Chraibi was born on 2 February 1951 in the city of Marrakesh. He began playing the oud, or lute, at the tender age of 13 and went on to become known as the ″King of the Lute″. As a contemporary...More
Bangladesh has arrested three more Islamist militants over the murder of a top Hindu priest, the latest in a series of attacks on religious minorities in the Muslim-majority nation. Police said the...More
Militants fighting in the name of the Islamic State group are escalating attacks in the southern Philippines, analysts said, deepening fears for the volatile region after its main Muslim rebel group...More
Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya continue to languish in "dreadful conditions" with children dying because they are refused healthcare, the UN has warned, adding that the Muslim minority risked being...More
U.S. Army General John Campbell stepped down as commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan on Wednesday, capping an 18-month tenure that saw the alliance transition from regular combat to a...More
A Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the case said. Rizwan Haider, 25, was convicted in...More
The northern Syrian city of Aleppo has been surrounded by pro-regime forces and is facing a devastating siege despite the declaration of a ceasefire, humanitarian leaders said on Thursday. Senior...More
On Monday a U.S. judge blocked Indiana Governor Mike Pence's order barring state officials from helping Syrian refugees resettle in the state, saying it was discriminatory. Pence was among more than...More
The UN food agency said on Monday that an "unprecedented response" to its fundraising campaign meant it could fully reinstate its food assistance to Syrian refugees. The pledges, worth $675 million (...More
On Monday Shia Muslims in Nigeria accused the government of flouting due process by detaining an influential cleric and many of his followers without charge for months after deadly clashes with...More
New regulations in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip that women must be accompanied by chaperones for driving lessons with male instructors have stirred a debate in the Palestinian enclave. Local media...More
An Algerian prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a six-month jail term for a radical Muslim preacher who called for the public execution of an award-winning author he accused of apostasy. In December 2014...More
Eighteen people were publicly caned on Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together. A hooded man...More
Japanese basics magnate Uniqlo has just released a line of "modest fashion", including hijabs, in American stores. The line is a collaboration with Japanese-British-Muslim designer Hana Tajima, who...More
Increasingly targeted by jihadist fighters roaming its remote northern desert and with Nigeria's feared Boko Haram insurgents on its southern flank, Niger fears the emergence of its own brand of home...More
Andrew Jackson Jihad, an irreverent US band whose moniker was in keeping with its ironic lyricism, on Wednesday changed its name and said it did not mean to offend Muslims. The folk rockers, in...More
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won 15 out of the 16 Tehran seats in the Assembly of Experts, final election results published today showed, ousting two prominent hardliners including the...More
An Egyptian court sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in jail on Thursday for contempt of Islam after they were seen in a video mocking Muslim prayers. A judge in the central...More
Bosnia's Muslim religious leader Husein Kavazovic urged authorities on Tuesday to act after he was threatened by a presumed Islamic State group member following his denunciation of Islamist extremism...More
Turkey's former international football star Hakan Sukur risks up to four years in jail after being charged with insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in posts on Twitter, reports said on Wednesday...More
Russia delivered 10,000 Kalashnikovs to the Afghan government on Wednesday, with officials saying they were for the fight "against terrorism", a day after Kabul hosted talks on reviving the peace...More
Reform-minded Muslims have a new internet destination: a website set up by Queensland MP George Christensen "to expose radical Islamic practices, its adherents and appeasers within our midst". He...More
Jordan will be publicly recognised at the famous Academy Awards ceremony with ″Theeb″. Organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the 88th Oscars ceremony will be held on 28...More
A U.S. Army reservist asked to leave a gun range after identifying himself as a Muslim sued the owners on Wednesday, the latest in a series of cases across the U.S. alleging anti-Islamic...More
A court in ex-Soviet Tajikistan sentenced 13 men on Thursday to lengthy jail terms for allegedly hoisting an Islamic State flag amid what rights groups say is a crackdown on religious groups in the...More
Elhamy Ibrahim, 62, is a Muslim who does not like very many other Muslims these days, but loves Donald Trump. The Egyptian-born businessman who came to the United States in 1981 and became a citizen...More
Shazia Mirza, who claims to be the world's first devoutly Muslim woman stand-up comic, is used to walking a very thin line. She made her name in Britain and the United States in the aftermath of 9/11...More
