TEHRAN (IQNA) – Officials in Bowling Green, a city in Kentucky, United States, say a firefighter has retired after a video surfaced showing him burning a copy of the Quran.
News ID: 3460694 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – American Muslim Ilhan Omar made history on Tuesday, August 9, by becoming the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States after winning the Democratic primary election in Minnesota House District 60B.
News ID: 3460692 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The fourth regional Quran competition for Northern European countries kicked off in a ceremony in the Swedish capital of Stockholm on Friday.
News ID: 3460691 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
RIO DE JANEIRO (IQNA) – The Halal resultant launched in the Olympics Village of Rio by the Islamic Center of Brazil is attracting non only Muslims but also a large number of non-Muslim athletes.
News ID: 3460690 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The women of the US saber squad had not been pleased by their performances in the individual competition at these 2016 Summer Games, but they broke through Saturday with Ibtihaj Muhammad becoming the first American in a hijab to step on the Olympic podium.
News ID: 3460689 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A lone gunman executed a revered imam and his friend in New York as the pair walked home from Saturday prayers, blasting each in the back of the head without a word, officials said.
News ID: 3460688 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said Israel launched the 2006 war against Lebanon to crush resistance in the region but failed.
News ID: 3460687 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Malaysia's Police have reminded the public, especially youths, to remain vigilant and not be easily influenced by a magazine published by the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, known as 'Dabiq'.
News ID: 3460685 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Every year millions of Muslims travel to Mashhad, a city in northeastern Iran, to visit the mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam.
News ID: 3460684 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A travel agency based in Osaka city, Japan, is offering tours catering specifically to Muslim visitors — a growing segment of inbound travelers from abroad — featuring a visit to a mosque, halal food and an attendant who adheres to Islam.
News ID: 3460682 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 4th Quran competition of Northern Europe kicked off in a ceremony at the Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday evening.
News ID: 3460681 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The day that Maryam’s cellphone rang out the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, her parents were understandably puzzled.
News ID: 3460680 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Turkey, attended the Friday prayers in Ankara yesterday.
News ID: 3460679 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Israel has razed more Palestinian homes and other structures so far this year than in all of 2015, the United Nations said Friday, as the United States and France expressed concern.
News ID: 3460678 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – As the standard uniform of female beach volleyball players at the Summer Olympics currently underway in Brazil is the bikini, Egypt’s Doaa el-Ghobashy has raised eyebrows by becoming the first beach volleyball player to participate at the games wearing hijab (Muslim covering for women).
News ID: 3460677 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Playing Naqqareh (a kind of drum) and horns is done twice a day at Naqqareh Khaneh (a 26 meters high tower at the holy mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, northeastern Iran).
News ID: 3460676 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Friday and congregational prayers leaders in Bahrain in a statement condemned the Al Khalifa regime for preventing the largest Friday prayers in the country from being held.
News ID: 3460675 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An American Muslim flight attendant has sued her former employer, saying she was unlawfully suspended because of religious discrimination.
News ID: 3460674 Publish Date : 2016/08/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Quran memorization school was launched in Cairo earlier this week for Libyan citizens residing in Egypt.
News ID: 3460672 Publish Date : 2016/08/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah Resistance Movement dismissed reports that some of its forces have been taken prisoner in Syrian.
News ID: 3460671 Publish Date : 2016/08/12
