Muslim Issues

Israel has told Jordan it has no plans to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound by allowing Jews to pray there, against a backdrop of continued unrest in occupied East Jerusalem. Benjamin Netanyahu called Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday to reassure his commitment to protecting Jerusalem’s holy site, the Israeli prime minister’s office said in a statement. …

In view of the repeated violations and hostile measures taken by the Israeli authorities against Al-Aqsa Mosque, including blocking Muslim worshipers from accessing it, overlooking Jew extremists threats and showing disrespect towards its sanctity, Muslim scholars and organizations condemn such irresponsible practices, calls Arab and Muslim to support the just Palestinian cause and urges concerned parties to take all the …

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Dozens of Jewish settlers on Wednesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound to perform their Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli police which cordoned off worshippers after firing tear gas and stun grenades. "Police entered the area, pushed the masked rioters back, and they fled back into al-Aqsa. Police closed the front gate of the mosque but …

Arakan (IINA) – For decades the Rohingya Muslims have been subjected to systematic persecution by their largely Buddhist countrymen: denied citizenship, suffering forced labor, rape and killings. The United Nations has described them as “the world’s most persecuted minority” and other observers have warned of an impending genocide. Despite the radical reform program which began in 2011, after decades of …

When Narendra Modi, the Prime Minster of India made the now-famous remarks about Indian Muslims being “patriotic” and “immune to al-Qaeda”, he was speaking more to his American audience than Indians. Denied Visa for a long period of time, he needed to convince Americans that his views about Muslims in India are not what have been projected in the American …