Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging suitcases, clutching their pinging cellphones and one-way tickets to Italy. "...More
Taymur Jumblatt, 35, on Sunday took over from his father Walid as leader of Lebanon's small but influential Druze community and heir to one of the country's political dynasties. Walid Jumblatt, 67,...More
Germany's intelligence chief on Saturday said that US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen was not the mastermind behind a failed July 15 coup aimed at ousting Turkish President Recep Tayyip...More
Ahmad Waqas Goraya couldn't see anything through the black hood, but he could hear the screams. A Pakistani blogger with a penchant for criticising Pakistan's powerful military and taking the...More
Five years after his brother killed seven people in the name of Islam, Abdelghani Merah is walking across France to preach tolerance and warn against the dangers of religious radicalism. Mohamed...More
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals. For the first time in nearly three decades Iran's...More
In a sprawling banquet hall, Ahmed Rehab walked to a lectern facing a glittering group of diners and launched into a searing speech excoriating the Donald Trump administration. "This fight is not...More
Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. Francis has accepted...More
A deal between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flow of undocumented migrants into EU member Greece has made seeking refuge in Europe "mission impossible" for the most vulnerable, aid groups...More
While Iranians would bear the brunt of Donald Trump's visa ban, if it ever comes into force, international officials say the country has quietly emerged as one of the most generous towards refugees...More
European leaders heaved a sigh of relief after Dutch voters backed pro-EU liberals over the far-right, but analysts warned that populism on the continent had yet to peak. France and Germany, which...More
Egypt has been buying wheat on global markets at a breakneck clip in recent months in what grain traders say is an effort to keep up with its cash-strapped population's growing reliance on subsidised...More
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused the EU of starting a "crusade" against Islam and said his country was no longer friends with The Netherlands, further souring relations. Turkey and...More
The head of one of Senegal's influential Muslim orders has died after a life spent promoting an open interpretation of Islam in a region battling jihadist influence, local media reported Thursday...More
President Donald Trump braced Thursday for a long legal battle over his ban on travel from six mainly-Muslim countries after two federal judges ruled against the measure, saying the Republican's own...More
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered that "blasphemous" content on social media websites be removed or blocked and those posting such material "strictly punished." Blasphemy is a...More
As France wrestles with questions of security and immigration during its presidential election campaign, a Belgian playwright is using his art as a weapon in the fight against radicalisation. Ismael...More
President Donald Trump faces a day of legal reckoning on Wednesday on the fate of his revised travel ban, with three federal courts from Maryland to Hawaii to mull the measure on the eve of its...More
Defying an escalating anti-alcohol movement and conservative bureaucrats in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia's only craft brewer is tapping into demand for better quality...More
Saudi Arabia hailed a "historical turning point" in U.S.-Saudi relations after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman highlighted the two leaders'...More
Germany's largest association of mosques needs to undertake fundamental reforms to ensure its independence from Turkey after reports that its clerics spied on people in Germany, Interior Minister...More
Polling booths opened across the nation Wednesday in Dutch parliamentary elections that are being closely watched as a possible indicator of the strength of far-right populism ahead of national votes...More
Violence against children in war-ravaged Syria was "at its worst" in 2016, the UN's children's agency said on Monday as the conflict nears its seventh year. UNICEF said that cases of children being...More
Indonesia's only province to impose Sharia law caned Buddhists for the first time Friday, after two men accused of cockfighting opted for punishment under the strict Islamic regulations. Alem bin...More
Extensive excavations by Islamic State militants under Mosul's ancient Mosque of Jonah show they took care to preserve artefacts for loot, a local archaeologist said, in sharp contrast to their...More
After an unprecedented diplomatic fight between the Netherlands and Turkey, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Sunday he would seek to control the damage caused by the weekend incidents when he...More
About 2,000 people were killed and entire neighbourhoods razed in south-eastern Turkey in 18 months of government security operations characterised by massive destruction and serious human rights...More
