Abu Dhabi, UAE - United Arab Emirates has announced a provision of a monthly financial allowance equivalent to 50 percent of the basic salary for all mosque staff, including imams and muezzins working under the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments (GAIAE). Dr Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Chairman of...
Germany to stop accepting imams from Turkey
BERLIN, GERMANY - Germany will stop accepting imams sent from Turkey and instead train the Muslim clerics on home soil in a bid to encourage integration, the interior ministry said on Thursday. An agreement has been reached with the Turkish-Islamic umbrella group DITIB to phase out foreign imams and train 100...
