ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has condemned anti-Azaan steps in Indian states as Hindu extremists played devotional songs on loudspeakers to counter the call to prayer. Reports in international media said several Hindu devotional hymns like Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhata, and Omkara were played at ...

MUMBAI – More than 900 mosques in the Indian state of Maharashtra have agreed to turn the volume down on calls to prayer after complaints from a local Hindu politician. Raj Thackeray, leader of a regional Hindu party, demanded in April that mosques and others places of worship must be kept ...

Administration of the United States city of Minneapolis for the first time has allowed Muslims to broadcast Azan (call to prayer) outside the doors of the mosques. According to CBS Minnesota, the mosques are now permitted to use speakers for the call to prayer for thrice a day as it is not allowed ...

KARACHI – The Ramadan crescent is likely to be sighted on April 2, 2022 in Pakistan. The first fast is expected to be sighted on Sunday, April 3, Pakistan Meteorological Department said predicting moon sighting on Sha'ban 29. The weather forecast officials noted that the visibility of the ...

JAKARTA – The highest Muslim council of Indonesia has called for a review of the guidelines on the use of loudspeakers at mosques. The move comes after concerns and complaints from members of the public in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. The vast Indonesian archipelago, where ...