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UK Muslims Deplore Anti-Prophet Posters

A new provocative anti-Muslim campaign has hit the streets in eastern British West Watford district after Muslim residents found provocative posters depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) which was rejected as “absolutely unacceptable”. More

UK Muslims Deplore Anti-Prophet Posters

World News

Italy’s Far-right Protest Muslim Swim

Members of the far-right, neo-nazi Italian party “Forza Nuova” have marched in Venice to protest an earlier decision specifying time for Muslim women at swimming pool to integrate the religion minority. More

Italy’s Far-right Protest Muslim Swim

World News

Muslim Women Sidelined in Malawi Polls

Hard efforts to increase the number of women contesting in Malawi’s first-ever tripartite elections have turned futile after a small number of Muslim women were signed as candidates to represent the religious minority in the southern African nation. More

Muslim Women Sidelined in Malawi Polls

Muslim Minority

US Muslims Share Islam with Campus

A Muslim students’ group at Western Washington University have held various events on campus this week as part of Islamic Awareness Week on campus, educating their colleagues about Islam and correcting misconception about the Islamic culture. More

US Muslims Share Islam with Campus

Islamic World

Dubai Sees Record Reversions to Islam

More than one thousand Dubai residents of different nationalities have reverted to Islam over the past few months at the Islamic Information Centre of the Dubai government-run Dar Al Ber Society, making a record in 2014. More

Dubai Sees Record Reversions to Islam

Muslim Minority

Italian Halal Food Lures UK Muslims

The first ever Italian halal food has opened its door in Bradford, offering a new European flavor to the Muslim professionals who usually face restricted choices in non-halal restaurants. More

Italian Halal Food Lures UK Muslims

Islamic World

Arab Spring is Western Plot: Al-Azhar Imam

Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, has asserted that Arab Spring revolutions have been part of a larger plot by the west to divide these countries in a bid to recolonize them. More

Arab Spring is Western Plot: Al-Azhar Imam

World News

Malawi to Get First TV Islam Soon

Malawian Muslims will have their first Islamic television channel soon as preparations continue for the construction of its studios and planning of its programs. More

Malawi to Get First TV Islam Soon

Muslim Minority

Greece Files First Veiled MP for EU Parliament

A hijab-clad Greek woman has become the first ever Muslim candidate to represent her country at the coming European Parliament elections, hoping to prevent anti-Muslim discrimination and ensure equality for the religious minority. More

Greece Files First Veiled MP for EU Parliament

Islamic World

Saudi blogger jailed for 10 years

A Saudi court has imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi for 10 years for "insulting Islam" and setting up a liberal web forum, local media report. More

Saudi blogger jailed for 10 years

Muslim Minority

Islamic Relief Celebrates 30 Years of Giving

A Birmingham Islamic charity has marked 30 years of providing international aid to people in need worldwide, growing from a small humanitarian charity into a global development agency. More

Islamic Relief Celebrates 30 Years of Giving

Muslim Minority

French Exhibition Showcases Spirit of Hajj

Taking a closer look at the Muslims’ spiritual journey of hajj, Paris has opened a special exhibition to explore how the life-time journey has changed over hundreds of years, showcasing works of art, photography, rare manuscripts and textiles. More

French Exhibition Showcases Spirit of Hajj