International Islamic News

France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools, the country’s education minister has said ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools since 19th-century laws removed …

Citing Saudi outlet Makkah newspaper, Gulf News reported that if a student is absent from school for 20 days without a legitimate excuse, their guardian could be subject to an investigation by the public prosecution under Child Protection Law of the nation. After concluding the inquiry, the case would be forwarded to a court …

The Danish government said on Friday it was proposing legislation that would make it illegal to burn copies of the Koran in public places, part of the Nordic country’s effort to de-escalate tensions with Muslim countries. Denmark and Sweden have seen a string of protests in public in recent weeks …

TORONTO (Reuters) – For Tagreed Elhassan it’s the feeling of the wind in her face. Cycling gives her a sense of independence and a way to exercise. She learned the basics growing up in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and now a program in her new home of Toronto has taught …

Tensions in the Iran-Russia relationship have surfaced publicly since July, when Russia supported the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) in its dispute with Iran over islands in the Persian Gulf. Iranian officials publicly criticized Russian behavior and, on July 18, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian asserted, “The people should not at all think that …

A Quran – neatly handwritten more than 200 years ago by an Indonesian imam who had been banished to the southern tip of Africa by Dutch colonisers – is the pride of Cape Town Muslims who jealously guard it at a mosque in the city’s historic Bo Kaap district. Builders …

Unity Islamic Center in Mansfield is moving. Unity Center filed a $450,000 project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Aug. 22 to build-out the inside of its new mosque. The scheduled start date for the project is Sept. 1 with an estimated completion date of Feb. 1, 2024. For …

A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has hailed the development of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, following its four-day visit to the region. A total of 26 delegates, including permanent representatives of multiple countries to the OIC, officials of the General Secretariat of the OIC and …

Pakistani Christians held services at churches destroyed by a vigilante mob last week after two Christian brothers were accused of desecrating the Quran. The services on Sunday at a handful of churches in the city of Jaranwala in eastern Pakistan were led by the bishop of the diocese, Christian community leader Akmal …