Islam

U.N. rights boss calls bombing near Saudi holy mosque an attack on Islam

NEW YORK: The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday called a suicide bombing outside the… Read More

Islam has no place in Slovakia, says PM

BRATISLAVA: Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico has said that Islam has no place in his… Read More

Daughter of ex-Italian MP converts to Islam

CAIRO: Manuela Franco Barbato, daughter of former Italian member parliament, has converted to Islam and changed… Read More

50 detained in Saudi Arabia over necklaces, haircuts

RIYADH: Fifty young men have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for haircuts, necklaces and other… Read More

Man charged in France over plan to attack tourists: source

PARIS: A radicalised convert to Islam, suspected of planning to attack American and Russian tourists… Read More

Kalash girl’s ‘forced’ conversion to Islam sparks clash in Chitral

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of people clashed with members of a remote animist tribe in Pakistan's north… Read More

Trump says he was ‘right’ on Islamist threat

WASHINGTON: White House hopeful Donald Trump lost no time Sunday in claiming a massacre in… Read More

Quran recitation to be made part of national curriculum

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make recitation of the Holy Quran compulsory in… Read More

Gulf countries to observe Ramazan from Monday

RIYADH: The annual fasting month of Ramadan is due to begin Monday in Saudi Arabia,… Read More

Why is Muhammad Ali’s star on the wall, not the Walk of Fame?

With the death of Muhammad Ali, fans have gathered at the legendary boxer's star on… Read More

For Allah, China and Marx: theological mix for young imams

YINCHUAN, CHINA: Every morning on his way to class at one of China's largest Islamic institutes,… Read More

German state parliament elects first Muslim woman speaker

STUTTGART: Muhterem Aras has been elected as the first Muslim woman to become the speaker… Read More

UK buses to feature ‘Allah is great’ posters

LONDON: UK’s biggest Muslim charity has planned to place adverts on buses praising Allah, as… Read More

Indonesia’s Muslim cyber warriors take on IS

JAKARTA: A group of Indonesian "cyber warriors" sit glued to screens, as they send out… Read More

Turkish PM says secularism will be in new constitution

ANKARA: Turkey's new constitution will retain secularism as a principle, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said… Read More

Paper currency not viable in Islam, says Maulana Sherani

Islamabad: Chairman Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said that an economic system based on… Read More

Man says killed Muslim in Scotland for disrespecting Islam

LONDON: A man accused of murdering a Muslim shopkeeper in Scotland's largest city Glasgow issued… Read More

Delegation of Shariah Academy calls on Chief Justice of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A 15 member delegation of 57th Shariah (Islamic Law) Course, headed by Dr. Habib… Read More

Bangladesh dismisses case to drop Islam as state religion

DHAKA: Bangladesh's High Court on Monday dismissed a case filed by a citizen's group to… Read More

Bangladesh arrests publisher for ‘offensive’ book on Islam

DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested and charged a publisher after Islamists in the Muslim-majority nationwarned of… Read More