ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — Türkiye’s most recognizable historian and public intellectual, İlber Ortaylı, passed away on Friday at the age of 78. His books, lectures, and television appearances have shaped popular understanding of Ottoman and Turkish history for decades. “He had been struggling with various health problems for a long time,” his s...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure of the American civil rights movement and a global advocate for racial and economic justice, has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Tuesday. In a statement carried by international media, the family said he “died peacefully” and described him as a “servant […]
Global leaders, scholars, honour the life and legacy of Professor Khurshid Ahmad, towering Islamic economist, intellectual, and activist who shaped generations through his scholarship By Safeer Raza ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — An outpouring of tributes from across the world has followed the passing of Professor Khurshid Ahmad, a leading figur...
DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland bid goodbye to singer Sinead O’Connor, who was also known as Shuhada Sadaqat after her conversion to Islam. Her funeral took place in her hometown of Bray, Ireland. The private funeral procession was led by the country’s leading imam, Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri, and accompanied by dignitaries including...
LONDON (AA): An Islamic funeral was conducted Tuesday in Ireland for Sinead O’Connor who died last month in London. Umar Al-Qadri, chief imam at the Islamic Center of Ireland, led the service. “Gifted with a voice that moved a generation of young people, she could reduce listeners to tears by her otherworldly resonance,” he s...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, who founded the first hospital in Bangladesh in 1971, died on Tuesday. He was 81. He was admitted to Gonoshasthaya Kendra, the hospital he founded, several days ago in Dhaka and had been on life support since Monday, Monjur Kader Ahmed, a senior hospital official, told reporters. The [&he...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): The lead Palestinian negotiator of the Oslo accords with Israel, Ahmed Qorei, who went on to serve as prime minister in the self-rule authority it created, has died aged 85. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas paid tribute to Qorei as an indefatigable “fighter” for the Palestinian cause after...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Renowned Pakistani religious scholar Mufti Rafi Usmani died on Friday in the southern port city of Karachi, local media reported. He was 86. Born in July 1936, Usmani, an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, a prominent seminary in India, had been suffering from multiple diseases for quite some time, according to [&he...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An eminent Islamic economist and Indian scholar, Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi has passed away at the age of 91 in the US, Muslim organizations have confirmed. Siddiqi, an alumnus of India’s renowned Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and widely recognized for his work in Islamic economics, was the recipient of the prestigiou...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Sheikh Muhammad Swalihu, an eminent Islamic scholar and prayer leader (imam) of Kenya’s largest mosque, has passed away. He served as imam of the Jamia Mosque for 27 years. In a statement, the Jamia Mosque Committee of Nairobi announced that Swalihu, who was born in 1949, passed away in Nairobi after […]
