One of Saudi Arabia's most conservative provinces has demolished a towering concrete sculpture in response to complaints by residents that it resembled a Christian cross, prompting a local...More
Israel vowed on Tuesday not to negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian detainees on the second day of a hunger strike led by prominent prisoner and popular leader Marwan Barghouti. More than 1,000...More
After the attacks on two churches in Egypt last week, Muslim Jordanian youth launched an initiative to protect churches all over the Kingdom on Easter Sunday, in an act of solidarity. Daesh claimed...More
Iraqi schoolgirl Manar Mahmoud is eager to resume classes after years of life under Islamic State in Mosul, ignoring the nearby rattle of artillery fire. The 13-year-old is back at her old school in...More
Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia's teeming capital after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world's most-populous Muslim...More
Islamist groups in Syria and beyond congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, after his victory in a referendum on expanding presidential powers. "We congratulate our Turkish...More
Ignoring concerns raised by international monitoring groups, President Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to congratulate him on the country's contested referendum...More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra powers that was disputed by the opposition and exposed bitter...More
One recent afternoon, dozens of young Hindu men, swords drawn and saffron scarves draped around their necks, rode motorcycles through a Muslim neighbourhood near the capital of India's most populous...More
Pakistani authorities said on Monday that they have arrested 22 people involved in the lynching of a university student who was accused of blasphemy and detained a teenage woman who had been...More
UK lawmakers are calling on the government to strip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife of her British citizenship, for supporting her husband's regime during the country's ongoing war. The...More
According to near complete results, the 'Yes' camp won 51.41% while the 'No' took 48.59% President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Monday celebrating a narrow win in a referendum giving him sweeping new...More
The future of badly strained EU-Turkey relations hangs in the balance Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asks voters to give him increased powers that opponents say will lead to authoritarian...More
Their voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's alternative music scene, their work is not revolutionary – it's a legacy. With...More
Hours after the truck attack that killed four people in the heart of Stockholm, Muslim taxi driver Abdi Dahir found himself in a suffocating choke-hold from a man sitting in the back seat. Struggling...More
To mark the 20th anniversary this month of the death of Alparslan Turkes, the founder of modern Turkish nationalism, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited his grave in Ankara and offered up prayers...More
Iran has launched a charm offensive to try to calm relations with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told journalists on Monday. "We also want to improve relations with the...More
For many Israelis, Har Homa is another neighbourhood in Jerusalem, served by city bus lines and schools. Its quiet streets are lined with apartment buildings, pizza shops, supermarkets and pharmacies...More
Russia, Syria's top military ally, used its veto power for the eighth time at the UN Security Council on Wednesday to block action directed at its ally in Damascus since unrest erupted there in 2011...More
Iran's former hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential election, going against the advice of the supreme leader...More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to cement his role as the country's modern, unchallenged leader, as he furiously campaigns for a referendum on Sunday. The up or down vote will either see...More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by holding a referendum on Morocco's rule over the territory,...More
More and more Algerian women are challenging traditional norms by getting jobs, but many see their salaries confiscated by their husbands despite a law against the practice. "It's financial...More
Violations against journalists in Tunisia are on the rise as authorities try to control local media, Tunisia's journalists' union said on Tuesday, warning this threatened press freedom and the...More
Sapna Gobia is busy preparing for her wedding in Pakistan in a few weeks. In many ways, her wedding will follow traditions passed down through generations, with the bride and groom circling a sacred...More
"Prophet Muhammad forever," chant the young Indonesian Muslim musicians. But instead of a mosque, the men are singing at an outdoor concert with a mosh pit full of followers of the country's first...More
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, newly designated as a U.N. Messenger of Peace, says extremists tried to kill her but didn't succeed and in her second life she is working for education...More
The flood of angry anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media was the first sign of how fiercely the suburban middle-class homeowners in this central China city opposed a planned mosque in their...More
Shareholder activism is rare in Islamic finance, but one wealth manager has staked out new territory as the most outspoken voice among Muslim investors in the United States. Working from an office in...More
Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others spin plates or happily perform aerial dances. This is not a big top circus in a...More
Turkish voters living in Germany had their last chance on Sunday to cast ballots in a referendum calling for expanded powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while simultaneously weakening Turkey'...More
Iraq's influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "take a historic heroic decision" and step down, to spare his country further bloodshed. Sadr, who...More
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency following twin church bombings by the Islamic State group that killed dozens on Palm Sunday, the deadliest attacks...More
Bahaa Franshaw spikes pieces of meat onto a skewer on a recent day, ready to sell to the passing trade. His potential customers include civilians coming through Hamdaniya from Mosul to escape the...More
Geert Wilders, the Netherlands' anti-Islam firebrand, says his Party for Freedom wants to field candidates in dozens of municipalities across the country in local elections next year. Wilders' party...More
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West fearing racism and culture shock and instead are settling in Cairo. Mohamed Amin, 43,...More
Runners began racing in Iran's first international marathon Friday, which was billed as an opportunity for "building bridges, breaking barriers" though no American runners are participating. Iran's...More
Christians in Jerusalem said on Thursday that they are hoping for an "open Jerusalem" ahead of Passover and Easter celebrations in the city. Palestinian Christians from the West Bank and Gaza receive...More
A gleaming white structure topped with seven domes, set to be the world's biggest Yazidi temple, is being built in a tiny village in Armenia. Long persecuted, most recently by Islamic jihadists in...More
A Tunisian court handed a British DJ a one year jail term in absentia on Thursday after he played a remixed recording of the Muslim call to prayer, a judicial source said. Dax J, who left Tunisia...More
Somalia's president replaced his security chiefs on Thursday and called on al Qaida-linked al-Shabab insurgents to surrender within 60 days in return for education and jobs. President Mohamed...More
More than 100,000 clerics and preachers rallied in the Bangladeshi capital against Islamist extremism on Thursday after a resurgence of attacks by militant groups in the Muslim-majority nation...More
The cruise missiles that crashed down before dawn on a Syrian air base sent a clear message to President Bashar Assad: the use of chemical weapons will be met with U.S. force. The outcome is less...More
When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to practise singing in secret because all the men in her Muslim family opposed her new passion. Now...More
The reconstruction of war-torn Syria will be the focus on Wednesday of an international conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels. The gathering, which began with talks on humanitarian aid...More
Jordan's King Abdullah II will be able to deliver an Arab consensus on Mideast peace when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, after a recent summit hosted by the...More
A Muslim elementary school in Sweden, which separated boys and girls on a bus and during sports lessons, sparked controversy on Tuesday with the prime minister condemning it as "despicable". As part...More
Three Bangladeshis suffering from a highly debilitating form of muscular dystrophy are receiving free treatment in India after a relative's plea for them to be allowed to die brought their plight to...More
Some Iraqis in this town get massages in a spa or take muddy baths and relax in the morning sun on the banks of the Tigris. Others beg for food or rise at dawn to queue for water. Hammam al-Alil, a...More
Islamist militants have targeted Russia many times before but Monday's bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg was, for President Vladimir Putin, personal: it happened in his native city on a day...More
Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with four British imams on Wednesday two weeks after the London extremist attack, as part of his effort to encourage Muslim leaders who renounce using religion to...More
A suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 civilians in rebel-held north-western Syria has prompted widespread outrage and calls for international action. The Britain-based Syrian...More
Behind a suffocating political system and inquisitive cliches, Iranian youth dream of a break with the system while proudly defending their culture. By Gwenvaël Engel
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''