In pictures: Muslims across globe mark Eid ul Adha with religious fervour
Millions of Muslims around the globe are celebrating Eid ul Adha, a three to four-day event celebrated at the end of the Hajj season, in which people from all social classes hold large gatherings and offer meat to the needy, by sacrificing, either goat, cow, sheep or camel in the name of God. Also known […]
Hajj 2024: Final symbolic stoning and farewell circling of the Kaaba
Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. During the Hajj, Muslims pray and perform rites including a stoning ritual. Many pilgrims were gathered in Mina, a desert site outside Mecca on Tuesday (Jun. 18). The three-day stoning ritual in Mina symbolises the casting away […]
Ahmedabad: ‘All seemed fine till…,’ Reddit user ‘infuriated over discriminatory’ behaviour while renting office space
A new controversy over renting office space in Ahmedabad erupted as some complained that they were denied space owing to the fact that they were Muslims. A Reddit user said he and his colleagues were looking to rent an office space in Makarba and had managed to find one suitable place. And everything went smoothly […]
My Husband Was a Part of the KKK—Until He Met a Muslim Man
One spring day in 2015, my husband, Chris, invited our family to a cookout with his friends and their families. I expected hot dogs on a grill and kids playing games. Instead, we showed up to a yard in Calhoun, Georgia filled with men in KKK regalia. This wasn’t a cookout. It was a Klan […]
