Muslims from across the globe attend the spiritual journey of Hajj in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This year also, pilgrims with a variety of cultures, complexions and languages braved the extreme heat to perform the annual pilgrimage.
The holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) is preparing to celebrates Eid al-Qadir which marks the appointment of Imam Ali as the first Shia Imam and leader of the Muslim community after Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Thousands of Muslims in Russia performed Eid al-Adha congregational prayer in the streets marking the major Islamic occasion, also known as Eid of sacrifice.
Muslims across the globe observe the fasting month of Ramadan with different traditions. The holy month is marked with prayers, family iftar meals, Qur’an recitation and charity activities.
"One voice should come out from the Islamic world to defend Islamic vows, Islamic values, and the divine things that God says in the Holy Qur'an that you must be a congregation."
Head of the committee, Ramzi Khoury, called for the concerned bodies to increase their efforts to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque which “is facing an existential danger targeting its legal, historical and religious status,” stressing that Jerusalem “is an occupied Palestinian city.”
After communal violence erupted in India's Haryana state, Muslim businesses and villages are facing threats of economic sanctions from Hindu extremist groups.
"The [ongoing] violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque amount to a flagrant breach of international law and unprecedented contempt for the historic and legal status quo," said the OIC council. "We have concerns about the attempts of the extremist [Israeli] settlers to ignite a religious conflict through the imposition of a spatial and temporal division [between ...