By Kate O’ Sullivan, Communications Officer, Save The Children In this undated file photo, Palestinian children attend a class at the UNRWA elementary school in Shati refugee camp in Gaza. RAMALLAH I regularly get the chance to sit and talk to Palestinian children and without fail, I learn something new. From a 10-year-old budding poet […]
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Muslims in general (other than the Uyghurs, who are enduring extreme oppression) face a number of challenges in China. These include: State Control of Religion Establishing civil society organizations is particularly daunting because technically any organization involving Muslims must be established through the auspices of state-controlled organizations. These organizations, staffed by Communist Party cadres, are
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THE Twitter account Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim, one of the Imams of Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, has been suspended, AlKhaleej Online reported recently.
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THE kiswa factory in Makkah was established around 90 years ago. Until then the embroidered black garment that covers the Holy Kaaba used to be made abroad in countries like Egypt and brought over to the Kingdom. After King Abdulaziz took over the control of the Hijaz region, he ordered the establishment of a kiswa
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MOKHTAR Alim Shaqdar is the official calligrapher of the kiswa, the black covering of the Holy Kaaba, according to a report published in the Saudi Gazette. Shaqdar replaced his predecessor Abdulraheem Bokhari, who died in 1996 at the age of 90.
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ARRANGEMENTS are being made at the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid an-Nabi) in Madinah to accommodate 10,000 worshipers who intend to perform the ritual of I’tikaf (seclusion and staying in the mosque with the intention of worshiping) during the month of Ramadan.
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FACING a shortage of funds, the King Fahd Qur’an Printing Complex in Madinah had shut down more than a year ago. The complex reopened three months ago, alhamdulillah. During a recent visit to the complex, Emir of Madinah Prince Faisal Bin Salman said, “Self-financing is the best option for the Qur’an printing complex in order
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THREE hundred million Muslims – one-fifth of the Ummah’s population – live as minorities today. The challenges they face in an increasingly hostile world are largely incomprehensible to those living in Muslim majority countries. To be clear, each country differs in its politics, and it would be incorrect to assume that hostility exists in every
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FOR anyone who has performed the Umrah or Haj pilgrimages, they will have probably noticed the coolness under foot when they stepped onto the marble floors of the Grand Mosque and around the Holy Ka’bah in Makkah. Many have debated the reason behind the cold feeling, given Saudi Arabia’s searing summer temperatures.
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THE Prophet ﷺ said: “There will come a time of patience when the one who adheres steadfastly to his religion will be like one who holds a burning coal.” [Al-Tirmidhi, no. 2260, authenticated by Al-Albani] Strange, strange times we are passing through. In one part of the world, a man may grow up in a
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