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Displaced by Israel, Palestinians settle in caves
Scores of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have made homes out of mountain caves on the outskirts of Al-Khalil (Hebron) city, as Israel continues to prevent them from building homes on territories earmarked for Jewish-only settlements. "We have tried to build homes with bricks and cement, but the Israeli occupation authorities have repeatedly.. More -
UN: War has plunged 80 percent of Syrians into poverty
The war in Syria has plunged 80 percent of its people into poverty, reduced life expectancy by 20 years and led to massive economic losses estimated at over $200bn since the conflict began in 2011, according to a UN-backed report. The Syrian Center for Policy Research painted a devastating picture of the "systematic collapse and destruction".. More -
China's Uighurs look towards Turkey for help
In recent months, cafes in Istanbul's working-class Zeytinburnu neighborhood have begun to attract growing numbers of young, ethnic Uighur men. Some speak quietly - wary of a rumored network of Chinese informants - about politics in their homeland, China's Xinjiang Province. "We were tortured and starved there," said Yusuf, now in his middle.. More -
Despair prevails on Crimea on anniversary of Russian annexation
A year after the Russian annexation of Crimea on Feb. 28, 2014, Crimean Tatars are still facing human rights abuses by Russian authorities. As the mistreatment of the defenseless minority has incessantly continued, the Crimean Turks Culture and Solidarity Association organized demonstrations on Saturday to protest Russian annexation of Crimea. A Muslim.. More -
Converts to Islam increase after French attack
According to a news article in 5pillarsuk.com, the number of people accepting Islam in France has increased significantly after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, with imams reporting a growing number of people coming to take the Shahada at mosques. “It makes me want to go to Islam and to show everyone that this is not what Islam is about,” a young.. More -
Palestinian farmers endure 'constant war' in Gaza
Gaza farmers are being 'particularly badly affected' by Israel's tight restrictions on their movement. Amjad Abu Ayash, 56, stood atop a hill and looked out across a patch of charred agricultural land spotted with busted water pipes. "They call this area the 'land of death' because even the birds that come here die," he told Al Jazeera. Explaining.. More -
HRW: Use of barrel bombs increasing in Syria
Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that Syrian regime forces have carried out hundreds of indiscriminate attacks over the past year with air-delivered munitions, including improvised weapons such as barrel bombs. The US-based group says the attacks have had a devastating impact on civilians, killing or injuring thousands of people. Barrel bombs.. More -
80% of Uighur Muslims without water
A water conservation project in a remote area of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) begun two decades ago has yet to bring clean drinking water to the area, with only 750,000 people have access to clean water. According to a joint report by the Water Conservancy Office of southwestern Xinjiang’s Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian).. More -
Muslim population in England and Wales growing
Muslim population in England and Wales grows 75% in 10 years. More children and fewer elderly people help Muslim population grow faster than population overall, analysis of latest census data shows. The Muslim population of England and Wales almost doubled over a 10-year period, a new study reveals. The Muslim population is growing faster than the.. More -
South Sudan is on brink of famine
Aid workers in South Sudan are finding it hard to operate because roadblocks are suddenly being erected in some areas, the UN's top official for humanitarian assistance has said. The UN warned two and a half million people are on the brink of famine, and food stocks in some places could run out by next month. The organization also said more than six.. More -
Italian Muslims aggressively monitored
Wikileaks cables dated from 2005 reveal that the Muslim population were aggressively monitored with classified documents based on a private lunch at the US ambassador’s residence and involved the then Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu and Italy's Chief of Police Giovanni De Gennaro. The documents reveal that in the years prior to 2005,.. More -
ADC: 'American Sniper' prompts threats to Arabs, Muslims
Following the release of the film American Sniper in theaters across the US, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has warned of a “significant rise in violent hate rhetoric targeting the Arab and Muslim-American communities.” The Arab-American civil rights organization has asked "American Sniper" director Clint.. More -
Islamophobic attacks increase rapidly in France
At least 116 Islamophobic attacks on Muslims in France have been reported within two weeks of the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris, the National Observatory Against Islamophobia said Monday. According to the France-based observatory’s head Abdallah Zekri, attacks against Muslims in the country increased rapidly following the attack on the satirical.. More -
Poverty and conflict affect Lebanese youth
Lebanese youth in Tripoli suburbs are becoming increasingly used to conflict in rising sectarian distrust and violence. "People get used to war. During the last battle, children were still coming to play. Can you imagine, a seven-year-old boy running through the bullets just to play video games," says Mohammad Darwish, a calm man with a curled.. More -
World 'silent' when millions of Muslims killed
The world has been silent about the killing of millions of people in the Muslim world, Mehmet Gormez, Turkey's head of religious affairs, said Tuesday. "On one hand, (around) 12 million people have been massacred in the Islamic world in the last 10 years, and on the other hand, 12 people were brutally killed in Paris last week," Gormez said. We.. More
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The Status of Hajj in Islam
Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam; Allah, The Exalted, ordained it in the ninth year after Hijrah (the Prophet's,...
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School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah
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