An interesting and significant event took place in the United States - Saleha Jabeen, the first Muslim woman serving in the US Army, received a diploma that allows her to serve in the US Air Force Chaplain Corps. "I didn't have to compromise on any of my religious beliefs," Jabeen shared.

The increase in the purchasing power of Muslims, as a result of economic growth in countries that mainly follow this religion, has created a trend identified by the United Nations International Trade Center as a new global market with great business opportunities.

Imam Steve Mustafa Elturk, president of the Islamic Organization of North America, will receive the Robert A. Bruttell Interfaith Leader Award on Feb. 22. The InterFaith Leadership Council is organizing the award ceremony which will be in online format.

Top Italian Catholic clergy and politicians have been paying tribute to the imam of the city of Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia and chairman of the Italian Episcopal Conference, expressed his “great sadness and emotion” over the death of Mohamad, whom he considered “a personal friend” and “brother.”

Sri Lanka will begin giving permission for Muslims who die of COVID-19 to be buried following an outcry over the government’s decision to cremate all those who died of coronavirus.