The Muslim woman is on the verge of joining an elite group of astronauts. The UAE has announced Nora Al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old Muslim woman, as one of the country's two new astronauts. She was chosen along with 33-year-old Mohammed Al-Mulla, a pilot.

On 12th of April 12, 2021 at 16:00 in the conference hall of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque (Moscow, Vypolzov lane, 7), the presentation of the book series "Al-Islah wa-t-tajdid" − "Revival and Renewal", representing selected works of philosophers whose scientific work belongs to different schools of modernism and neo-modernism of Islamic theological and socio-political thought, will take place. Most of the authors presented in the series are published in Russian for the first time

On 7th of April, the First Moscow Interreligious Youth Forum was held in the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, dedicated to the theme "The consent of different: on the way to interreligious and intergenerational cooperation".

On 6th of April, the Chairman of the Religious Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation (RBM RF), the General Secretary of the Muslim International Forum, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany, Geza Andreas von Geir. The conversation was devoted to the further development of cooperation in the field of Islamic studies and theology, interreligious and intercultural dialogue.

The UAE Regional Dialogue for Climate Action concluded on Sunday with climate leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa region vowing to accelerate progress on climate targets.