Al-Azhar Jamia's appeal for boycott of Sweden and Netherlands products

Al-Azhar Jamia’s appeal for boycott of Sweden and Netherlands products

Azhar University, Egypt, file photo Egypt’s Al-Azhar University has appealed to Muslims to boycott the products of Sweden and the Netherlands. A few days ago, the Quran was desecrated in Sweden, on which Jamia Al-Azhar has asked to boycott its products. Right-wing leader Rasmus Paludan desecrated the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Al-Azhar…

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Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal

Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal

Head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, told journalists in Geneva that competing global crises, and skyrocketing levels of poverty and unemployment among Palestine refugees, have put immense strain on them – and the agency – which started the year some $70 million in arrears. “On the one hand we are asked to deliver public-like services to…

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