In resolution 65/5, the General Assembly announced the first week of February of each year as the World Interfaith Harmony Week between All Religions, Faiths and Denominations.

The format of the Hajj in 2021 will be determined by Saudi Arabia based on the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in all countries from which the pilgrims come, and will most likely not be finalized until June.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Babri Alternative Mosque took place on Tuesday in the northern Indian state of Ayodhya.

Olympic medalists, political leaders, Nobel laureates and global CEOs are among speakers due to take part in the fourth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), a two-day event that will embrace a hybrid format for the first time when it starts on Wednesday.

Starting next month, the new top federal prosecutor in Detroit will be Saima Mohsin, the first Muslim to be a U.S. attorney in Michigan and the country, according to federal officials and Muslim advocates.

On Feb. 2, Mohsin, 52, is to become the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan after the current U.S. attorney for the district, Matthew Schneider, steps down on Feb. 1. Serving for three years, Schneider announced his resignation on Thursday and said Mohsin, currently the first assistant U.S. attorney for eastern Michigan, will replace him.