NEWS FROM THE UK
UK announces millions in funding to promote LGBT rights in Commonwealth
The government has allocated a further £2.7m to fund the promotion of LGBT rights in Commonwealth countries, which include several Muslim nations.
The Prime Minister's Office said the money would support grassroots human rights defenders...
42% of mosques have experienced attacks in last three years
A new survey by Muslim Census and MEND has found that 42% of mosques or Islamic institutions have experienced religiously-motivated attacks in the last three years.
The survey of 114 Islamic centres revealed that 17% of...
Muslim leaders accuse govt of damaging relationship with community by sacking Qari Asim
One hundred and twenty scholars and imams have written to the government accusing it of undermining its relationship with the Muslim community over the sacking of Qari Asim as a government advisor.
Qari Asim, who...
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Prominent Turkish scholar Sheikh Mahmud Effendi passes away
One of Turkey's most influential Islamic scholars and teachers, Sheikh Mahmud Effendi, has passed away at the age of 93.
Sheikh Effendi died in İstanbul on Thursday after being hospitalised for two weeks to get treatment...
Tunisia’s president plans to omit ‘Islam’ from new constitution
Tunisia’s president is planning to drop any reference to “Islam” in the country’s new constitution.
The secularist Kais Saied is putting the constitution to a referendum on July 25 in the hope of overhauling the...
At least 920 dead in Afghanistan earthquake
At least 920 people have been killed and 600 injured in a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in remote mountain villages in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika and Khost provinces.
Ariana News reported that Sharafuddin Muslim, the deputy state minister...