Muslim Issues

Kashmir Solidarity Day is a public holiday in Pakistan on February 5 each year. It focuses on showing Pakistan’s support and unity with the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir, their ongoing freedom struggle, and to pay homage to Kashmiri martyrs who lost their lives fighting for Kashmir’s freedom. Pakistan observes Kashmir Solidarity Day every year to express our unwavering political, moral …

Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser attends a press conference with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable OTTAWA, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China’s Xinjiang …

Israeli authorities demolish what remains of the Khader family home in the Shuafat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on 16 January 2023 (Reuters)   The organisation demanding financial compensation from a group representing its own victims has pursued the erasure of Palestinian geography and presence on the land for a century The Zionist movement’s major financial and colonial arm, the Jewish National …

As Europe is plagued by anti-Muslim hatred and acts of Quran-burning aren’t punished by law, we spoke to Islamic scholars about what Islam says about tackling hatred. “Who spend in the way of Allah both in plenty and hardship, who restrain their anger, and who forgive others. Allah loves such good-doers,” the Quran, Surah Ali ‘Imran, verse 134.  For practising …

  Protesters hold copies of the Quran as they demonstrate in front of the Swedish consulate in Istanbul on January 23, 2023, after Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, burned a copy of the Muslim holy book near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm [Umit Bektas/Reuters] Alliance of Civilizations and several Muslim-majority countries denounce stunt by …

A protest in support of Turkey is held in Stockholm as separate demonstrations in opposition are also held Turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran during a protest in Sweden, describing it as a “vile act”. It said the Swedish government’s decision to allow the protest to go ahead was “completely unacceptable”. It comes amid growing …