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Netflix’s Mo: From PC to Egalitarian Comedy

October 18, 2022

Everybody loves Mo, Netflix’s tragi-comic series created by Mo(hammed) Amer and Ramy Yousef. Palestinian commentators love it for putting Palestine back at the center of mainstream American popular culture. Mo not only defies the taboos […]

Palestinians Celebrate Birthday of Prophet Mohammed with Nasheed and Festivities (PHOTOS)

October 9, 2022

Muslims throughout Palestine, and the world celebrated Mawlid – the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed – with songs, nasheed, Quranic recitations, and community gatherings.  In Gaza, as in Egypt and nearby Muslim nations, the day […]

IN PHOTOS: Gaza Mourns Passing of Prominent Egyptian Scholar Yusef al-Qaradawi

September 27, 2022

A funeral tent was erected in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon to honor prominent Egyptian Muslim scholar, Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, who passed away on Monday in Doha, at the age of 96. Representatives of Palestinian […]

Modi’s Repression Resembles Apartheid South Africa and Israel

September 12, 2022

Narendra Modi’s BJP-led government has yet again come under fire from human rights organizations for abuse of power under India’s draconian anti-terror law known as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). In its ratings, CIVICUS […]

Palestine Celebrates Eid Al-Adha with Sacrifice, Prayer and Family Time

July 9, 2022

As in numerous other mosques and open spaces, Palestinians performed Eid Al-Adha prayer in Sarada Square, in central Gaza.  Eid Al-Adha, along with Eid Al-Fitr, are the two major holidays celebrated in the Islamic calendar. […]

Israel Wants Muslim Pilgrims to Travel Direct from Tel Aviv to Saudi Arabia

July 7, 2022

Israel’s regional cooperation minister said today that he had asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims, pointing to a possible new accommodation by Riyadh ahead of next week’s visit […]

First Gaza Hajj Delegation to Mecca Leaves Besieged Strip (PHOTOS)

June 22, 2022

The first delegation of Palestinian pilgrims left Gaza on Tuesday, June 21.  Palestine Chronicle correspondent in the Strip Mahmoud Ajjour talked to some of the pilgrims as they were about to take the bus from […]

A 7-Year-Old Palestinian Child Memorizes the Whole Quran (PHOTOS)

May 24, 2022

Rashad Nimr Abu Ras is only 7 years old and has just completed the first grade in his elementary school in Gaza City. But there is something particularly special about this little child that made […]

Jewish Settlers Raise Israeli Flag at Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron

May 5, 2022

Jewish settlers on Wednesday raised the Israeli flag atop the Ibrahimi Mosque, the second holiest Islamic site in Palestine, ahead of Israel’s so-called ‘Independence Day’, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Ibrahimi Mosque […]

Anger as Israeli Forces Replace Al Aqsa Call to Prayer with Israeli National Anthem

May 4, 2022

Palestine’s Religious Affairs Minister condemned the raising of the flag of Israel and the singing of the Israeli anthem at Al-Aqsa Mosque while preventing the call for the night prayer, The New Arab reported on […]

IN PHOTOS: How Palestinians Celebrate Eid-al-Fitr

May 3, 2022

Eid al-Fitr is the first of the two religious holidays celebrated in Islam and it comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world celebrate the holiday by performing Eid […]

IN PHOTOS: Exclusive Images from Three Great Palestinian Mosques in Gaza

April 28, 2022

In the gallery below, the Palestine Chronicle features three of Gaza’s major mosques, the Great Omari Mosque and Sayed al-Hashim Mosque in Gaza City, and the Martyrs Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the […]

Pakistan PM Says Muslim Countries Have Failed Palestinians, Kashmiris (VIDEO)

March 24, 2022

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Muslim-majority countries have failed both the Palestinians and the people of Kashmir as part of his keynote address to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday, the […]

Palestine, China Discuss Issues of Common Interest, Palestinian Cause

March 24, 2022

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Malki, discussed on Wednesday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi a number of issues of common interest and developments in the international and Palestinian arena, the official Palestinian […]

