Recently, the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Religious Authorities of each state in Malaysia made announcements with regard to the performance of Friday prayers. Unfortunately, the decisions made have further increased confusion on the status of Friday prayers in this Muslim majority country.

KARACHI: The nation celebrates Eidul Fitr on Sun­day (today) as the Shaw­wal crescent was sighted on Sat­urday, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee has announced. Chairman of the committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman made the announcement on Saturday night at the Met Complex along with officials of the Pakistan Meteorological Department and the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission.

AK Party’s Kocaeli Deputy and former Minister of National Defense, Fikri Isik, joined an online panel held by the Turkish Heritage Organization (THO). Isik who evaluated the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship and Turkey’s role in the NATO alliance emphasized that Turkey tries to be on good terms with its neighbors and said, "If you look at the historical background, Turkey chose to be in the Western alliance in those circumstances.

News: Saudi Arabia will triple its value added tax rate and suspend a cost-of-living allowance for state employees, the kingdom's finance minister said on Monday (11.05.2020), seeking to shore up finances hit hard by low oil prices and a coronavirus-driven slowdown. "The cost of living allowance will be suspended as of June 1 2020, and the value added tax will be increased to 15 percent from 5 percent as of…