IQNA – Muslim community leaders in Minnesota say increased federal immigration enforcement has raised anxiety among Somali Americans, prompting discussions on safety, worship, and community response.

IQNA – Plans to convert a vacant industrial building in Stafford into a mosque and community centre have received approval from the borough council

IQNA – An exhibition titled “Memory in Pictures: Destroyed Mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in the 1990s: A Planned Religious Genocide” was opened in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.

IQNA – With the completion of the project to build the Hazrat Zahra (SA) courtyard of the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS), this courtyard will be inaugurated today.

IQNA – The provincial government of Manitoba has launched a new anti-Islamophobia program aimed at addressing discrimination within the kindergarten to Grade 12 education system.

IQNA – To enhance the safety of young visitors, Saudi authorities have begun issuing identification bracelets for children at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, a new initiative aimed at protecting minors during the Umrah and Hajj pilgrimages.

IQNA – A Lebanese Christian writer describes Hazrat Zahra (SA) as the perfect embodiment of virtues, saying she represented the pillar of faith and dignity of women.

IQNA – In the city of Dearborn, Michigan, a long-established Shi‘i institution operates with little public attention but significant communal reach.

IQNA – A ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (SA), which also marks mother’s day, was held Friday night at the Cultural Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Embassy in Malaysia.

IQNA – A competition titled “Muezzin Al Freij Challenge” has been launched in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, seeking to recruit and train talented youth to deliver the traditional call to prayer (adhan) from local mosques during Ramadan.

IQNA – An Algerian university professor said the Quranic argument that Hazrat Zahra (SA) used in defense of principles is a practical model for all Muslims to follow.  

IQNA – A new study says charitable giving by British Muslims is increasingly helping to support public services under financial strain.