spiritual assistance to Muslim inmates detained in Italian prisons.
News ID: 3471622 Publish Date : 2020/06/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 2020 Annual National Muslim Soup Kitchen Day arrived one week after Ramadan, the holy month that emphasizes charity, one of Islam’s five pillars.
News ID: 3471619 Publish Date : 2020/06/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Indonesia’s capital opened mosques on Friday for the first time in nearly three months, as the megacity loosens a partial lockdown despite coronavirus cases mounting in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.
News ID: 3471599 Publish Date : 2020/06/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – More than two dozen mosques across New Jersey plan to dedicate their sermons on Friday — their main day of prayer — to speaking out against racism and police brutality, a coalition of groups said.
News ID: 3471598 Publish Date : 2020/06/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The egregiousness of what happened to George Floyd must have plunged anyone with a pulse into a deep pensive mood.
News ID: 3471555 Publish Date : 2020/05/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslim leaders in the US state of Indiana are calling for a hate crime investigation into a drive-by shooting at an Indianapolis mosque on Eid al-Fitr while congregants were inside.
News ID: 3471539 Publish Date : 2020/05/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for an urgent impartial investigation into the mass destruction of residential properties in a predominantly ethnic village in the Muslim minority Rakhine State of Myanmar, where satellite images showed more than 200 homes being burned down.
News ID: 3471519 Publish Date : 2020/05/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The representative of the Leader of the Islamic in India underlined the need for Muslims to maintain the achievements gained in the holy month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3471515 Publish Date : 2020/05/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The line of cars waiting to enter the US’ largest mosque on Saturday morning stretched so far on Ford Road, Dearborn, that police spent hours containing it to the right lane.
News ID: 3471505 Publish Date : 2020/05/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mosques in Italy are beginning to reopen their doors for the first time in months, implementing government measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.
News ID: 3471504 Publish Date : 2020/05/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Berlin church is hosting Muslims who are unable to fit into their mosque for Friday prayers because of social distancing guidelines.
News ID: 3471497 Publish Date : 2020/05/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the International Quds Day, marked on the last Friday of Ramadan, as a symbol of Muslims’ preference and unity in defending Islamic ideals.
News ID: 3471492 Publish Date : 2020/05/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The closure of France’s borders with some African countries due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created problems regarding the burial of deceased Muslims of North African origin.
News ID: 3471475 Publish Date : 2020/05/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Malaysian Muslim organization has called on Sri Lanka to allow the bodies of Muslims who died of COVID-19 to be buried according to the Islamic practice.
News ID: 3471450 Publish Date : 2020/05/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall said this week that public prayers could resume in the West African country, provided that mosques obey social-distancing rules.
News ID: 3471431 Publish Date : 2020/05/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Italy’s mosques will stay closed for Eid Al-Fitr regardless of what the government might say about when they can reopen, a prominent Islamic organization in the country has said.
News ID: 3471421 Publish Date : 2020/05/13
