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Investors are unloading Kenya’s dollar bonds due 2028, whose yields have climbed to 14.6% and the shilling has also trading at a record low, while opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) party has said protests against government policies would resume after Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, if no progress had been […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed on Tuesday that Islam will not be listed as the “State religion” in the new Constitution he will put to a referendum on 25 July. “In the next constitution of Tunisia, we will not talk about a state whose religion is Islam but (Tunisia’s membership) of an Ummah (nation) whose […]
The Supreme Council of Ulema strongly condemns the content of the film ‘The Lady of Heaven’, expressing its categorical rejection of the blatant falsification of established facts in Islamic history. Here follows the English translation of the statement issued by the Council on Saturday in this regard: “The Supreme Council of Ulema has taken cognizance […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired a senior official who caused waves by publicly denouncing, on International Women’s Day, as “nonsense” traditions such as the ban on women working or shaking hands with men. The president has “terminated the functions of Mr. Papa Amadou Sarr, Delegate General for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth” (DER/FJ), […]
Morocco has condemned the republication of outrageous and provocative cartoons offensive to Islam and Prophet Sidna Mohammed, affirming that freedom of expression cannot justify such acts insulting the Muslim religion, which has more than two billion followers across the world. In a press release issued Sunday, the foreign ministry of Morocco says it “condemns all […]
Grand Imam of al-Azhar institute, Egypt’s Sunni Islam highest authority, has taken a stand against polygamy, noting that monogamy is the rule in the holy book and that polygamy hurts women and children. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb who is considered as Egypt’s Grand Iman said those who practice polygamy understand the Koran wrongly. “Those who say […]
To counter extremism, King Mohammed VI has set up a training center for Imams, Murshideen and Murshidat (male and female preachers) to spread the true values of Islam, said Monday the Irish Times. The center, opened in 2015, is housing 1,200 live-in students from Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa and France. Dubbed Mohammed VI Institute for the […]
French paper, L’Express, highlighted the role played by Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams in boosting Morocco’s clout in the continent and championing a moderate and tolerant Islam against the threat of extremism. Promoting the lofty values of tolerance inherent to Islam is a praiseworthy endeavor pursued by the Institute in a bid […]
King Mohammed VI urged the lovers of peace, life and tolerance to rise up against the dissemination of fanaticism and obscurantism and to counter advocates of terrorism, violence and excommunication. The call was made in a message read out by Royal Advisor Omar Azziman, on the occasion of the commemoration, in the northern city of […]
Gunmen attacked a mosque Sunday night in Quebec City killing six people and injuring eight others who were performing the evening prayer. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the attack, which he called a terrorist attack on Muslims. “We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims in a center of worship and refuge,” he said in […]