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About twenty thousand sheep to be sacrificed on Eid al-Adha in Tatarstan

Moscow Mufti: Muslims in Murmansk have comfortable conditions in all spheres

Russia plans to restore mosques in Donbass

All-Russian competition of young Islamic scholars was held in Dagestan

Hajj Ministry sets end date of Umrah season for those coming from outside Saudi Arabia

Dagestan received the largest Hajj quota in Russia

Dagestan Muftiyat gathered journalists for iftar

Tatarstan creates the image of a new Muslim superhero

Tatarstan Muslims distributed 5,000 hot meals packages to the homeless

Madrasa students to study secular profession

Philippine Congress moves a step closer to expanding Islamic banking

The Philippines has moved a step closer to opening the country to the wide range of banking and other financial services available through Islamic banking and finance.

The move comes after the House of Representatives recently approved on second reading a proposed bill providing for the regulation and organization of Islamic banks in the Philippines.

Philippines typhoon crop damage worth $110 mln-FAO

Source : Reuters / 20 Nov 2013

The typhoon that hit the Philippines has caused crop losses worth $110 million and inflicted damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the United Nation's food agency showed on Tuesday.

Some 153,495 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops such as coconut, banana, cassava, mango and vegetables have been hit by Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,900 people when it struck on Nov. 8.

The Bangsamoro agreement not to be done completely yet

By Mahmut Osmanoğlu | 17 Oct 2012

The fight of Mindanao Muslims against Ferdinand Magellan started in 1521 and continued, first against Spaniards, then against Americans, and since 1946 they have been fighting the Filipino government.

The Muslims did not want to be a part of the Philippine state but their efforts led nowhere. The Moro National Liberation Front was created in 1969 and the Muslims started armed fight for an independent Mindanao.