Hundreds of Palestinian Pilgrims Leave Gaza to Perform Umrah (PHOTOS)

March 23, 2022

A group of Palestinian pilgrims left the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday to perform Umrah, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Unlike Hajj, which occurs in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar, Umrah can be undertaken […]

‘Biggest Aqsa Week Yet’ to Welcome Participants from 50 Countries

February 16, 2022

Over 50 countries, “from Trinidad to Tanzania, from Tobago to Thailand”, are set to take part in the Aqsa Week 2022, which goes global for the second year in a row, UK-based Friends of Al-Aqsa […]

US Calls on Israel to Deescalate Tensions in Jerusalem to Avoid Possible Violence

February 15, 2022

The US administration of President Joe Biden has warned Israel that continuous tension in Jerusalem might lead the region to possible war as Muslim, Jewish, and Christian holidays confluence in April, the Times of Israel […]

Jewish Settlers Erect Menorah on Islamic Mosque Roof near Jerusalem

November 26, 2021

Jewish settlers on Thursday erected a big menorah on the roof of a historical mosque in the village of Nabi Samwil, northwest of Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Anas Obeid, a resident […]

Israeli Forces Demolish Mosque near Nablus

November 4, 2021

Israeli occupation authorities Thursday morning demolished a mosque in the town of Duma, near the occupied West Bank of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors illegal Jewish […]

Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa

October 25, 2021

When the news circulated that Morocco’s leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if […]

In Photo: Gaza Singers Celebrate Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday

October 22, 2021

The occasion of Prophet Mohammed’s birthday – Eid al-Mawlid al-Nabawi – is celebrated across the Muslim world every year with various communal activities, charity work and, often songs and Nashid. This year the occasion fell […]

WATCH: Hundreds of Jewish Extremists, Knesset Members Attack Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

July 18, 2021

Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, 1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members stormed Al Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site. Media sources and eyewitnesses reported that […]

Maryam’s Wish for the Homeless Cats of Gaza (PHOTOS)

April 4, 2021

Maryam Bar is a 32-year-old Palestinian woman living in Gaza City. She is a graduate of Islamic Studies. For her, there is much overlapping between her academic credentials and her passion for cats. As a […]

Macron’s Defiant Support for Charlie Hebdo is Tantamount to a Declaration of War on Islam

November 4, 2020

Misreading and deliberately so, the causes for the fury across the Muslim world and remaining defiant in challenging Islam, French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to “fight to the death”. In a memorial to honor […]

Macron’s Incitement: ‘Crisis in Islam’ or French Politics?

November 3, 2020

There is no moral or ethical justification for the killing of innocent people, anywhere. Therefore, the murder of three people in the French city of Nice on October 29 must be wholly and unconditionally rejected […]

‘We Must Defeat All Conspiracies’: Archbishop Atallah Hanna Condemns French Targeting of Islam, Muslims

October 28, 2020

Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna condemned the targeting of Muslims in France and around the world through degrading paintings and cartoons.  Hanna, who is the Archbishop of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in […]

Gaza Scholars Protest Macron’s Anti-Islam Provocation (PHOTOS)

October 26, 2020

On Monday, Palestinian religious scholars in Gaza joined worldwide protests condemning inflammatory anti-Islamic practices and official statements by French media and government officials.  Like many Muslims across the world, the Gaza scholars called for an […]

Inside Joe Biden’s ‘House Divided’: Who Really Owns the House

October 11, 2020

On October 6, presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a call to heal a “divided country,” thereby hoping to transcend party lines and perhaps garner a few more moderate Republican votes. By speaking at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, […]

Worshippers are Back: Stunning Images from Gaza’s Al-Sayid Hashim Mosque

June 4, 2020

After a 70-day closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, mosques in the Gaza Strip reopened their doors to worshippers, though with strict guidelines to ensure that the deadly COVID-19 disease remains under control. Worshippers, who […]

‘Justice is Indivisible’: Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West

May 4, 2020

It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The […]

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