TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Malaysian government wants tahfiz schools - where students spend long hours memorizing the content of the Islamic Holy Book - to inject other subjects into their syllabus to allow students to pursue higher education and join the regular workforce.
News ID: 3465246 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Malaysia has banned a controversial Bollywood film, citing its negative portrayal of a Muslim ruler.
News ID: 3465116 Publish Date : 2018/02/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A prominent American expert on the Middle East labeled Malaysian scholar Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin as “ignorant” about Shia Islam, after the Perlis mufti launched a series of attacks on the second largest branch in Islam.
News ID: 3465075 Publish Date : 2018/01/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslim countries were urged to cut off any type of relations with the Zionist regime of Israel, particularly in terms of diplomatic and economic ties, to pressure the country to liberate Palestine and the city of Quds (Jerusalem).
News ID: 3465071 Publish Date : 2018/01/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Malaysian author and scholar Syed Farid Alatas blamed the silent majority of Muslims in Malaysia for the existence of sectarianism and the oppression and harassment of Shia Muslims in the country.
News ID: 3465066 Publish Date : 2018/01/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Malaysia will continue to help its Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestine and Myanmar, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.
News ID: 3464840 Publish Date : 2018/01/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Prominent Iranian Qari Hamed Alizadeh, who won the top title in Malaysia’s international Quran contest in Malaysia last year, is on a visit to Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3464584 Publish Date : 2017/12/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Malaysia’s Terengganu government has offered to help the state of Penang’s religious authorities dispose of copies of the Quran that were damaged in recent floods.
News ID: 3464363 Publish Date : 2017/11/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – “Malaysia Quranic School” was launched in the Gaza Strip in a ceremony held earlier this week.
News ID: 3464199 Publish Date : 2017/10/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Institutions of higher learning, particularly Quran and Sunnah Study faculties, in Malaysia were urged to carry out studies that delve into the secrets of the Quran, providing a source of reference to address the challenges faced by Muslims of today.
News ID: 3464136 Publish Date : 2017/10/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A conference on liberation of Quds (Jersualm) and Palestine will start in Malaysia today, October 9.
News ID: 3464119 Publish Date : 2017/10/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) is looking to back a push by Japanese firms planning to invest in Malaysia’s Sharia-compliant halal market, an SMBC official said.
News ID: 3464098 Publish Date : 2017/10/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The first Al-Quran Studio offering Al-Quran classes for children between the age of eight and 11 and using the latest audiovisual technology was launched in Malaysia Saturday.
News ID: 3464043 Publish Date : 2017/09/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Social media has been abuzz following a photo, depicting verses of the Quran and shahadah (profession of one's belief in Islam) found tucked inside the inner layer of hotel slippers used by a hotel in Sitiawan, Perak, went viral and subsequently triggering a wave of anguish amongst Malaysians.
News ID: 3463975 Publish Date : 2017/09/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran sympathized with Malaysia over the deaths of students and teachers in a Quran school in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
News ID: 3463909 Publish Date : 2017/09/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 25 people, mostly students, were killed after a blaze broke out early on Thursday at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur - the deadliest fire in decades in Malaysia.
News ID: 3463908 Publish Date : 2017/09/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Malaysian academic has warned of an extremist interpretation of Islam that may have an adverse effect on religious harmony in the Southeast Asian country, saying it was a byproduct of local teachers who were subjected to a “salafist” interpretation of Islam as promoted in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3463795 Publish Date : 2017/08/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The World #QuranHour and Merdeka#QuranHour programs, set to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, will see the participation of 200 Rohingya Muslim refugees.
News ID: 3463789 Publish Date : 2017/08/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 10 agencies in Singapore are expected to join the World #QuranHour program on Aug 31, with another two more also contemplating joining in.
News ID: 3463707 Publish Date : 2017/08/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, a lawmaker representing Baling in Malaysia’s parliament, pledged to allocate 12.8 hectares of land for a so-called “Quran university” in his constituency.
News ID: 3463701 Publish Date : 2017/08/21