The significant sympathy generated by the detention and likely deportation of a baby girl born in Australia to Nepalese parents could be a watershed in public opinion about the country's harsh asylum...More
A Syrian journalist, raised in Britain, who has been living for five years in Turkey, was detained by the Turkish immigration authorities on Wednesday after applying for residency. Jarrah, who used...More
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Syria's warring sides and the countries backing them to turn away from the "bankrupt logic of a military victory" and work to find a peace settlement,...More
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Thursday rejected charges that his country was dragging its feet in resettling refugees from Syria and Iraq, having resettled just 26 in the same time...More
When Republican frontrunner Donald Trump offered a provocative retort Thursday to criticism by Pope Francis, it may have been a calculated political move to boost his standing ahead of South Carolina...More
Indonesia's most influential Muslim leaders said on Wednesday that they reject all promotion and support for lesbian and gay groups and encouraged the government to make gay sex and the promotion of...More
Jordan's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood has formally cut ties with the region-wide movement based in Egypt, a spokesman said on Monday. The decision is the latest setback for the wider Brotherhood...More
UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians were due to set out on Wednesday, but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation in its war-torn...More
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday left open the possibility of resettlement in New Zealand for asylum seekers facing repatriation to a detention camp in the tiny Pacific Island...More
Bangladesh police have arrested and charged a publisher after Islamists in the Muslim-majority nation warned of violent protests over one of his books which they deemed offensive, an officer said...More
It took one complaint from a parent ″as a Christian″ to undo all Andrew Moffat′s work teaching children respect for people of different sexual orientation. A meeting of 40 parents followed with calls...More
Last Friday Crimean Tatars, a minority Muslim group opposed to Russian annexation, condemned a new wave of repressions as Russian security forces raided homes and charged four with terrorist offences...More
An Australian hospital has refused to return an asylum-seeker baby back to detention in Nauru, as momentum built across the country on Sunday against offshore Pacific camps for processing refugees...More
Scandinavia's first female-led mosque has opened in Copenhagen, in a bid to challenge "patriarchal structures" and hoping to create debate and dialogue, its founder said on Friday. Sherin Khankan,...More
In an unprecedented move, the Israeli police force is expected to appoint a Muslim deputy commissioner. He is to head a special police branch focusing on problems facing the crime-plagued Arab sector...More
World powers on Friday agreed an ambitious plan to cease hostilities in war-racked Syria within a week and dramatically ramp up humanitarian access at talks in Munich aimed at reviving the struggling...More
Nigerian prosecutors on Wednesday charged nearly 200 members of a pro-Iranian Shia group with illegal possession of firearms following December clashes with troops that led to claims of hundreds of...More
In the latest crackdown on gay rights in Indonesia, the government has demanded all instant messaging apps remove same-sex emoticons or face a ban in the Muslim-majority country. The emojis – which...More
When Saba Qaiser was 19 years old, her uncle and father shot her in the head, stuffed her in a bag and threw into a river to die. They said she had shamed her family when she married the boy of her...More
Pakistan′s interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has ordered a ban on Valentine′s Day for the capital city of Islamabad, promising ″strict action″ against anyone caught engaged in outward...More
Philippine lawmakers last week failed to pass a crucial bill aimed at ending a decades-long Muslim insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, igniting fears of fresh violence. Philippine...More
A professor at a US Christian college who courted controversy after donning a hijab in solidarity with Muslims has agreed to leave her tenured position. Larycia Hawkins was placed on administrative...More
Seven Muslim workers at an eastern Wisconsin manufacturer have been fired after disregarding a break policy that did not allow them to pray at the times dictated by their faith, the company said on...More
Two books published by Difaf Publications have been shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016, the "leading prize for literary fiction in the Arab world". ″The Guard of the Dead...More
Protesters rallied against Islam and immigration in several European cities on Saturday, sometimes clashing with police or counter-demonstrators amid growing tensions over the massive influx of...More
It's rare these days for a turbaned cleric in Iran to attract a large following of adoring young fans on Instagram, but Sayed Mahdi Tabatabaei has done it by rescuing street dogs in defiance of a local taboo.
