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Turkey detains 1,000 in crackdown on alleged Gulen supporters

On Wednesday Turkey detained over 1,000 suspects in a massive new crackdown on alleged supporters of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah...More

In Muslim Indonesia, tiny Jewish community lives on

In a remote corner of the Indonesian archipelago, a modest synagogue stands in a tiny Jewish community that has found acceptance despite...More

Bangladesh to build hundreds of mosques with Saudi cash

Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official said on Wednesday,...More

Council of Europe assembly votes to monitor Turkey again

Legislators representing Europe's top human rights body voted on Tuesday in favour of re-opening monitoring procedures in Turkey in a move...More

US judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary cities

A US judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary...More

Indonesian vice president dismisses concerns about rising intolerance

Indonesia's vice president on Tuesday dismissed concerns a reputation for moderate Islam had been damaged in the world's most populous...More

Pope to boost Muslim ties on security-tight Egypt trip

Pope Francis heads to Egypt on Friday to bolster relations with Muslims and show solidarity with the largest Christian community in the...More

'March for bread' protesters reach key Yemen port

Yemeni protesters reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida on Tuesday, ending a week-long march from the capital to demand that the rebel-held...More

Turkey's opposition down but not out

Turkey's embattled opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can still find glimmers of hope in a shifting political landscape despite...More

Pence says United States will honour refugee deal with Australia

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday the United States would honour a controversial refugee deal with Australia, under which...More

Plight of Palestinian refugees now spans 5 generations

As a boy, Palestinian Abdullah Abu Massoud fled the war over the creation of Israel in 1948 and sought refuge in the nearby Gaza Strip....More

Pope in Egypt trip eyes anti-terrorism alliance with Muslims

This week Pope Francis will become the second Catholic Church leader to visit Egypt as he embarks on a peace-focused journey to a country...More

Germany's unruly anti-immigration AfD pick election duo

Germany's anti-immigration AfD wrapped up a fractious party congress Sunday by choosing a new team to lead it into a September general...More

Macron calls on French to unite 'against the menace of nationalists'

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron called on French voters to unite "against the menace of nationalists." Macron and far-right leader...More

Senate inquiry says Australia's refugee centres "deeply concerning"

An Australian parliamentary inquiry has issued a scathing report on the "deeply concerning" situation of asylum seekers and refugees...More

Egypt's Sisi visits Saudi Arabia as tensions ease

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia for a visit to boost...More

Orphaned baby of Islamic State's caliphate trapped in prison

He is an orphan of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate, a Tunisian toddler who is now caught in diplomatic limbo and has...More

Erdogan says efforts to contest Turkish referendum are futile

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday snuffed critics' hopes that a referendum result to give his office more powers could be...More

Pence tours Indonesian mosque in outreach to Muslims

US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday toured the biggest mosque in Muslim-majority Indonesia during a visit seen as a highly symbolic...More

After poll defeat, Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail

Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors on Thursday recommended only probation, a day after...More

Resentment festers in Mosul: just ask Saddam Hussein

If you want to hear the resentment people of Mosul feel now that Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State out of most of the city, you...More

Nigeria charges fifty-three men over gay wedding

Nigerian prosecutors have charged 53 men with conspiracy to organise a gay wedding and related crimes punishable by up to 14 years in jail...More

Bangladesh launches trade unionist training programme

On Thursday Bangladesh launched a training scheme for trade unionists that aims to improve industrial relations, ahead of the fourth...More

Ahmadinejad barred from running in Iran's presidential election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hard-line rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May's presidential election by a...More

Thousands continue to protest against Turkish referendum result

Thousands of people took to the streets in Turkish cities on Tuesday evening to protest the result of the controversial referendum which...More

Italy demands release of journalist detained in Turkey

Italy is pressuring Turkey to release Gabriele Del Grande, an Italian journalist and film-maker who has been detained without charge for ...More

Tunisian Islamist party says time to 'bury' democracy

The Tunisian branch of the radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which calls for Islamic law and wants to unify Muslims into a...More

Pakistani MPs call for reforming blasphemy laws after lynching

Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday called for a reform of controversial blasphemy laws which prescribe the death penalty for insulting Islam...More

