Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of central Algiers again on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and changes to the political system after the powerful army...More
China on Thursday hit back at criticism from the United States' top diplomat who called its treatment of Muslims "shameful hypocrisy" after speaking with a former prisoner from a Chinese detention...More
Algerians were waiting on Wednesday for a decision on whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is no longer fit to lead the country, a day after the military called for action to end a weeks-long...More
Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel late on Tuesday prompting further retaliation strikes from the Israeli army, with the late-night exchanges threatening claims of a truce. It comes hours...More
On Monday Syria's Kurds called for an international court to be set up in the country to try suspected Islamic State group jihadists following the announced fall of their "caliphate". IS imposed its...More
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Israel's claim to sovereignty over the Golan Heights triggered reactions from several countries on Tuesday, including warnings of a negative impact...More
Amnesty International has slammed plans by Brunei to implement what the rights group calls "vicious" Islamic criminal laws such as stoning to death for gay sex and amputation for theft. Amnesty says...More
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is joining a local line-up of musicians who will perform at a national remembrance service for the 50 victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack on...More
Ahead of Pope Francis arriving in Morocco, the country's small and diverse Catholic community gathered excitedly at Rabat's cathedral to get their hands on tickets to see the pontiff. "We're lucky!...More
A Pakistani court placed two teenage sisters from the minority Hindu community in a government shelter on Tuesday as authorities launched an investigation into whether the girls were abducted and...More
Millions of Kurdish votes will be crucial in determining the fate of Turkey's March 31 local elections, as a pro-Kurdish party has made the strategic decision to send votes to an opposition rival to...More
One Friday morning before dawn, a half-empty Volvo coach slipped out of New Delhi's Ambedkar bus terminal under armed guard, the sirens of a police convoy wailing. Carrying a mixture of Indian and...More
The leaders of Egypt, Jordan and Iraq on Sunday called for an all-out fight against terrorism, a day after U.S.-backed Syrian forces declared military victory over Islamic State militants. Egyptian...More
Thousands gathered in New Zealand's cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch. About 15,000 turned out for an evening vigil in Christchurch in...More
The main pro-Israel lobby group in the United States opened a three-day conference on Sunday set to feature top U.S. and Israeli politicians, as the organisation has been firmly in the spotlight in...More
Egypt's foreign media body on Sunday slammed the BBC over an "insulting" article which highlighted online calls for protests against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. BBC Arabic published a report at...More
Iran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the "provocative and interventionist" call by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Iranian state...More
Dozens of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, gathered on the Golan Heights on Saturday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for...More
The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the Iraqi interior ministry said on Friday,...More
Women activists in Afghanistan were celebrating on Friday after an 18-year-old singer became the first woman to win Afghanistan's widely popular talent competition. Late on Thursday night, Zahra...More
Women in Christchurch wore makeshift hijabs as a statement of peace and solidarity on Friday, a week after a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims at two mosques in the southern New Zealand city...More
Austria's policy of expelling Muslim preachers who are financed by Turkey is not discriminatory, the country's top court has ruled in a dispute that is part of the divisions between Vienna and Ankara...More
Raed Saleh was 5 years old when his family left their Palestinian village in the West Bank for a better life in Germany. Now 41, the Muslim has become one of Berlin's top politicians and is...More
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States should acknowledge Israeli sovereignty over the hotly-contested Golan Heights, in a major pre-election gift to his ally Israeli Prime...More
Prominent Egyptian novelist Alaa Al Aswany revealed this week that he has been referred to military prosecution on charges of insulting President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and incitement against the state...More
The United Nations envoy for Syria on Tuesday said a solution to the eight-year-long conflict begins with confidence building measures and reconciliation between warring parties. "Path to a new Syria...More
Iran's many woes briefly went up in smoke as Iranians observed a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival of Fire. The celebration is held on the last Tuesday night before Nowruz...More
