UN observes March 15 as the first International Day against Islamophobia
15 March was designated as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia by the UN
15 March was designated as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia by the UN
Some gestures are worth much more than their weight in gold. Rohingya refugee in Delhi, Amina Khatoon, did not hesitate and sold her last piece of jewellery – a gold bangle – when she saw news footage of a Turkish woman and her children helpless under the rubble of the recent devastating earthquake. Amina, 56,…...
No word describes the number of survivors in the earthquake-hit zone in Turkey saved after being trapped for over 178 hours — seven-and-a-half days — except miraculous. According to the BBC, a young girl, Miray in the city of Adiyaman, became the latest to be rescued from the rubble of a block of flats in…...
The devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, that hit along the Turkish-Syrian border on Monday, struck an area that was already home to millions of refugees battling desperate circumstances and an area in Syria’s northwest that is divided between government-held territory and the country’s last remaining rebel-controlled enclave. There were more than 100 following aftershocks, one of…...
An Indonesian revert to Islam, Steven Indra Wibowo, who sold his two houses, seven cars, and three luxury bikes to help people during COVID19, has passed away. He is reported to have helped over 60,000 people embrace Islam. Innaa lillahi wa innaa ilaihi raajioon. May Allah forgive him and grant him al-Firdaws without account. Steven…...
Ghanim Al Muftah, a young disability activist, who has over three million followers on social media, was one of the hosts on Sunday night at the opening ceremony of the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Doha, which was watched by millions around the world. But who is Ghanim Al Muftah? Ghanim’s story Prior to Ghanim’s and his…...
The head of Qatar security officer, Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah, has coughed a strong warning to the LGBT association against showing off rainbow flags during the World Cup at the end of the year. Abdullah says that the flags could be confiscated – not a punishment but as protection, he insisted. “If he (a fan)…...
Leaders of the world’s Group of 20 (G20) wealthiest nations concluded a two-day summit on the Indonesian island of Bali on Wednesday deploring Russia’s aggression in Ukraine “in the strongest terms”, among other highlights. Here are key takeaways from the meeting: CONDEMNING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION Meetings of G20 ministers earlier this year ended without joint declarations…...
A little 7-year-old Syrian girl, who survived a deadly missile attack when she was an infant, won the Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai, UAE on Thursday, November 10, 2022, taking home Dh 500,000. Sham Al Bakour, was only six months old when her family’s car was struck during violence in Aleppo in December, 2015. Her…...
Achieving the maximum IQ for under-18s, he is in the top one percentile of the population.