CANBERRA (IQNA) – On a warm summer day, students of all ages from the only school on Christmas Island rush on their bikes and segways to the air-conditioned comfort of the Islamic school on the foreshore overlooking the Indian Ocean.

ISTANBUL (IQNA) – Hundreds of leading companies and organizations from 40 countries are participating in the World Halal Summit and the OIC Halal Expo, which opened on Thursday in Istanbul, to showcase their products and services in the global halal market, worth more than $7 trillion.

KUWAIT CITY (IQNA) – Kuwait’s Al-Salam society for humanitarian and charity work launched a campaign to support the oppressed people of Gaza.

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslim and non-Muslim students at the West Virginia University in Morgantown worked together to help the poor.

DOHA (IQNA) – Visitors have embraced the Quranic Botanical Garden that is underway in an international exhibition in Qatar.

BERLIN (IQNA) – Some 41.2% of Muslim men are affected by racism in Germany, a report published Tuesday by the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (Dezim) in Berlin said.

DOHA (IQNA) – A campaign titled “Al-Quds Is My Identity: From Qatari Children to Palestinian Children” has been launched in Qatar by the “My Identity” Center.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iranian world champion wrestler, Amirhossein Zare, has dedicated his two recently-won gold medals in continental and world championships to the Imam Reza holy shrine’s Central Museum.

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Muslim community in Buffalo, US state of New York, are pushing for legislation allowing mosques to broadcast a public call to prayer without getting a special use permit before they do it every time.

LONDON (IQNA) – An initiative to train hundreds of people in lifesaving skills has been launched at the East London Mosque and London Muslim Center.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Islamic seminary scholar said protection of the environment is an important issue that Islam lays emphasis on.

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – In another Islamophobic incident in the US, a Muslim woman was the target of another woman’s hateful tirade in Bethesda, Maryland.