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Saudi Arabia Expecting 1 Million in Largest Hajj Since Pandemic

One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah on Wednesday for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars. Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000 Muslims from abroad to make the annual pilgrimage, which begins on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus

Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars

The Independent UK

One million set to perform Hajj as COVID-19 restrictions ease

International pilgrims will perform the annual ritual for first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

Al Jazeera

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Indonesia School Helps Students Recite Koran in Sign Language

Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school to help them study and recite scripture from the Koran using sign language. Opened in 2019 in the city of Yogyakarta in central Java, the Darul A'shom school…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Makkah Businesses See Hajj Boom Ending Pandemic Slump

"Business is back", exclaims Abdullah Mekhlafi at the shop where he sells prayer mats in Islam's holiest city, which is preparing for the biggest influx of hajj pilgrims since the coronavirus pandemic began. Two years of drastic restrictions on the number of pilgrims who could perform the hajj emptied shops…

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Indonesia school helps students recite Koran in sign language

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes 1 Million for Biggest Hajj Pilgrimage Since Pandemic

White-robed worshippers from around the world have packed the streets of Islam's holiest city ahead of the biggest Hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began. Banners welcoming the faithful, including the first international visitors since 2019, adorned squares and alleys, while armed security forces patrolled the ancient city, birthplace of…

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MWL Conference Paves Way for Establishing Southeast Asian Ulama Council

The first conference of Asian religious scholars organized in Malaysia by the Muslim World League (MWL) called for promoting values of tolerance and respect to help achieve global peace and security.

Asharq Al-Awsat

It’s not just the far right that should worry us. It’s their ideas seeping into the mainstream

Marine Le Pen might have lost the presidential election, but the RN leader’s influence runs deep in France

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia’s draft constitution: Ending the parliamentary regime, or undoing democracy?

Tunisian President Kais Saied delivered his draft for a new constitution to the public on Friday after months of political turmoil. A referendum is expected to be held on July 25 to decide the document’s fate, and, according to some, the fate of the only democracy to emerge from the…

France 24

Clear signals the ‘fringe’ ought to read

With three of the most visible faces in the country highlighting India’s inclusivity and tolerance, the message is clear

The Hindu

Tunisian president seeks more powers in new constitution

Tunisian President Kais Saied has unveiled a new draft constitution that would bestow broad powers on the president and limit the powers of the prime minister and parliament

The Independent UK

What is the Hajj in Islam?

Here's everything you need to know about the holy pilgrimage of Hajj and its significance in the religion of Islam

Manchester Evening News

Udaipur killing un-Islamic: Muslim bodies

Imams in major mosques in Delhi, including the New Delhi Jama Masjid and those run by Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat used the Friday sermon to denounce ‘the dastardly act”.

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Taliban supreme leader addresses major gathering in Kabul

Haibatullah Akhunzada has made a rare appearance at the Taliban’s ‘Great Conference of Ulema’ in the Afghan capital.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s draft constitution – what’s new, and why now?

President Kais Saied has pushed for the new constitution – opponents say it will slide the country away from democracy.

The Independent UK

Taliban supreme leader prays for Afghanistan's quake victims

The Taliban's supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan's earthquake victims in during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Publishes Draft Constitution ahead of July Vote

Tunisia on Thursday published the draft of a new constitution giving vastly more powers to the president, a text set to go to referendum on July 25, a year after President Kais Saied's dramatic power grab. The new draft was published on Thursday evening in the official journal, less than…

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Capital punishment sought for accused in Udaipur killing

Protests staged in Hubballi-Dharwad and other places in North Karnataka

The Conversation

Why Ms. Marvel matters so much to Muslim, South Asian fans

The Disney+ TV show featuring Ms. Marvel, also known as Kamala Khan — the first Muslim superheroine of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), launched June 8 — and the internet has been alight with discussions about the lovable titular character.

The Independent UK

Afghan Taliban hold clerics' assembly, aiming to boost rule

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are holding a gathering of some 3,000 Islamic clerics and tribal elders for the first time since seizing power in August

The Times of India

Muslims in Kolkata slam Udaipur beheading, call it un-Islamic

KOLKATA: Members of the Muslim community in Kolkata condemned the video of the beheading of a tailor in Udaipur, with the senior-most cleric in the state and a senior government official terming it un-Islamic and urging law-keepers to bring them to book. Several community members said any individual who harbours…

Radio France Internationale

Sole surviving member of Paris attacks terror squad Abdeslam sentenced to whole-life prison term

The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence by a French court on Wednesday, the toughest punishment possible.

Al Jazeera

‘Dangerous times’: US Muslims mull implications after fall of Roe

Muslim advocacy groups in US are raising money and considering potential legal steps after abortion rights rollback.

Reuters

Analysis-Tunisia's Saied poised for more power but economy crumbles

President Kais Saied looks on course to tighten his grip on Tunisia through a constitutional referendum in July, but it could prove to be a poisoned chalice as the economy sinks deeper into crisis and opposition to his rule widens.

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