Israel has carried out at least one strike against a weapons depot in Iraq, The New York Times reported on Thursday. There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps...More
Iran is prepared to work on French proposals to salvage the international nuclear deal that Tehran signed with world powers in 2015, but it will not tolerate U.S. interference in the Gulf, its...More
Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants...More
Sudan's new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, is a seasoned economist who faces the daunting task of rescuing his country's moribund economy. Hamdok built a career in continental and international...More
The music videos began appearing on social media within hours of the announcement by India's Hindu nationalist-led government that it was stripping statehood from the disputed region of Kashmir that...More
Opposition political parties held a public meeting i n the Indian capital on Thursday, demanding the release of hundreds of activists detained in Indian-administered Kashmir and the immediate...More
A 24-year-old Syrian man was sentenced to nine- and-a-half years in jail on Thursday for a knife killing that sparked racist street violence and far-right protests in the eastern German city of...More
Authorities in the main city of Indian Kashmir tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a U.N. office, with streets bristling with paramilitary...More
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world on the first international day to remember the victims of religious persecution to "step up to stamp out anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, the...More
Bangladesh 's refugee commissioner said on Thursday that no Rohingya Muslims turned up to return to Myanmar from camps in the South Asian nation. Abul Kalam told a news conference that no one from...More
The German government has flown three children of German Islamic State militants to Frankfurt from the Iraqi city of Erbil, a federal police spokesman said late on Tuesday. It is the first time the...More
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against abusing religion for political gains in his opening speech at the Religions for Peace World Assembly on Tuesday. "Religion can never be a...More
Rocked by the surprise early exit of a national team featuring Mohamed Salah at its home African Cup of Nations last month, Egyptian soccer is getting an emergency management team from FIFA. Soccer's...More
Few Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did said they don't want to go back, officials from the UN refugee agency and...More
Algerians launched an unprecedented protest movement in February , filling the streets of cities across the country and forcing the president out of office . Six months later, the movement is still...More
The top US negotiator on Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he was ready to conclude peace talks with the Taliban as he headed back to Qatar on a mission to end America's longest war. With President...More
US President Donald Trump offered on Tuesday to mediate the "explosive" situation in Kashmir amid mounting international concern over a flare-up in violence between India and Pakistan in the divided...More
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced a tough response to Syrian refugees who leave Germany for holidays in their home country. "If somebody, a Syrian refugee, regularly takes holidays in...More
In a new government crackdown on a pro-Kurdish party, Turkey on Monday removed from office the elected mayors of three cities in the mostly Kurdish -populated south-east region over their alleged...More
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she would seek an extension to her country's regional troop mandate as she arrived in Jordan on Monday, on her first foreign trip since taking...More
The US Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday was forced to postpone a conference it organised in the West Bank city of Ramallah after Palestinian officials and factions called for a boycott and threatened...More
Indonesia must change its laws to end child marriage in the world's most populous Muslim country where thousands of girls are trapped in a kind of "hell", an Indonesian lawmaker said on Monday...More
More than a dozen soldiers died on Monday during a "major attack" by "terrorist armed groups" in northern Burkina Faso, the army said, adding that it could be the deadliest ever against the armed...More
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under pressure on Monday from the opposition Conservatives who warned against giving any assistance to Jack Letts – a dual citizen dubbed "Jihadi Jack" by...More
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticised Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot. Omar...More
The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West was sailing to Greece on Monday after leaving Gibraltar, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory rejected a US...More
The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, has accused the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of having right-wing extremist tendencies. "In my view...More
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would likely wait until after Israel's elections on 17 September to release a peace plan for the region that was designed by White House senior...More
A Tunisian advocate of gay rights has filed a legal challenge against an electoral commission's decision to block his bid to stand for president in the country's upcoming election, the panel said on...More
Britain has revoked the citizenship of a dual national Muslim convert to the Islamic State group dubbed "Jihadi Jack" being held in northern Syria , leading Canada to accuse the UK of off-loading its...More
Following Israel's move to close the gates of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman on Sunday, condemning the "Israeli violations" at the city's Temple Mount/...More
About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka, government officials said...More
Almost a third of UK adults think Islam encourages Muslims to carry out acts of violence against non-Muslims , a survey suggests. It found nearly half (48 percent) think the religion is ‘incompatible...More
As soon as the sun is up, people in southern Tunisia rush out to buy a glass or bottle of legmi, a coveted date palm drink that is too delicate to be sold far from the oasis. At 7:00 am, at the busy...More
After a lone gunman killed 51 mosque worshippers in March , New Zealand's outpouring of collective grief and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's heartfelt support for the Muslim community won praise...More
Sudan's military rulers and protest leaders on Saturday are scheduled to sign a landmark deal reached after a bloody uprising which is meant to pave the way for civilian rule. The ceremony will...More
Human rights activists on Thursday criticised a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organisation. "It's illogical for a country where torture is...More
India will lift restrictions on people's movements and communication links in Kashmir in the next few days, the federal government told the Supreme Court on Friday. The court was hearing a petition...More
Gibraltar's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to war-torn Syria in breach of international sanctions, in a blow to the...More
Thousands of people, many waving Pakistani and Kashmiri flags, protested outside the Indian High Commission in London on Thursday in support of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. India's...More
With a push from President Donald Trump , Israel on Thursday barred two Muslim-American congresswomen from entering the country for a visit, an extraordinary step bringing the longtime U.S. ally into...More
A UN human rights expert on Monday called on the French government to repatriate and try seven French nationals sentenced to death on terror charges in Iraq , drawing a sharp rebuke from Paris. In a...More
When Senegal's Muslim families gather for the biggest Islamic religious feast of the year, they often encourage the Christian minority to join them in a tradition of tolerance rare in West Africa...More
Mohammed Alaa Aljaleel recently went on a dangerous rescue mission to Syria's north-western province of Idlib. His goal: to save animals left behind by people fleeing heavy shelling and airstrikes...More
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged on Tuesday Tehran's continued support for Yemen's Houthi movement and called for dialogue among Yemenis to safeguard the war-shattered nation's...More
A U.S. delegation arrived in Turkey on Monday to begin working with Ankara on creating a buffer zone in northern Syria, under a plan strongly rejected by Damascus. Turkish and U.S. officials struck a...More
Prime Minister Imran Khan travelled to Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday where he was expected to issue a fresh challenge to India over its recent power-play which has sent tensions between the nuclear-...More
India's move to carve up Kashmir and curtail its autonomous powers has caused division and anger in parts of the far-flung Himalayan region even as followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejoice...More
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi put on a display of unity over Yemen, but the capture of Aden by UAE-backed separatists exposes simmering divisions that analysts say weaken their joint campaign against Iran-...More
The main city in the India -administered part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has turned into a vast maze of razor wire coils and steel barricades as drones and helicopters hover overhead...More
An uneasy calm prevailed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday as people celebrated a major Islamic festival during a severe crackdown after India moved to strip the disputed region of its...More
The southern separatists' takeover of Aden, the interim seat of Yemen's government, could leave Saudi Arabia struggling to hold together a military coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis. It...More
Amid growing tension, representatives from various religions and beliefs around the world gathered this week in the German town of Lindau, on the shores of Lake Constance, for The Religions for Peace 10th World Assembly. By Ayu Purwaningsih
The German Islam Scholar Lamya Kaddor
Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf
Jordan and the influx of refugees
The true Samaritans
Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Why the West Fears Islam
The decline of Islamic scientific thought
Don't blame it on al-Ghazali
The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
Against the Islamisation of Muslims
Turning away from Shia in Iran
''A Tsunami of Atheism''