Pakistan is preparing for its first census in 19 years. Here are some facts about the sixth most populous nation in the world. For the first time, transsexual people will be counted separately,...More
Four years ago, a girl named Khawla fled war-torn Syria along with her family to neighbouring Lebanon in hopes for a better life. She was about nine years old then. The hardships the family have...More
Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being watched...More
Insiders including two interns were among the attackers who launched a gun-and-grenade assault this week on Afghanistan's largest military hospital, killing more than 100 people, multiple surviving...More
The Dutch government said on Thursday it would not welcome the Turkish foreign minister to the Netherlands if he was coming to solicit the votes of local Turks in a constitutional referendum that...More
Dutch left-wing political hopeful Jesse Klaver on Thursday staged one of the largest campaign rallies seen in The Netherlands in recent times, as political parties scramble for last-minute votes...More
Islamist separatists in western China pose the "most prominent" challenge to the country's security, economy and social stability, the China Daily newspaper quoted a top security official on Friday...More
The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) released a draft election manifesto on Thursday, with calls for "negative immigration" and a public ban on headscarves. The AfD, which is...More
Pakistani police on Thursday opened an investigation into allegations of online "blasphemy" after a court in the country's capital Islamabad asked the government to remove material from social media...More
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel on Thursday to focus on today's "different world" after Premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an...More
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it will soon run out of visas for interpreters and other Afghans who have worked for the U.S. government during the decade and a half that U.S. forces have...More
Libya's eastern parliament has voted to withdraw its support for a United Nations peace deal and Government of National Accord, stoking concerns that recent violence in the fractured country could...More
An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced two leaders of a religious sect to five years in prison in a blasphemy case. In 2015, residents attacked members of the Dawn Archipelago Movement (Gafatar)...More
Turkey's foreign minister accused Berlin on Tuesday of exerting systematic pressure on Turkish citizens in Germany and hampering campaigns in support of President Tayyip Erdogan's bid for new powers...More
Captivated by the idea of fighting jihadists, or dedicated to starting a "revolution," foreigners have diverse reasons for joining the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria. The...More
The United Nations envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory has offered his resignation after eight years of trying to bring the Polisario independence movement and Morocco back to...More
The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump's revised ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly Muslim countries. But can they succeed...More
Some call him the "Justin Trudeau" of Dutch politics, others see an echo of a young John F. Kennedy, while his detractors call him arrogant. But GroenLinks (Green-Left) party leader Jesse Klaver is...More
Rival Muslim and Christian prayers, incendiary accusations and angry yells: deep-seated tensions over plans for the first dedicated mosque in just one US town were laid bare in one extraordinary, six...More
Indonesia's Hindu resort island of Bali on Wednesday defended a decision not to cover up any of its ubiquitous statues of deities and semi-naked women during a visit by the Saudi king. King Salman...More
Afghanistan's national security adviser said on Monday that associating terrorism with Islam was inappropriate given the suffering Muslims have endured at the hands of terrorists and the sacrifices...More
Algerian law requires the next parliament to be made up of 30 percent women - but political parties across the spectrum have struggled to come up with enough female candidates to fill the quota...More
Saudi Arabia denied on Tuesday claims by Pakistani activists that two transgender women from Pakistan were beaten to death in police custody after being arrested in Saudi Arabia along with more than...More
Hundreds of Dutch citizens met at an Amsterdam mosque on Sunday to show solidarity with the country's Muslim population, as an anti-Islam MP again vowed to shut mosques and ban the Koran should he...More
Tayyip Erdogan's portrayal of a Germany mired in its Nazi past was calculated to infuriate Berlin while swaying Turks at home and abroad to vote "yes" to sweeping new presidential powers he seeks...More
In spite of strict moral regulations, plastic surgery is allowed in Iran. More than 60,000 Iranian women per year get nose surgery. Such contradictions have informed Tehran-born artist Homa Arkani's work since 1983.
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
Turning away from Shia in Iran
''A Tsunami of Atheism''