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At least 19 civilians were killed when armed men raided a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali, officials have said, in the latest bloodshed in the troubled region.The governor of Tillaberi region said dozens of heavily…

At least 40 migrants have drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, United Nations and Tunisian officials said.The Tunisian coast guard had so far recovered 21 bodies, all African migrants, and rescued…

The Islamic Museum in the German capital of Berlin is hosting the Islamic Culture Exhibition, which displays European Islamic artifacts.The exhibition aims to develop Islamic culture and traditions and introduce Islamic culture in Europe from the 15th century to the…

As many as 65,000 people have fled the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak following a series of attacks by an armed group, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the…

The far-right Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, who is known for his anti-Islam stances, attacked Islam and Muslims again, saying that “the culture of the month of Ramadan does not represent the Netherlands.”The far-right politician, who is the head of the…

Jay Gardner, the advisor for the Interfaith Organization for Human Rights in Virginia, USA, applied to the State Corrections Department, to find out the status of Muslim prisoners and detainees and whether they would be able to fast during the…

US President Joe Biden pledged to defend the persecuted Muslims in the world, congratulating all Muslims inside and outside the United States on the onset of the holy month of Ramadan.Biden criticized hate crimes against American Muslims, and said, “Muslim…

Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the former Grand Mufti of the Republic of Egypt and a senior member of the Council of Scholars in al-Azhar, reiterated the importance of the Site of the Head of Imam Hussain, peace be upon him, in…

The trial of 11 suspected members of a far-right “terror” group has begun in the German city of Stuttgart.The suspects, aged between 32 and 61, were arrested in February last year.Prosecutors say the 11 men – all Germans – were…

The spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, called on the international community to stop “the continuous Israeli aggression against Islamic and Christian holy sites” in occupied Jerusalem and the aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque.The spokesman for the presidency considered…