By Colleen Curry Pope Francis will host Vladimir Putin this week at the Vatican, playing international diplomat at a time when the Russian president finds himself excluded from the G7 summit and blasted by President Barack Obama and others over…
Category: Words of faith
Irish same-sex vote ‘defeat for humanity’ – Vatican official
A landmark vote to allow same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland was a “defeat for humanity”, a senior Vatican official has said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said he was “very saddened” by the result.
Muslims ‘dehumanised’ warns Qatar’s Sheikha Moza
By Sean Coughlan A senior member of the Qatar royal family has warned that Muslims are being “dehumanised” by the coverage of violent extremism in the Middle East. “Why do Muslim lives seem to matter less than the lives of…
Waz Mohfil in memory of Khwaza Moinuddin Chisty April 4
A waz and Zikir Mohfil, organised by the inhabitants of Gandaria in memory of Hazrat Khwaza Moinuddin Chisty (ra) will be held at Dayaganj, (Jurain Road, Mir Hazirbagh) on April 4 Monday at 4 pm. Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti…
Hajj: Journey of a life time
Shah Abdul Halim Talbia or the monotheistic hymn: labbayka allahuma labbayk. labbayka la sharika laka labbayk. inna al hamda wa an-ni’mata laka wa l-mulk. la sharika lak. Here I stand before You O Allah. Here I stand. Here I stand.…
Multi-faith prayers open “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada
Multi-faith invocation launched “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada on April 26. Religious statesman Rajan Zed directed this special multi-faith invocation; which included Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish and Native American prayers focused on healthier environment and respecting the nature of…
Founder of Ottoman Empire: Recalling to this day
Dr Sinha M. A. Sayeed Any attempt to know and understand Osman I or Osman Gazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى Osman Ghazi; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Bey or Osman Gazi or Osman Gazi Han; 1258[1]–1326), sometimes transliterated in the…
10 killed in Langalbandh bathing festival stampede
At least 10 Hindu devotees were stampeded to death and 30 others injured during ‘Astami Snan’, one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community, at Langalbandh in Bandar upazila on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Friday.
Multi-faith prayers to open “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada
Multi-faith invocation will launch “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada on April 26. Religious statesman Rajan Zed will direct this special multi-faith invocation; which will include Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Native American and Baha’i prayers focused on healthier environment and…
Canadians’ response to protect freedom of choice
Rania El-Alloul, a Canadian citizen who emigrated from Kuwait 12 years ago, appeared in a Quebec court last week in a hearing to get her car back, which had been seized for 30 days by police who caught her son…
Al-Azhar Grand Imam calls for religious teaching reform
The Grand Imam of Egypt’s top Islamic institution has called for a radical reform of religious teaching to tackle the spread of Islamic extremism. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb of Cairo’s al-Azhar University said that a historical misreading of the Koran had…
Muhith slams Islamic banking, finds it ‘fraudulent’ but popular
Criticising the perception of Islamic banking, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday termed it ‘fraudulent’ one set up on ‘wrong perception’. Responding to a question from Habibur Rahman Mollah (Dhaka-5) in parliament, he said, “The system appears to me absolutely…
Bnp rolls back plan to invite PM to Koko’s KulKhwani
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to invite Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at her younger son’s qulkhwani, date of which is yet to be decided. Asked about qulkhwani of Koko, Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas…
Khaleda expresses gratitude to all for prayers, condolences
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed her deep gratitude to the people of all walks of life for offering their condolences to her following the death of her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and joining his janaza across the…
Koko laid to rest, record Janaza at Baitul Mukarram mosque
Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of late President Ziaur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard at about 6:53pm after his namaz-e-janaza at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Tuesday. The body of Koko…
Koko’s Namaz-e-Janaza at Baitul Mukarram Mosque Tuesday
Namaz-e-janaza of Arafat Rahman Koko, the youngest son of late President Ziaur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after asr prayer on Tuesday. “The venue for namaz-e-janaza of Koko has been shifted…
Karen Armstrong: Nothing in Islam that’s more violent than Christianity
Lisette Thooft The terrorist attacks in Paris rendered her new book Fields of Blood. Religion and the History of Violence suddenly and tragically very urgent. In over five hundred pages Karen Armstrong, once a nun and the respected author of…
Germany ‘anti-Islamisation’ Pegida leader quits amid Hitler row
The head of Germany’s “anti-Islamisation” movement Pegida has quit after disparaging anti-refugee comments and a photo showing him apparently posing as Hitler emerged. Lutz Bachmann apologised for Facebook comments he made in which he reportedly called refugees “animals” and “scumbags”.…
Biswa Ijtema phase – II ends with munajat for peace
The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, concluded today (Sunday) with Akheri Munajat (Final prayers) attended by lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of people at Tongi on the outskirt of capital Dhaka, amid…
Charlie Hebdo: Niger protesters set churches on fire, 3 killed
At least three people have been killed and six churches attacked in Niger amid fresh protests against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Protests began outside Niamey’s grand mosque and reportedly spread to other parts of the…
‘In dog we trust’ misprint on US sheriff’s office rug
A rug has been removed from a sheriff’s office in Florida after it was noticed that it read “in dog we trust” instead of “in God we trust”. The $500 (£329) mat lay at the entrance to the office in…
Ijtema phase 1 ends with prayer for peace, prosgress of Muslims
The first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema concluded with the ‘aheri munajat’ offered at the bank of river Turag in Tongi on Sunday morning. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims gathered at the Ijtema ground in Tongi of Gazipur, despite the…
3-day Biswa Ijtema phase – I of Tablig Kamaat ends Sunday
The “Akheri Munajat” (concluding prayer) of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation. Tens of thousands of the Muslims from home and…
Paris – A dastardly act of terror
Chandra Muzaffar It is not surprising that Muslim governments, organizations and individuals right across the globe have condemned the heinous murder of 12 persons – 10 journalists and two police – at the headquarters of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo,…
Eid-e-Miladun Nabi being celebrated Sunday
Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world the holy Eid-e-Miladun Nabi (birth day of Hazrat Muhammad (sm) with due religious fervour. Sunni Muslims observe the birthday of Prophet Muhammed (sm) on the 12th day of the Islamic month of…
Archbishop Paulinus Costa dies
Spiritual leader of the Catholics in Bangladesh Archbishop Paulinus Costa died of cardiac arrest on Saturday. He was 78. Paulinus Costa, who was Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 to October 22, 2011, breathed his last around 3…
Christians hold Christmas Eve Mass in Bethlehem
Christian pilgrims from across the world have celebrated midnight Mass in Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. In a homily, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal called on Jews, Muslims and Christians to “live together as equals”.…
Holy Christmas today
The Christian community across the country is celebrating the holy Christmas today commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervor. Christians are offering special mass to mark the day. Churches have been illuminated, Christmas trees decorated at…
Enact law against blasphemy or face strong movement: IAB
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, and Amer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Mufti Moulana Syed Rezaul Karim on Wednesday that his party would call rigorous movement including hartal soon of the government does not enact law to punish people committing…
IAB road march for capital punishent against blasphemy
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday started a road march from capital Dhaka to Rangpur to press the party’s demand for capital punishment against blasphemous utterances. Workers of Islami Andolan assebled at the Suhrawardy Uddyan in the morning before starting…