Source : Arab news / 06 Oct 2014

The number of Arab pilgrims this Haj season stands at 265,217 pilgrims, according to figures released by National Tawafa Establishment for the Pilgrims of the Arab Countries. 

Source : islam.ru / 03 Oct 2014

Committee on the "Halal" standard issued "Halal sheep on Eid al-Adha" leaflets and posters on the eve of Eid al-Adha. They contain all the necessary information about the slaughter of the sacrificial animal: Kurban mandatory conditions, the quality of the sacrificial animal, the order of the ritual, the time of sacrifice, and so on. Flyer came with a circulation of 6,000 copies, and 500 posters. They are distributed among the believers of the mosques in Kazan and in the Republic. 

Source : OSCE.org / 02 Oct 2014

Some 1,000 government representatives and civil society activists from the OSCE’s 57 participating States and partner countries gathered in Warsaw for a two-week conference which began on September 22 to review the implementation of the commitments adopted by their governments in the field of human rights and democracy.

Source : OnIslam / 02 Oct 2014

Millions of white-clad Muslim pilgrims have begun marching to Mina on the first leg of their journey of a lifetime, preparing for the climax of their pilgrimage when they ascend Mount `Arafat.

"We can't describe our feelings. We have been in the queue for three years,” Lateef Mohammad Jagirdar from Jaipur, Rajasthan, told Arab News on Thursday, October 2

Source : islam.ru / 01 Oct 2014

A meeting, dedicated to the celebration of the main Muslim holiday Eid al Adha was held at the mosque of the city of St. Petersburg. The holiday is going to be celebrated on October 4th. Since the holiday this year falls on a day off, it is expecting a large number of parishioners in all city’s mosques and prayer rooms.

Source : Gulfnews / 01 Oct 2014

Saudi Arabia has so far barred 98,000 would-be pilgrims from reaching Makkah after they failed to show the documents that would allow them to enter the sacred city in the western part of the kingdom during the Haj season.

Source : Interfax / 01 Oct 2014

Prayers marking the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, will begin at all Moscow mosques at 7 a.m. on October 4, a spokesman for the city's inter-regional cooperation, national policy and religious organizations department said.

Source : Reuters / 01 Oct 2014

Myanmar has confirmed to the United Nations it is finalizing a plan that will offer minority Rohingya Muslims citizenship if they change their ethnicity to suggest Bangladeshi origin, a move rights groups say could force thousands into detention camps.

Source : islam.ru / 30 Sep 2014

Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations Mubariz Gurbanli said that Azerbaijan needs to amend regulations relating to the tombstones. 

"The time has come when it is necessary to establish a procedure for the installation of expensive gravestones and to establish certain rules. This question is the responsibility not only of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations, but the whole society of the country. "

Source : Presstv / 30 Sep 2014

Muslims in the Indian-controlled Kashmir are still struggling with the aftermath of the deadly floods that hit South Asia earlier this month, Press TV reports.

The initial estimates by business federation say Kashmir has lost businesses worth millions of dollars, Press TV’s Shahana Butt reported from the region.

Source : Munsif.tv / 30 Sep 2014

A radical monk who heads a movement accused of stirring violence against Muslims in Myanmar has announced a partnership with a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka to defend their religion.

Source : Presstv / 29 Sep 2014

Afghanistan prepares to inaugurate its new president, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who takes power following a three-month dispute over final results of the country’s presidential election.