Too poor to even buy pens and notebooks for school, Mehdi left his home in Afghanistan soon after his 17th birthday and headed to Iran, hoping to make his way to Europe and find work. Instead, Mehdi...More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in municipal elections, but the opposition's success in key cities dealt a significant blow to his party's dominance. According to unofficial...More
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika might resign this week, the private Ennahar and El Bilad TV channels said on Sunday, after mass protests and pressure from the army demanding he end his 20-...More
Pope Francis has called for tolerance and peace at a mass for thousands of Catholics during a rare visit by a pontiff to Morocco, after warning the faithful there against trying to convert others...More
American actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's imposition of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery. "Every single time we stay at or take...More
A governor on the run, officials summoned to court and candidates accused of bribing councillors: the Mosul ferry disaster has brought renewed attention to the scourge of corruption in Iraq...More
Malnourished children struck down by chronic diarrhoea, mothers too weak to breastfeed – in northeastern Syria's Al-Hol camp, a humanitarian emergency is unfolding. Arabic, French, German and English...More
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday announced that he has raised the minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($115.74) per month from 1,200 ($69.27), a 67 percent increase. The move came...More
Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people's oppression under Mao Zedong. The 39-year-old poet was born after the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, when the Hui – China's second-largest...More
With its watchwords of dialogue and coexistence, the Mohammed VI Institute that trains Muslim prayer leaders to serve in Morocco and abroad was on Saturday one of the first stops on Pope Francis's...More
Pope Francis makes a lightning trip to Morocco this weekend to promote inter-religious dialogue and support efforts by the North African country's King Mohammed VI to spread a moderate form of Islam...More
A Maori lament echoed across Christchurch on Friday as a survivor of the New Zealand mosque attacks told a national remembrance service he had forgiven the gunman responsible for the racist massacre...More
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
Antoin Sevruguin, the father of Iranian society photography, captured portraits of Iranian women in the early 20th century, from well-known ladies at the court to women from various tribes around the country.
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"