In a letter to Muqtada al-Sadr, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid urged on formation of a non-sectarian comprehensive government and implementation of justice.

A federal judge granted a restraining order Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their fasts during Ramadan, rights campaigners said.

A foundation linked to Turkey’s religious authority distributed 5,000 copies of the Quran to Muslims in Sri Lanka.

A Syria war-monitoring group says at least 12 pro-government fighters were killed in airstrikes the previous night in the country’s east.

Bangladesh will shift 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an island until their camps are renovated, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday.

Turkish charitable groups aim to reach thousands of Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Prominent scholar of the Iranian Sunni community termed the US embassy move to Jerusalem a “crime” and “bitter memory”. He called Muslim rulers to struggle for uniting the Muslim world instead of “expansionism” and “avarice”.

Mawlana Abdol-Hamid asked the president of Iran in a letter to resolve immediately economic problems in frontier provinces, especially in Sistan-Balochistan and Kurdistan where trade points have been blocked.

At least 14 people have been killed by an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that is being used as a voter registration centre, according to a health official.

Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on border of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to the Health Ministry.