Wipro Will Create 21,000 Jobs For Saudi Women With It’s All-Women Business and Tech Park Indian IT major major Wipro has launched Saudi Arabia’s first all women business and technology park (WBP). The park was inaugarated in the presence of Saudi Aramco and Princess Nourah University (PNU). It is expected to create nearly 21,000 jobs…
Category: Muslim World
With refugees, Germany’s Muslim population could be Europe’s largest
With refugees, Germany’s Muslim population could be Europe’s largest • Influx could make German minority larger than France’s • Syrian refugees seen as hard-working, better educated • Growing Arab presence to dilute Turkish Muslim majority
Tragedy that shook us all
Tragedy that shook us all [ Eyewitnesses told that it was jostling by some stronger pilgrims caught behind a slower group including elderly people that led to the disaster. They said security personnel were pleading with pilgrims to stay back, but they were too caught up in their fervor to listen and continued to press ahead,…
Islam in India
Islam in India Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories about how India came to be…
Turkey to build mosques around the world
Photo: Blue Mosque at the Blue Hour Turkey to build mosques around the world By: Dorian Jones During his visit to Cuba in January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan requested that his government be allowed to build a mosque in Havana. Turkey currently is building 18 large mosques across the globe, including one in Tirana,…
Egypt closes 27,000 places of worship
Egypt closes 27,000 places of worship By: Rami Galal An Egyptian administrative court on Feb. 18 upheld the Ministry of Religious Endowments’ decision issued in September 2013 to close down neighborhood places of worship of less than 80 square meters (861 square feet), a move intended to protect young people from the militancy…
Outrage at plan to replace the Prophet’s (pbuh) birthplace with mall
Mecca: outrage at plan to replace the Prophet’s (pbuh) birthplace with mall By: Andrew Johnson [The destruction of historic sites was defended recently by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah al-Sheikh. Many critics of the construction process are unwilling to speak publicly for fear of being punished by the regime.] The site in…
Saudi, Egypt and Israel work together in Gaza attack
Saudi, Egypt and Israel work together in Gaza attack The war on Gaza is planned and orchestrated by Israel, Saudi and Egypt, a report by DEBKA-Net-Weekly said yesterday. According to DEBKA the three-way cooperation has set up the following guidelines for the operation in Gaza: Israel and the IDF will fight to smash Hamas’ military…
Dua for the oppressed
Dua for the oppressed If your heart doesn’t ache for your brothers and sisters all over the world then you need to check the status of your heart. You need to cleanse it and renew it this Ramadan. Ya Rabb (My Lord), Ya Al-Mu’Min (The Giver of Peace), Ya Al-Malik (The Sovereign), Ya Al-Rahim (The…
Islamic scholar Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi declare ISIS caliphate ‘null and void’
Islamic scholar, Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi declare ISIS caliphate ‘null and void’ The International Union of Muslim Scholars, led by influential Sunni cleric Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, released a statement on Friday concerning the recent declaration of a “caliphate” by the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS). The union said that the caliphate declaration is “null…