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...