Egypt's top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions on Tuesday that allow the state to block websites and even social media accounts with over 5,000 followers if they are deemed a threat...More
Tens of thousands of students again took to the streets of the Algerian capital on Tuesday, just hours after long-time leader President Abdelaziz Bouteflika confirmed he plans to stay in power after...More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week that the deadly New Zealand attack on two mosques was part of a broader operation targeting Turkey. Erdogan, campaigning for local elections this...More
Iran's Hassan Rouhani met Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Iraq's Najaf last week, a press photographer reported, in the first encounter between an Iranian president and the country's chief Shia cleric...More
Grieving families of 50 worshippers killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks are anxious to bury their loved ones according to Islamic custom. Graves are being dug in a local cemetery, but under-...More
Iran's communication minister has picked another fight with the country's hardliners over Internet censorship. "Some are of the opinion that you should break off contact to the outside world for...More
A Syrian migrant faces charges in a German court in the city of Dresden on Monday for the stabbing of a German man, whose death prompted anti-migrant protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz and...More
A Malaysian citizen was given more than 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on social media, police said on Saturday, one of the country's harshest such sentences in recent...More
Egyptian activists and journalists have been targeted by phishing attacks coinciding with political events in an intensifying crackdown on dissent since the start of the year, Amnesty International...More
For rights activist Sion Assidon, a Moroccan of Jewish descent who also describes himself as Berber and Arab, Zionism breeds anti-Semitism in today's Arab world but aversion to Israel's policies is...More
Turkey cannot accept control of a planned safe zone in northern Syria being given to anyone else, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. In interview with broadcaster Kanal 24, Erdogan also said...More
Iran hopes to have its part of a new payments vehicle – devised to allow it to trade with EU firms despite U.S. sanctions – ready within a fortnight, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on...More
With presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for the fall, public officials in Tunisia plan to send mobile teams to villages, universities and companies to encourage people to vote. Nabil...More
Germany is considering adding at most 10 countries to a list of so-called safe countries of origin, a policy meaning that asylum seekers from those countries have little chance of avoiding...More
A state of emergency imposed across Sudan is restricting public freedoms, a minister said on Wednesday, as lawmakers discussed the measure imposed by President Omar al-Bashir to quell anti-government...More
Angry crowds evacuating from the last shred of territory held by Islamic State militants in Syria praised the extremist group on Wednesday and chanted "Islamic State will remain", in a menacing show...More
On a sloped, cobblestone street in southern Albania sits a small shop, empty except for a dozen framed panels on the walls bearing photos and stories from 500 years of Jewish life. It may be modest...More
An activist group says a prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended women protesting against the Islamic Republic's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, has been convicted and faces years in prison...More
The United Nations investigator on religious freedom said on Tuesday he has asked China to let him visit its Xinjiang region where some 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are in facilities...More
Pakistan said on Tuesday it had begun a crackdown on Islamist militant groups, detaining 44 members of banned groups including close relatives of the leader of a group blamed for a deadly bombing in...More
Iraqi authorities are prosecuting children suspected of ties to the Islamic State group in a "deeply flawed" process, using flimsy accusations or confessions obtained through torture, Human Rights...More
Senior Catholic clergy in Morocco called on Tuesday for freedom of conscience and respect for migrants' rights, ahead of a visit by Pope Francis later this month. The pontiff is due to visit the...More
The Muslim foundation which runs the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, the Waqf, said on Tuesday that it will defy an Israeli court order barring access to part of the flashpoint holy site. There...More
They grew up in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia and can place Israel on a map, but many young refugees in Sweden have never heard of the Holocaust. Their first contact with Jewish history in Europe is...More
European Union countries on Monday added Syria's interior minister and six other new ministers to a sanctions blacklist for their role in President Bashar al-Assad's "violent repression" of civilians...More
Far from the glittering skyscrapers of Riyadh and Mecca mania, there is another side to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia just waiting to be discovered. By Eric Lafforgue
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"