Authorities in the north slammed for arrest over photo caption
Authorities in the north are under fire following the arrest of a Turkish Cypriot cameraman was after he posted a picture of women in Islamic...
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France’s ban on full-body Islamic veil ‘violates human rights’
The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France‘s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called...
Austria plans to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
Austria‘s right-wing government plans to shut down seven mosques and expel up to 40 imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a...
Despite delays Paphos mosque open for Ramadan
The department of public works has announced that the small building that has long been used as the mosque in Paphos will be open for...
Islam doesn’t belong to Germany, new interior minister says
New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam did not belong to Germany, in an interview published on Friday, setting him on a collision course with...
‘Students being woken up to pray at school in the north’
A group of teachers at the Hala Sultan Theology College in the north have complained to the ‘education ministry’ saying students are being forcibly woken...
Pakistani women ‘kill man accused of blasphemy’
Three women dressed in burqas killed a man who had been accused of blasphemy in 2004 in a northeastern Pakistani town, police said on Thursday,...
Persecuted Egyptian Christians appeal for protection
MAHER Elgohary, daughter Dina and friend, Rania, are Egyptian Christians who fled Egypt a month ago in fear of their lives and are now staying...
Germany’s finance minister presses for a “German Islam”
By Caroline Copley A veteran ally of Angela Merkel urged Muslims in Germany on Sunday to develop a “German Islam” based on liberalism and tolerance,...
Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon (Updated)
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion...
UN rights office urges French towns to repeal burkini bans
The United Nations human rights office has called on French beach resorts to lift their bans on the burkini, calling them a “stupid reaction” that...
Germany holds man suspected of storing explosives, no sign of terrorism link (Updated)
German police arrested a 27-year-old man on Wednesday on suspicion of storing materials that could be used as explosives but later said there were no...
Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis
By Geert De Clercq Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in...
The islamic renewal
By Raheel Raza There is a battle underway for the soul of Islam, and that reform must defeat the ideology of violent Islamism. The past...
Top Saudi clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon
Saudi Arabia’s top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic, Saudi media said on Wednesday, although the fatwa...
Almost two-thirds of Germans think Islam doesn’t ‘belong’ to their country – poll
Almost two-thirds of Germans think Islam does not ‘belong’ to their country, a survey showed on Thursday, indicating changing attitudes following militant Islamist attacks in...
Enclaved teen’s conversion to Islam should not be politicised, Photiou says
The decision of a 17-year-old enclaved boy from Rizokarpaso to convert to Islam should not be politicised the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou said on Wednesday. Public...
Sex, Arabs and political correctness
THE French left does political correctness and moral outrage much better than the American left, so the row over what Algerian novelist and journalist Kamal...
Five years after the Arab Spring
By Gwynne Dyer Five years ago this month, the “Arab Spring” got underway with the non-violent overthrow of Tunisia’s long-ruling dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali....
Pakistan arrests imam after boy cuts hand off in blasphemy error
Pakistani police have arrested the imam of a mosque for inciting violence after a 15-year old boy who was told by the cleric that he...