News 10th April 2015: Palestinians to join fight against ISIL in Yarmouk (Source: Agencies) Palestinian factions agree with Syrian government to use military force in Yarmouk, as the UN chief calls for action. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for action to prevent a massacre of Palestinian refugees in Syria's Yarmouk camp, just after all Palestinian factions agreed with the Syrian government to use military force to expel Islamic State…

The Maharashtra State Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act came into force from March 4, 2015 with the President giving his sanction to it. It extends a previous ban on cow slaughter to bulls and bullocks too, those caught violating the law face a five-year jail term and a fine of Rs 10,000 ($160), if convicted. This ban has rendered thousands of Muslims jobless, loss of revenue to the tune of Rs.100…

News Look around at any of Afghanistan's large cities - Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif, and Kandahar and it is easy to see that Afghanistan is facing an internal displacement crisis. Camps and settlements for Afghanistan's 820,000 internally displaced people (IDPs); forced by conflict or natural disaster from their homes, sprawl out for miles on the city fringes, with thousands of new arrivals every week. A new report by the Norwegian…

My dearest sisters, we have gathered today at this unprecedented, momentous conference, from different corners of the world, speaking in different languages but united with ONE voice and united with ONE message... that as Muslim women we do not see the Shariah as the cause of our subjugation but the path to our salvation from oppression, and the means to gain the Pleasure of our Rabb (swt), Al-Alim, Al-Azim, the…