Indonesia's Widodo calls for unity in Jakarta's nail-biting vote

Polls closed after a mostly smooth vote on Wednesday in Jakarta's divisive election between a Muslim and a Christian candidate that stoked...More

Sculpture resembling cross demolished in Saudi Arabia

One of Saudi Arabia's most conservative provinces has demolished a towering concrete sculpture in response to complaints by residents that...More

Israel vows not to negotiate with Palestinian hunger strikers

Israel vowed on Tuesday not to negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian detainees on the second day of a hunger strike led by prominent...More

Muslim youth guard churches in Jordan as Easter celebrated

After the attacks on two churches in Egypt last week, Muslim Jordanian youth launched an initiative to protect churches all over the...More

"We want to learn": Iraqi girls back at school after years under Islamic State

Iraqi schoolgirl Manar Mahmoud is eager to resume classes after  years of life under Islamic State in Mosul, ignoring the nearby rattle of...More

Jakarta election exposes deep political, religious divide

Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia's teeming capital after a campaign that incited political...More

Syrian Islamist groups congratulate Erdogan on referendum victory

Islamist groups in Syria and beyond congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, after his victory in a referendum on...More

Trump congratulates Erdogan after contentious win

Ignoring concerns raised by international monitoring groups, President Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on...More

Erdogan slams criticism of disputed Turkey poll

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra...More

Hard-line Hindu youth call the shots on streets of northern India

One recent afternoon, dozens of young Hindu men, swords drawn and saffron scarves draped around their necks, rode motorcycles through a...More

Arrests highlight Pakistan's struggle with extremism

Pakistani authorities said on Monday that they have arrested 22 people involved in the lynching of a university student who was accused of...More

British MPs call for Assad's wife to lose citizenship

UK lawmakers are calling on the government to strip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife of her British

...More

Erdogan celebrates referendum win, rivals urge recount

According to near complete results, the 'Yes' camp won 51.41% while the 'No' took 48.59%

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on...More

Arab music's alternative ambassadors find fans and bans

Their voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's alternative music...More

EU-Turkey ties hang in referendum balance

The future of badly strained EU-Turkey relations hangs in the balance Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asks voters to give him...More

Stockholm attack puts a choke-hold on Swedish tolerance

Hours after the truck attack that killed four people in the heart of Stockholm, Muslim taxi driver Abdi Dahir found himself in a...More

Divided nationalists hold key for Erdogan in Turkey vote

To mark the 20th anniversary this month of the death of Alparslan Turkes, the founder of modern Turkish nationalism, President Recep...More

Iranian president hints at efforts to rebuild ties with Saudi Arabia

Iran has launched a charm offensive to try to calm relations with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told...More

50 years after war, settlements blur future borders

For many Israelis, Har Homa is another neighbourhood in Jerusalem, served by city bus lines and schools. Its quiet streets are lined with...More

Russia's vetoes of UN resolutions on Syria

Russia, Syria's top military ally, used its veto power for the eighth time at the UN Security Council on Wednesday to block action...More

Iran's Ahmadinejad registers to run for president

Iran's former hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential...More

No turning Erdogan, regardless of the upcoming referendum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to cement his role as the country's modern, unchallenged leader, as he furiously campaigns...More

UN chief urges new bid to end Western Sahara dispute

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by...More

More Algerian women work, but husbands control wages

More and more Algerian women are challenging traditional norms by getting jobs, but many see their salaries confiscated by their husbands...More

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Free meals are distributed to the needy in many Muslim countries during Ramadan. The giving of alms forms one of the "five pillars of Islam" – alongside the declaration of faith, daily prayers, the pilgrimage to Mecca and fasting. Followers of the faith refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. When evening comes, many meet in mosques, on public squares or in marquees such as in this picture from Cairo, to celebrate the breaking of the fast, known as "Iftar"

From Jakarta to Cairo – Ramadan around the world

For Muslims all around the world, Ramadan begins on 27 May. The period of fasting that always takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar is one of the five pillars of Islam, intended to be a time for contemplation, mediation and moderation.