The Templar Tunnel. Israel

The Templar Tunnel is an underground passageway located in the city of Acre, in what is now Israel. This tunnel was built by the Knights Templar when the city was under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and served as a strategic passageway connecting the Templar palace to the port. After Acre fell to…

November 1, 20230Comments

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28 countries have been criticized by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom for violating religious freedom

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom decried Iran’s use of violence against protesters in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death. A watchdog for global religious freedom has used its new annual report to call out the Iranian government for targeting women’s rights protesters during demonstrations last year. The report also points out the country’s…

May 3, 20230Comments

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THE LATEST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT PROVIDES DIRE REVIEW. MAY 2019

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its latest report about religious freedom in the United States, and the results are less than stellar. This report is published every year on May 1 and has been since 1999, reported World Religion News. This year marks 20 years since the initial…

Saatchi Gallery (London) covers up artworks after Muslim visitors’ complaints

The Saatchi Gallery in London was founded by the advertising magnate Charles Saatchi. Photograph: Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy A leading contemporary art gallery covered up works featuring an Islamic declaration of faith after complaints from Muslim visitors who said the artworks were blasphemous, reportd The Guardian . The Saatchi Gallery in west London…

Syrian Monuments Before the War

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria. Photographs by Peter Aaron A Traveller’s Record of Syrian Monuments Before the War By John Gendall The New Yorker In April, 2009, Peter Aaron, a veteran architectural photographer, went on vacation with his family, to Syria. It was about one year into President Obama’s first term, long before the name isis was broadly known. That…

April 9, 20190Comments

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Муфтій Саід Ісмагілов: ми будемо уважно відстежувати, хто приїде до Криму на відкриття мечеті…

Фото: islam.in.ua Саид Исмагилов, мусульманський духовний лідер України, шейх, муфтій у Духовнo м y управліннi мусульман України "Умма" зробив заяву з приводу відкриття соборної мечеті в Криму: "Всі мусульманські засоби масової інформації тиражують вчорашню заяву Путіна, стосовно відкриття нової Соборної мечеті, що будується в окупованому Криму. Хто не в темі, вчора на зустрічі…

March 19, 20190Comments

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Is the hijab cultural or religious?

Sara Saboori Raad , Professor's Assistance at University of Iran I would say hijab is more “natural” than cultural or religious. It means it sounds to be in the natural instincts of people, specially women. Looking back in the history, not only we see that hijab existed in many religions like Islam, Hinduism,…

March 8, 20190Comments

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LIVE: Muslim pilgrims converge on Mecca for Hajj

Islamic Holy Place More two million Muslims journey to holy city Mecca from across the world every year. A sea of umbrellas as hundreds of thousands listen to the sermon at Namirah Mosque, which was built on the location the Prophet Mohammed set up camp during his Hajj in 632 CE. pic.twitter.com/4qm6RwS2o1…

August 21, 20180Comments

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Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer +(VIDEO)

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer 298 times in the first half of this year at a historical mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, reported muslimnews . “Occupying Israeli forces prohibited the Azan, including calls to Friday prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque 298 times…

July 21, 20180Comments

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Swiss Upper House rejects foreign fund ban on mosques

Photo: Mosque of the Olten Turkish cultural association at Wangen bei Olten. By Nadf/Public Domain The Upper House of Switzerland rejected a bill prohibiting foreign funding to mosques affiliated with the Swiss Turkish Religious Foundation, reported The Muslim News The motion had been put forward by Lorenzo Quadri, a senator for the right-wing Ticino League party…

June 2, 20180Comments

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