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Informant Exposes How FBI Infiltrated Mosques

Exposing how federals infiltrated US mosques for years, Craig Monteilh has recalled how he moved from being a charged criminal to FBI informant who spied on innocent Muslims in a bid to trap them into extremist rhetoric. More

Informant Exposes How FBI Infiltrated Mosques

Muslim Minority

French Universities Double Islam Courses

In a bid to counter the rise of extremist ideas about Islam, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced a decision to double the number of university courses teaching Islam, promising not to issue any laws controlling the religion practiced by a large minority. More

French Universities Double Islam Courses

Muslim Minority

Rhode Island Islamic School Vandalized

Islamic school in Rhode Island was vandalized as racial slurs were spray-painted over its entrance, one day after the school held a vigil for the three Muslim students murdered in North Carolina More

Rhode Island Islamic School Vandalized

Islamic World

Muslims Plan Peace Emissaries to End Conflicts

Amid increasing anti-Islam propaganda worldwide, a council of elite Muslim scholars met in Abu Dhabi, discussing methods of renovating Islamic education and developing a new strategy to send peace delegations to global hotspots “to stop the game of death”. More

Muslims Plan Peace Emissaries to End Conflicts

Muslim Minority

More French Find Islam After Charlie Hebdo

The number of reverts to Islam among French people has increased significantly after Charlie Hebdo attacks, after French imams reported growing number of people coming to take Shahada or declaration of faith at mosques nationwide. More

More French Find Islam After Charlie Hebdo

Islamic World

Atheists Abandon Chapel Hill Suspect

The Independent highlighted a Facebook page in Hicks’ name which showed that he read paralegal studies at Durham Technical Community College. More

Atheists Abandon Chapel Hill Suspect

Muslim Minority

Duke University Allows Friday Adhan

DURHAM, North Carolina – Starting from next Friday, Muslim students at Duke University in the US eastern state of North Carolina will be allowed to raise adhan or call to prayer on a weekly basis for Jumu`ah prayer (Friday congregational Prayer). More

Duke University Allows Friday Adhan

World News

Prophet Never Avenged by Companions

Our Prophet was verbally abused and physically harassed multiple times in Makkah. Never once did any of the Companions go and murder those who did such deeds. More

Prophet Never Avenged by Companions

Islamic World

Emirates Bans Exodus Over Mistakes

Following Egypt and Morocco, the United Arab Emirates has banned the screening of the biblical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings”, citing religious and historical mistakes. More

Emirates Bans Exodus Over Mistakes

Muslim Minority

US Muslims Debate Immigration Reform

Though many agree that President Barack Obama’s recently announced immigration reform plan is largely aimed at Hispanics, illegally crossing America’s southern border with Mexico, Muslim Americans are watching closely what changes will be made, and many say they are fine with the president’s proposals. More

US Muslims Debate Immigration Reform

Muslim Minority

Muslim Health Center Unites US Faiths

A US Muslim healthcare unit has been praised not only for helping needy patients but also for presenting a perfect example of interfaith cooperation between Muslims and Jews for the benefit of the less-privileged in their society. More

Muslim Health Center Unites US Faiths

Muslim Minority

Ireland Tops World in Islamic Values

A new survey by a leading US academic has found that Ireland leads the world in embodying Qur’an teachings of justice and Islamic values in a list where Western societies came at a leading position ahead of many Muslim-majority countries. More

Ireland Tops World in Islamic Values