Muslim Issues

A township of 500 houses with other facilities such as a hospital and a recreation hall built with assistance from Saudi Arabia way back in 2009 is to be vested with recipients only now. The houses were built for the benefit of tsunami victims in 2009. The then Saudi ambassador to Sri Lanka handed over the completed project to the …

 A member of the Malaysian Army is carrying an injured Palestinian boy using a wheelchair during the welcoming ceremony for the Palestinian people at Pengkalan Udara Subang (PU Subang), Selangor, Malaysia on August 16, 2024. [Syaiful Redzuan – Anadolu Agency] A number of Palestinians wounded by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and their companions arrived in the …

Israel has targeted education in its war on Gaza. It is destroying schools and universities and has killed thousands of students and teachers. Yet learning and teaching still go on, in tents and makeshift classrooms. How and why does Gaza’s educational spirit remain so strong? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Omar Salah, English teacher at University College of Applied Sciences in …

Palestinian women stand helplessly amid the destruction left by 2,00-pound bombs dropped by Israel on the tents of a displacement camp in al-Mawasi Khan Younis in Gaza on September 10, 2024 [Bashar Taleb/AFP] Israel has killed at least 19 people in an attack on a tent encampment within the so-called humanitarian, or “safe”, zone in al-Mawasi, Gaza. About 65 more …

A general view shows voting results during a UN General Assembly meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on October 12, 2022. (AFP)   UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press on Monday that International Court of Justice rulings “should be accepted and should be implemented” In the sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands …

A Palestinian civil defence member stands near a building on fire that was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in the north of Gaza City on September 3, 2024. (AFP)   The chances of a truce that would swap Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel for hostages held by Hamas appeared slim, with both sides sticking doggedly to …