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          Islam

          All the latest news and stories on Islam including Islamic religious festivals and Muslim holiday dates

          Protests erupted in India over changes to a law that would affect almost a million Muslim properties. EPA

          India's Muslims win first round of fight to keep religious sites

          NewsApril 17, 2025
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          Eid Al Fitr: How UAE Moon-sighting committee decides when festival starts

          UAEMarch 27, 2025
          Almost 28,000 social media posts referring to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in 2024 included a Islamophobic keyword. PA

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          UKMarch 26, 2025
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          UAE-founded halal football prediction app gives fans ‘skin in the game’

          Pop CultureMarch 25, 2025
          Some females in the UAE have spoken to The National about their journey from jail to Islam. Antonie Robertson / The National

          The inspiring stories of four women who found Islam in Dubai prison

          UAEMarch 06, 2025
          Chart of the week: Ramadan fasting hours around the world

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          MENAMarch 05, 2025
          Sharjah's new Hosn Al Khatimah mosque in Al Barashi. Antonie Robertson/The National

          Sharjah opens 20 new mosques for Ramadan

          UAEFebruary 28, 2025
          The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is widely believed as the resting place of Zaynab, sister of Imam Husayn, a 7th century religious figure who is among the most revered in Shi’ite Islam. Matt Kynaston for The National.

          ‘Islamic unity’ in the protection of Sayyida Zaynab shrine

          MENAFebruary 19, 2025
          Imam Adam Kelwick, Abdullah Quilliam Mosque, Liverpool, UK. In Dialogue at the Abrahamic House, Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson/The National

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          UAEFebruary 18, 2025
          Prayers during Laylat Al Qadr at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on the 27th night of Ramadan in April 2024. EPA

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          The Aga Khan, left, presents Farid Esmaeil, centre, and Ahmed Al Ali, second from right, with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Kazan, Russia, for their Wasit Wetland Centre in Sharjah. Courtesy Aga Khan Trust for Culture

          The Aga Khan believed in the power of Islamic art and architecture

          CommentFebruary 11, 2025
          Experts made a breakthrough last year, deciphering inscriptions on the sword's blade written in an Arabic-Persian-Turkic dialect. Photo: Sonya Troicher

          Swiss collector claims to have discovered Zulfiqar sword

          CultureFebruary 06, 2025
          Wajid Akhter, left, a general practitioner, defeated another doctor, Muhammad Adrees, to become Secretary General of the MCB. X

          New Muslim Council of Britain leader is doctor who campaigned against Labour

          UKJanuary 25, 2025
          Muhammad has become England's most popular baby name in the past year, according to the country's official statistics office. Photo: Isabel Pavia

          How did Muhammad become the UK's most popular boys' name?

          UKJanuary 02, 2025
          A Muslim woman with shopping bags takes a selfie with Oxford Street Christmas decorations in London. Getty Images

          British Muslims wanting to cancel Christmas is a dangerous far-right fantasy

          CommentDecember 26, 2024
          Harris Irfan, chief executive of Cordoba Capital Markets, speaks at the Bitcoin Mena event in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

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