By Akil Qureshi Renowned thinker, scholar and writer and Head of Chair in Islamic Studies & Research, Yenepoya University has called upon Muslims “to launch a peace and friendship offensive” with all the politically relevant groups of the country. He was...
By Nilay Kar MOSCOW: Muslims will make up 30 percent of Russia’s population by 2034, the country’s grand mufti said Monday. Speaking at a conference in Moscow, Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin said the number of Muslims in Russia has been growing with every passing day....
Abu Dhabi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday told the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference that Muslims in India were a microcosm of its diversity and very few of them have fallen prey to the poisonous propaganda of radical and...
Jerusalem : Israel's attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. Netanyahu faces possible charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases, the BBC reported on Thursday. The...
Damscus : A Syrian-Russian joint coordination committee has demanded the US forces to withdraw from Syria, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. The Joint Coordination Committee for Return of Syrian Refugees said in a statement that the US must withdraw its...
Ankara: Turkish Airlines, Turkey's flag carrier air company, hosted in Istanbul 28,000 passengers from 28 countries in its stopover project over the past two years, the company said Friday. The national flag carrier added 16 countries, including Japan, China, and...
Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday held a phone call with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud over means to promote bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields, Abdul Mahdi's office said. The office said in a statement that Abdul...
Khartoum : Turkey has an ongoing support in aspects of economy and diplomacy to Sudan in face of protests, a Sudanese minister said Tuesday. “Turkey’s support to stabilization efforts in Sudan continues in the current political process,” Federal...
Ankara : The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) hosted the Third Global Meeting of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS) at its headquarters in Turkey's capital...
Dhaka : Seventy people, including four children and five women were confirmed dead on Thursday while 56 were reported injured in a massive blaze in the Bangladesh capital that engulfed several multi-storey buildings in the Chawkbazar area of the old city....