The UN Human Rights Council should prepare evidence against perpetrators of atrocities in Myanmar that can be used by prosecutors, Western and Muslim countries demanded on Tuesday. At a session of...More
Both Syria's government and its opposition welcomed the Turkey-Russia deal declaring a de-militarised zone around the major rebel stronghold Idlib, saying on Tuesday the agreement stemmed more...More
Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find jobs in Germany, but her push to fill a record number of vacancies risks angering voters who still...More
The American man believed to have been the first to leave his country and join Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, has written about his experience, describing jihadist training tactics and the "...More
A court in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Tuesday freed an Iraqi man who had been held as the main suspect in a deadly stabbing that sparked xenophobic mob violence there last month. Police...More
Malaysia's government has come under renewed pressure to outlaw child marriages after another case of a child bride surfaced in a rural state, the second in two months. The New Straits Times...More
Millions of Shia Muslims in deeply religious Afghanistan are bracing for violence as they prepare to commemorate Ashura, one of the holiest days in the Islamic calendar. Expectations that the Islamic...More
They dug trenches around towns, reinforced caves for cover and put up sand bags around their positions. They issued calls to arms, urging young men to join in the defence of Idlib, the Syrian...More
Echoing some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of "fake news" they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule of general-turned-...More
The United States revoked visas for the family of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's ambassador, the envoy said on Sunday, the latest development in the worsening relations between the Trump...More
Iranian media are reporting that the country's General Prosecutor has ordered the closure of a reformist newspaper on charges of insulting the Shia religion. The Friday reports say that the "Sedayeh...More
The Iraqi parliament elected pro-Iran candidates as speaker and first deputy speaker on Saturday, boosting the country's chances of forming a new administration more than four months after national...More
Prosecutors in Geneva have opened a rape and sexual misconduct investigation against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been detained in France since February on separate rape charges, Swiss...More
The opening of the Palestinians' first airport, in the presence of U.S. president Bill Clinton, was a symbol of the hopes for independence and peace kindled by the Oslo accords. But 25 years after...More
Tugay Sarac was just 15 when he first talked about travelling from Germany to Syria to fight for Islamic State. But unlike his friends at the time, Sarac turned to radical Islam as a way of avoiding...More
The West "has abandoned Turkey" and let itself be blackmailed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the issue of migration, prominent exiled Turkish journalist Can Dundar told journalists in an...More
Germany's top diplomat will use a meeting on Friday with his Russian counterpart to try to get the Kremlin to see that a major military offensive on the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib has the...More
Kurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools run by the ancient minority. At the heart of...More
The U.S. State Department expressed deep concern this week over China's "worsening crackdown" on minority Muslims in the Xinjiang region, as the Trump administration considered sanctions against...More
Campaigning kicked off this week for a parliamentary election in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region amid political divisions a year after hopes for independence were dashed. Around 673 candidates from...More
An Egyptian judicial committee on Tuesday announced an asset freeze of more than 1,000 charities tied to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, as well as those of hospitals and individuals. The funds of 1,...More
Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on the rebel stronghold. More than 30,000 people have...More
An Uzbek imam has been sacked after urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a ban on personal religious symbols such as women's hijabs and beards for men, in a case showing the limits of newly-...More
The White House on Tuesday warned it would hold Iran accountable for any violence attributed to Tehran-allied militias in Iraq that results in damage to U.S. facilities or injures American personnel...More
The UN cultural agency wants to help rebuild Mosu l, the Islamic State terrorist group's former stronghold in Iraq, which has been left in tatters after years of fighting and artefact looting. To do...More
U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis stressed on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been well warned against any chemical weapons use in an anticipated assault on Idlib province. The...More
Chinese authorities have drafted sweeping new regulations that would severely restrict religious content online, including images or even descriptions of religious activities from praying and...More
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist...More
Hailing from far and wide, they flocked to Syria to wage "holy war". Now foreign jihadists face a fight to the last to hold onto Idlib, their final bastion. Syrian troops, backed by Russia and Iran,...More
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has compared Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for Brexit to putting the country's constitution in a "suicide vest" and handing the detonator to the...More
Pakistan's new government cancelled the appointment of a renowned Princeton economist to its Economic Advisory Council, an official said last Friday, after a strong backlash against the choice of a...More
Nigeria's military on Sunday said it had restored order after Boko Haram fighters took control of a town in the country's remote northeast, sparking fears about the group's resurgence. Scores of...More
The Turkic mostly Muslim Uighur minority in China’s Xinjiang region face arbitrary detentions, daily restrictions on religious practice and "forced political indoctrination" in a mass security...More
A German state is to examine whether the regional chapter of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pursuing unconstitutional goals, a move that could lead to surveillance of the party...More
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday criticised the public caning of two Muslim women for attempting to have sex, saying it tarnished Islam's reputation as a merciful and...More
Three mortar shells were fired into Baghdad's green zone early on Friday as a curfew was imposed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after a fresh outbreak of violent protests over poor public...More
Egypt's military says its special forces have held drills with special forces from the United States to exchange expertise on combatting terrorism. The announcement was made in a Thursday statement...More
The jailed leader of a Moroccan protest movement on Thursday ended a hunger strike six days after launching it in protest against prison conditions, his lawyer said. Nasser Zefzafi, who led the Hirak...More
Spain must make sure that would-be refugees arriving in two Spanish enclaves in north Africa are allowed to seek asylum, the Council of Europe said on Thursday. Even those "jumping the border fences...More
A black woman who presents the weather forecast on a Belgium public broadcaster posted an emotional video on Thursday which quickly went viral calling out the torrent of racist abuse she has received...More
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to investigate the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh last year, the court announced on Thursday...More
In north-western Syria, 68-year-old Abu Khaled was among dozens to have set up camp in a field, hoping that Turkish soldiers nearby would shield him from bombardment by Bashar al-Assad's regime. In...More
Seventy-six Myanmar civil society groups called on Tuesday for the release of two jailed Reuters reporters, denouncing their conviction as unfair and an assault on the right to freedom of information...More
The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey meet Friday in Tehran for a summit expected to shape the future of Idlib province, home to Syria's last major rebel bastion. The summit comes as Syrian...More
The United Nations on Tuesday said rival Libyan militias in the capital Tripoli had agreed to a ceasefire after a week of fighting in which at least 50 people were killed. "The agreement .....More
Five protesters were killed and 16 more were injured during a second day of clashes with security forces in Iraq's main southern city Basra, local health and security sources said. Twenty-two members...More
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he was hoping to "reset the relationship" with Pakistan ahead of a trip to Islamabad to meet with new Prime Minister Imran Khan. Speaking on a...More
More than 200,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year due to conflict, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said...More
Two German states said on Monday they have begun surveillance of youth wings of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as calls grew for a broader monitoring of the biggest opposition party and...More
Egypt's presidency has ratified controversial legislation imposing regulations on social media that is says aims to crack down on fake news. The law, published in the country's official gazette on...More
Iran's Foreign Minister met his Syrian counterpart in Damascus on Monday in a surprise visit ahead of a looming offensive against the country's last rebel stronghold. Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to...More
The United States accuses Pakistan of playing a dangerous double game, taking billions in U.S. aid since 2002 while supporting the Taliban and other militants who attack American forces in...More
Every Sunday in Iraq, along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for followers of the obscure and ancient Mandaean faith, worshippers bathe themselves in the waters to purify their souls. But unlike in ancient times, the storied river that runs through Baghdad is fouled by untreated sewage and dead carp. By Philip Issa
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Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Why the West Fears Islam
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Don't blame it on al-Ghazali
The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
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