After almost 7 years of lobbying for the establishment of the Penang Transgender Committee, finally, the first committee meeting was held at the Legislative Assembly on 17 May 2016.
Sadiq Khan’s victory in last week’s London Mayoral elections to become the capital’s first Muslim mayor has been hailed by many as a victory for Muslims and multiculturalism in the UK as well as a defeat of the agendas of Islamophobes.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that a Russian fighter aircraft violated Turkish airspace on Friday. In a statement, the Turkish foreign ministry said a Russian SU-34 jet crossed into Turkish airspace at 11:46 local time on Friday, ignoring several warnings made in Russian and English.
The recent intensification of the aerial bombardment around the Syrian city of Aleppo by Russian forces and the Syrian regime has forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee the area and to seek refuge in neighbouring Turkey.
On the 4 February IA Russian newspaper reported: "In Chelyabinsk, the members of "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" was dosed with a half-century for five persons. Moscow Districts Military Court sentenced the members of the cell "Hizb-ut-Tahrir", prohibited on the Russian territory.
The recent move of international fashion house Dolce and Gabbana, to launch their first collections of abayahs and hijabs aimed at the Muslim woman, cemented the growing importance of Muslim fashion. The brand was the latest of several major fashion labels to have recently created clothing for Muslims.