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Society is so busy speaking for Muslim women, they never get a chance to speak for themselves, writes documentary filmmaker Mehreen Baig Some people will say you can’t be a strong woman because Islam is oppressive, others say you can,” the former English teacher tells Newsbeat. In a new BBC programme called Islam, Women And […]
The day of Ashura is marked by Muslims as a whole, but for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h). It falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (Friday 29th September – Saturday […]
Millions of Muslims around the world are preparing for Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and religious devotion. The festival falls in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, starting in May and marks the start of a month of fasting and religious devotion. This year Ramadan will start on May 27 and will finish on June […]
Qatar’s Mejda Group is to sign a deal to develop a $220 million tourism complex near Tunis, a Tunisian official and a representative of the Qatari group said on Wednesday. The tourism complex will be located just north of the Tunisian capital at Raoued, and will include a luxury hotel, 90 rental villas and a […]
Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects from Morocco to China, Power and Protection is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world. Within Islamic societies, people of all backgrounds have engaged in fascinating and sometimes controversial practices such as the casting of horoscopes and the interpretation of […]
