MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the verdict. In August […]
A manipulated video shared online appears to show Yogi Adityanath, a politician from India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying Muslims have the “first right” to the country’s resources. The original clip, however, shows him quoting India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh and accusing the opposition party of stoking divisions between Muslims and […]
An old video of a protest involving supporters of a political party in southern India that has joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s coalition government has recirculated in posts. It misleadingly claimed they were “jihadists” opposed to their leader joining forces with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In fact, the clip circulated in news reports before […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims in Asia on Monday celebrated Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, with food and prayers for people in Gaza suffering from the Israel-Hamas war. One of the biggest Islamic holidays, the occasion commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s test of faith through slaughtering livestock and animals and distributing the meat to the […]
Hordes of pilgrims embarked on a symbolic stoning of the Devil in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the ritual marking the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world. The stoning is among the final rites of the Hajj, which is one of […]
“I have slaughtered a ram every year starting from 1976 but this year I can’t, I just can’t.” Like many other Muslims in Nigeria, 78-year-old Mallam Kabiru Tudun Wada is not celebrating Eid al-Adha as he normally would because of the cost-of-living crisis. Muslims around the world traditionally slaughter a ram or another animal on […]
Gaza is a long way from the picturesque foothills of the Yorkshire Dales but the issue could swing UK general election races in northern England, with many local Muslims angry at Labour’s stance. While Labour is expected to win a thumping national majority on July 4, leader Keir Starmer’s refusal to back an unconditional ceasefire […]
Muslim pilgrims in Mecca have converged on a vast tent camp in the desert, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage amid sweltering temperatures. Ahead of their trip, pilgrims circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site. More than 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world have already amassed in and around Mecca […]
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Ahead of their trip, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site. More than 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world have […]
Many thousands of Muslims in Ohio will celebrate a major Islamic holiday, Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, this weekend. It is the second major religious celebration of the year, following Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan. Here’s more about the Muslim holiday. When is Eid al-Adha 2024? This special day is anticipated […]
Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims had arrived in the country by Tuesday, the vast majority by air, from across the […]
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country by Tuesday, the vast majority […]