Islam World

It aims to collect and collate the history of Scotland’s 85,000 Muslims through personal recollections   An innovative social media campaign has been launched to highlight the contribution Muslims have made to life in Scotland. It aims to collect and…

was not allowed to take the test and was asked to remove her veil   Muslim and Christian female students were barred from taking the All-India Pre Medical Test after refusing to remove their religious garments, sparking anger among the…

Taliban militants have gained control of a large police base in Afghanistan’s remote northeastern region   Taliban militants have gained control of a large police base in Afghanistan’s remote northeastern region, after security personnel surrendered following more than three days…

Gunmen have shot dead a prominent Shia campaigner   Gunmen have shot dead a prominent Shia campaigner in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, security sources say. Pakistani police sources said that the attackers attacked Iqbal Baig in his home…

Iraqi special forces have managed to recapture a university campus from the ISIS   Iraqi special forces have managed to recapture a university campus from the ISIS takfiri terrorist group in the western province of Anbar. Military sources said that…

said that most of the houses in the area were leveled and a fire broke out   Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 120 civilians and wounded more than 150 after shelling a residential area in the Yemeni province of…

Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people   Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people and injured 32 others in northern Cameroon, the president’s office said, in what appeared to be the deepest incursion by Boko…

several possible terror attacks planned by supporters of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group   Tajik authorities say two merchants running shops at Dushanbe’s Korvon market have been arrested on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Dushanbe, Kulob, Rasht and…

Some 500 people turned out for the protest rally in the Kadikoy district   The Turkish police in the port city of Istanbul have clashed with hundreds of people who were demonstrating to denounce violence and crimes by the IS terrorist…

Arour is a firebrand cleric from Hama who is now a popular TV figure in Saudi Arabia   The Syrian government has reportedly sentenced five leading opponents of the regime, including Youssef Qardawi, Adnan al-Arour and Al-Jazeera journalist Faisal al-Qassem, to death…