“Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.” - Rumi

The Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is a pearl of the Muslim world, where legendary scholars like Al-Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn Arabi once resided. A beacon of Islamic learning and spiritual heritage. 🕌✨ #Damascus #IslamicHistory #Scholars #syria

The FIRST time the afternoon prayer is called from the iconic Ummayad Mosque in Damascus after 54 years of the bloodthirsty Assad regime Al Jazeera’s reporter can’t help but cry John the Baptist (Prophet Yahya in Islam) is buried here. And so many rebels dreamt of praying here

حتما سنعود، والحب يسود Amidst all these global challenges we see, this moment renews our hope, affirming that Haqq—the Truth— sooner or later will always prevail. May this strengthen our faith and give us more hope and motivation to support justice in every aspect of life.

He reminds me of the hadith - “when Allah loves a person he commands the angels and all of the inhabitants of earth to love him..” How many people have a heavy heart today, though they’ve never met him.

Marcus Rashford had a day off today so he returned to his old primary school, Button Lane, south Manchester, and handed out 420 Christmas presents to all the pupils. It was a long-planned event, eliciting delight from the children. One boy scarcely more than four years old, had a

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London has been named the world’s No. 1 destination for 2025 🏆👏🏾✨️ From iconic cultural landmarks to a food scene that’s second to none, there’s no place like London. Proud to see our city shine on the global stage. timeout.com/news/the-world…

A special #Caturday this week: today is the 14th anniversary of my arrival on Downing Street.

Everything you give out comes back to you multiplied.

As soon as you choose you, everything around you chooses you too.

Wishing everyone celebrating a blessed Eid Mubarak! May this special time bring joy, peace, and happiness to you and your loved ones. 🌙✨

Eid al-Fitr is best spent with loved ones and serving the community. Thanks to Mohamed and Noha in Nepean for welcoming Diana and I into your home today to celebrate. Eid Mubarak!

Your greatest power is love.

✨ Islamic finance offers inclusive solutions to close the SDG financing gap. 🌍 Today at #UNHQ, we explored its potential at "Innovative Financing: Leveraging Islamic Finance for the SDGs," during the 4th #PrepComm for #FfD4! Co-hosted by 🇮🇩 Indonesia, Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 & UN Development.

✨ Pembiayaan Syariah menawarkan solusi inklusif untuk menutup kesenjangan pembiayaan #SDG. 🌍 Di United Nations HQ, kami mengeksplorasi potensinya di "Pembiayaan Inovatif: Memanfaatkan Pembiayaan Syariah untuk SDGs," selama #PrepComm ke-4 untuk #FfD4! Diselenggarakan bersama oleh 🇮🇩

Indonesia 🇮🇩 in collaboration with UNDP and Joint SDG Fund, organized “Innovative Financing: Leveraging Islamic Finance for SDGs”—a side event at the margin of 2025 ECOSOC FfD Forum [28/04].

The event highlighted the strategic values of Islamic finance as an emerging and innovative solution to: ✅ address the financing gap ✅ advance the three pillars of sustainable development ✅ accelerate the achievement of 2030 Agenda

Honoured to speak at the United Nations HQ, in NY earlier this week on the theme: “Innovative Financing: Leveraging #IslamicFinance for #SDGs". This seminar was co-hosted by the Government of Indonesia, United Nations in Indonesia United Nations Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 UN Development