Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives in a rickety hut made of plastic and bamboo. Sometimes, he can be found standing in a line for rations at the...More
Egypt is finalising details of a long-term truce deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security source said on Thursday, amid easing tensions on the border of the enclave where...More
Two million Muslims gather in Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj as the annual pilgrimage becomes increasingly hi-tech with apps to help the faithful navigate Islam's holiest sites. This year the...More
Police said they were investigating a hate crime on Thursday after catapult attacks on two mosques in the English city of Birmingham, as local residents linked the attacks to the arrest of a...More
Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria despite the jihadist group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a UN report released...More
China insisted on Monday that "arbitrary detention" or "re-education centres" do not exist in its far western Xinjiang region, rejecting concerns raised by a U.N. human rights committee that millions...More
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday announced plans to submit a draft bill to parliament equalising inheritance rights between men and women. "I propose to make equal inheritance a law,"...More
A plane arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday morning with 46 rejected Afghan asylum seekers deported from Germany, airport officials told journalists. The collective deportation was the...More
In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm has been dampened by eight months without pay. An...More
An Australian politician was widely condemned on Wednesday after demanding "a final solution" to immigration and calling for a return to the White Australia policy which favoured "European Christians...More
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced five people, including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison on violence-related charges. It's the latest of several life sentences for...More
Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson returned from his summer holiday to face both criticism and support over his remarks about burkas, amid deepening divisions in Britain's ruling...More
Pakistan will release 30 Indian prisoners from its jails as a humanitarian gesture to mark the country's independence day, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The announcement came amid a tense...More
Turkey's central bank on Monday announced it was ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure financial stability after the collapse of the lira, promising to provide banks with liquidity. "The...More
Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel's new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation that has angered the country's Arab minority and drawn...More
Tributes poured in Sunday for Nobel prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who has died aged 85, including from many of those who clashed with him. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his death was...More
World acclaimed Egyptian economist and thinker, Samir Amin, has died on Sunday in Paris. He was 86. Amin was born in Egypt in 1931 to an Egyptian father and French mother and spent his youth in Port...More
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday, poised to become the first Muslim woman in U.S...More
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday he has picked a Muslim cleric as his running mate for next year's election, in which he is seeking a second term. Joko said he had chosen Ma'ruf Amin...More
Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said late on Thursday an agreement to suspend hostilities had been declared with Israel after a flare-up of violence in the coastal enclave that left three...More
Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to the government's efforts to rewrite how religions are...More
When Saudi Arabia ordered its citizens studying in Canada to abruptly leave the country it left institutions like Techno Canada in the lurch, forcing the small Toronto business school to scramble for...More
The UN envoy for Western Sahara is planning to convene talks before the end of the year between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario Front on ending their decades-old conflict, the Security...More
It was supposed to be a goodwill gesture from an energy company in Turkey. This summer, the Karadeniz Energy Group lent Lebanon a floating power station to generate electricity at below-market rates...More
U.S. President Donald Trump warned the world on Tuesday against doing business with Iran as Washington re-imposed "the most biting sanctions ever" on the Islamic republic, triggering a mix of anger,...More
The head of the foundation running the memorial at the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald said he would confront a German far-right politician with pointed questions when they hold talks on...More
Despite the law now being on their side, Zeineb, a Tunisian woman and her Italian fiance Sergio cannot find a local notary to marry them unless he converts to Islam. "I never imagined that marrying a...More
The United States and the European Union said on Tuesday that they are seeking details about the arrest of women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia, but they sidestepped a sensitive diplomatic...More
The Islamic State group is looking to recapture lost power by reverting to the grisly tactics that first propelled it to global notoriety, analysts say, including executions and kidnapping minorities...More
With U.S. sanctions back in force Tuesday, here is a look-back over developments in the 90 days since President Donald Trump withdrew from a hard-won 2015 accord on Iran's nuclear programme: Trump...More
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran will be rigorously enforced and remain in place until the Iranian government radically changes course. Speaking to reporters aboard...More
Saudi Arabia has granted a visa to an Iranian diplomat to work in a consular office in Jeddah, state media reported on Sunday, in a rare sign of a thaw between the rival powers. Foreign ministry...More
Thousands of members of Israel's Druze minority and their Jewish supporters packed a central Tel Aviv square on Saturday night to rally against a contentious new law that critics say sidelines Israel...More
Hundreds of people demonstrated last Friday in Tunisia against proposed reforms that include equal inheritance rights for women and decriminalising homosexuality. Responding to a call from religious...More
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States has cut secret deals with al-Qaida fighters, paying some to leave key cities and towns the militants had seized across Yemen...More
A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported...More
Her trainers beating down on the pavement along Beirut's seafront, Nour Safieddine, 24, cuts past strollers ambling in the evening sun. In her bright pink t-shirt, she is running to survive. "I run...More
It's an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress. "Hey how are you...More
A phone app and a database of more than 50 million voters were key weapons in the successful campaign of cricket legend Imran Khan in last month's general election, though rivals allege Khan also...More
US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that talks with arch foe Iran were imminent, despite silence from the Islamic republic's leaders to his offer for a meeting. Scepticism was rife in Iran...More
The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car-and-knife attack on Western tourists cycling in Tajikistan that killed two Americans and two Europeans. Officials in the ex-Soviet...More
A Turkish court rejected an appeal on Tuesday for an American pastor to be released from house arrest during his trial on terrorism charges, his lawyer said, in a case which has raised the threat of...More
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was moved back to prison from hospital on Tuesday evening after doctors signalled an improvement in his health, a minister said. Sharif was...More
An Israeli Arab lawmaker resigned on Saturday and branded the parliament "racist" after it passed a controversial new law which declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. The new...More
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity after three weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power cuts in the energy-rich country. A statement from...More
Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was taken to hospital in Islamabad on Sunday with a possible heart problem, said a government official and Sharif's party. Sharif and his daughter...More
Final results released on Saturday show that the party of former cricket star Imran Khan overwhelmingly won Pakistan's elections, but that has not silenced the calls for repeat polls due to...More
Former cricket star Imran Khan has an overwhelming lead in Pakistan's elections but his party will not be able to form a majority government, according to official results from 95 per cent of...More
Mesut Özil thanked Arsenal fans for their "love" at a pre-season friendly after a torrid week following his racism allegations against Germany's football body. Özil watched Arsenal's penalties defeat...More
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with lawmakers from the minority Druze community on Thursday after a court challenge over a deeply controversial law declaring Israel the nation state of...More
For decades, a burning question loomed over a towering 20th century book: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X": What happened to the reputedly missing chapters that may have contained some of the most...More
Turkish authorities arrested a German national in south-eastern Turkey for allegedly spreading propaganda for Kurdish militants on social media, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday...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
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
Junaid Jamshed
"I Was a Sinner for Years"