Crypto has been making waves all over the world, especially since its backing up by big names like Elon Musk. For Muslims willing to invest in crypto, the matter is even more intense and confusing. The global surge of interest in cryptocurrencies extends into all the main centres of Islamic finance. But because they are products of financial engineering and objects of speculation, cryptocurrencies sit uneasily with Islam.
A social media post by Gujarat unit of the BJP that depicted Muslims hanging by a noose was made unavailable on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, a day after it sparked massive outrage. The post by BJP Gujarat read, “Satyamev Jayate. No pardon to the terror spreader”. Twitter confirmed it had proactively taken action against the post.
An extraordinary leak of data from Credit Suisse, being termed ‘Suisse Secrets’, has opened a new Pandora box involving hundreds of Pakistanis. Credit Suisse, one of the world’s most iconic banks, is exposing how the bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials, sanctioned businessmen and human rights abusers, among many others.
Malawi’s health authorities have declared a wild polio virus outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe after more than five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO said in a statement that laboratory analysis showed the strain detected in Malawi was linked to one that has been circulating in Pakistan.
The marking that appears to form ‘Bismillah’ was found on a marble slab in a quarry in Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya. The figure that appeared on the stone attracted attention of miners while the stone was being processed. While 195 million years old remains were found in the content of the marble, the marking is believed to have occurred naturally.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said reports by the United States and western media about the treatment of Muslims in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang presented a “completely different” picture than what had been observed by Islamabad’s envoy in Beijing during a visit. The prime minister was responding to a question during a CNN interview, broadcast on Sunday.
Renowned scholar Professor Noam Chomsky on Thursday said that Islamophobia has taken a “most lethal form” in India, turning some 250 million Indian Muslims into a “persecuted minority”. Chomsky also said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Hindu nationalist regime has sharply escalated the “crimes” in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).
French football star, Paul Pogba voiced his support for Muslim girls under persecution in India for wearing Hijab. Pogba shared a story on Instagram that showed a mob of Hindu nationalists harassing young Muslim girls in India for protesting against the ban of Hijab in colleges. He previously raised his voice against the atrocities of Israel in Palestine.
A court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka told students on Thursday not to wear any religious clothing until it delivers a verdict on petitions seeking to overturn a ban on hijabs, headscarves used by Muslim women. The court in Karnataka state is considering petitions filed by students challenging a ban on hijabs that some schools have implemented in recent weeks.
Shahid Afridi has been seen with a bat and ball, but an apron was not what we expected him to wear. The cricketer is reportedly opening his own restaurant in Dubai. He shared a video of himself in a chef’s jacket, slicing tomatoes and demonstrating his culinary skills. The cricketer will open a restaurant in Dubai that will serve authentic desi cuisine.