Sailan Muslim Foundation

Sectoral Meeting of the Consultations Task Force on Reconciliation

Sectoral Meeting of the Consultations Task Force on Reconciliation: The Consultations Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms has invited the  National Shoora Council to make submissions at a meeting with the Task Force on the 9th June  2016 at 10.00 am. NSC wishes to invite all those who are interested in contributing their opinion, to be included in the NSC submissions, …

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Mosque worth over 1.8 Million EUR opened in Mainz

What they have been dreaming for over two years, when they started with the construction of the Islamic Cultural Center in the German city of Mainz, members of the jemaat from the mentioned city finally achieved. In the presence of a large number of their friends from neighboring and other jemaats, the members of jemaat of Mainz officially opened the …

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First seed library sprouts in Palestine

Project aims to preserve seeds of crops that once grew across historic Palestine, and to safeguard waning biodiversity. By Dalia Hatuqa Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A search for rare seeds may seem like something out of a fairytale, but for Vivien Sansour it is a quest to bring back what years of Israeli occupation practices and climate change have …

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God’s love in the Quran – By AGA Barrie

God’s love in the Quran My wife related an interesting incident she couldn’t help observing whilst travelling in the subway. An apparently Muslim lady wearinga hijab was standing  next to her seat holding on to the vertical steel support with one hand and reading sotto voce from a little book she held in the other.It did not take long for …

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Sweden stirs debate with women-only swimming, in nod to Muslims

MODELS OF THOUGHT As Muslims become a larger part of Swedish society, some municipal pools are offering women-only swimming to accommodate the new arrivals. But while well intended, the new policy is bumping up against Swedish ideals of equality. By Elisabeth Braw, Correspondent MALMÖ, SWEDEN — On the face of it, the decision to offer special women's swimming hours at the …

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