British Mosques and community leaders have pledged their full support for this year’s BBC Children in Need appeal. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of mosques are expected to respond to a call for mosques to lead in the collection of donations for the popular annual event which benefits children from all sections of society.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=9AC60C39BA2A096AE95AD88A&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
Britain’s first magazine aimed at Muslim women, {Sisters}, is to be launched as a printed publication next Saturday. The magazine will be launched in-style by editor Na’ima B. Robert and her team at the Global Peace and Unity event, sponsored by Islam Channel, at Excel in London.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=C68DD41192022142C2B330CE&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
In the city of Alba, Hina Saleem will be remembered in afternoon of Arab and Italian poetry readings and music. Hina was murdered last year by her father in an ‘honour killing,’ in the northern Italian town of Sarezzo. Leaders of Muslim women’s groups in Italy, Arab female poets, ordinary citizens and immigrants are expected…
An international two-day event presented by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) went underway in Cordoba to discuss Islamophobia. The goals of the event included thorough discussions on intolerance and discrimination related to unemployment, education, and housing. Delegations from 56 nations attended the conference, highlighting a sharp rise in Islamophobia since the…
An estimated 2,000 mosques and Islamic prayer halls in Germany opened to the public during a holiday Wednesday, with non-Muslims invited to come in, look around and ask about Islam. Open Mosque Day has been an annual event in Germany since 1997. Despite the added strain of observing Ramadan at the same time this year,…
