Saudi Arabia Inaugurates Museum on Islamic Civilization Dedicated to Prophet's Life

The International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Madinah narrates the history of the Prophet Mohammed’s life. (SPA)
The International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Madinah narrates the history of the Prophet Mohammed’s life. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia Inaugurates Museum on Islamic Civilization Dedicated to Prophet's Life

The International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Madinah narrates the history of the Prophet Mohammed’s life. (SPA)
The International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Madinah narrates the history of the Prophet Mohammed’s life. (SPA)

The International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Madinah narrates the history of the Prophet Mohammed’s life through 25 pavilions that use various modern technologies and more than 500 artifacts that date back to his era.

The museum will allow visitors to enter the Prophet’s Mosque to experience an enriched religious visit through an exhibition that adopts modern curatorial methods that narrate an important period in the city’s history, as well as Makkah’s and the beginnings of the Prophet’s era more than 1,400 years ago.

The museum is operated by the Muslim World League and aims to present the message of an Islam of justice, peace, mercy, tolerance and moderation while relying on 350 pedagogical methods. It is a message founded in the Holy Quran, the Prophet’s biography and Islamic history.

Governor of Madinah Prince Faisal bin Salman inaugurated the museum, which is located next to the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.

He said that the exhibition is the first in a series of Islamic museums that will be set up by the Muslim World League in various global capitals.

The exhibition consists of 25 pavilions that include a number of artifacts from the Prophet’s life in Makkah and Madinah. It also uses modern technologies to introduce all the prophets in addition to presenting the efforts of the Saudi government in serving the Quran and Sunnah.

The museum also includes a movie theater, the first of its kind, dedicated to recounting the life of the Prophet through a series of documentaries.



New Zealanders Save More Than 30 Stranded Whales by Lifting Them on Sheets

Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River at the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia October 2, 2024. Head of the Sobolevsky Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region Andrei Vorovskiy via VK/Handout via REUTERS
Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River at the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia October 2, 2024. Head of the Sobolevsky Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region Andrei Vorovskiy via VK/Handout via REUTERS
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New Zealanders Save More Than 30 Stranded Whales by Lifting Them on Sheets

Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River at the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia October 2, 2024. Head of the Sobolevsky Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region Andrei Vorovskiy via VK/Handout via REUTERS
Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River at the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia October 2, 2024. Head of the Sobolevsky Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region Andrei Vorovskiy via VK/Handout via REUTERS

More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s conservation agency said.
New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot and pilot whales are especially prolific stranders.
A team was monitoring Ruakākā Beach near the city of Whangārei in New Zealand’s north on Monday to ensure there were no signs of the whales saved Sunday stranding again, the Department of Conservation told The Associated Press. The agency praised as “incredible” the efforts made by hundreds of people to help save the foundering pod.
“It’s amazing to witness the genuine care and compassion people have shown toward these magnificent animals,” Joel Lauterbach, a Department of Conservation spokesperson, said in a statement. “This response demonstrates the deep connection we all share with our marine environment.”
A Māori cultural ceremony for the three adult whales and one calf that died in the stranding took place on Monday. New Zealand’s Indigenous people consider whales a taonga — a sacred treasure — of cultural significance.
New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department of Conservation.
It's often not clear why strandings happen but the island nation's geography is believed to be a factor. Both the North and South Islands feature stretches of protruding coastline with shallow, sloping beaches that can confuse species such as pilot whales — which rely on echolocation to navigate.