Last Modified:  28 May 2013 02:47  GMT

I know that I am walking a very fine line here but I will and I have to. Recently Fazil Say, the Turkish pianist, faced a sentence of up to one and a half years in prison for the crime of 'openly insulting the sacred values of a certain fraction of the general public'. By Sinem Tezyapar

Last Modified:  28 May 2013 02:42  GMT

A Muslim from Kashmir, where millions of Muslims live in suffering and that has literally turned into an open-air prison for them, wrote this on his blog this week. By Didem Rahvanci

Last Modified:  28 May 2013 12:29  GMT

Why is nobody convinced it was two young Chechens behind the Boston events? Because strange things are happening. And the world is now more aware of these strange goings-on! By Aylin Kocaman

Last Modified:  23 May 2013 12:18  GMT

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied lands commemorated Wednesday, May 15, the Nakba Day, which marks the creation of Israel on the rubble of Palestine. Sixty-five years after the Nakba, we affirm ...

Last Modified:  23 May 2013 12:18  GMT

CAIRO - A machete attack on an army cadet in London on Wednesday, May 22, is inviting the outrage of the Muslim community in Britain for contradicting the basic teachings of Islam.“This is a truly barbaric act that has no ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 08:18  GMT

CAIRO - The murder of a Muslim lawmaker in Nepal is sparking outrage in Nepal, amid accusations of targeting Muslims in the Hindu-majority Asian country.“It appears that every time a Muslim gets popular, or reaches a high ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 04:18  GMT

WASHINGTON - Large majorities of Muslims around the world want the application of Shari`ah as the official law in their countries, but differ on the degree of implementation, a new global survey has found. Muslims are not ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 04:18  GMT

CAIRO - Portrayed negatively in the US media and American public, Muslim students in the southwest suburb of Chicago have joined hands to change the prevailing misconceptions about their community. We just felt that we wer ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 04:18  GMT

WASHINGTON - While Muslim teams have been deployed to help those in need, US Muslim leaders have appealed to the sizable minority to join efforts to aid victims of a devastating tornado in Oklahoma that wiped whole blocks of ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 12:18  GMT

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Israeli occupation forces detained the Grand Mufti of Al-Quds on Wednesday, May 8, after storming into his house, drawing condemnations from Palestinian officials. At 8.10 a.m. two vehicles from Israel ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 10:15  GMT

06 May 2012 Hussein al-Kharsan, a 25-year-old Iraqi, aims to writie the longest copy of the Qur'an in the world. Kharsan says t ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 10:15  GMT

07 April 2012 Some of the world's most recognized and renowned authorites in Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Theory are meeting i ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 10:15  GMT

28 February 2012 Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed Al Maktoum has launched the world's ...

Last Modified:  22 May 2013 04:18  GMT

LAGOS - Worried of being caught in the fight between security forces and militants, fears are gripping Muslims in north-eastern Nigeria over an army swoop to hunt down Boko Haram members.“Everybody now lives in fear of bei ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 08:18  GMT

WASHINGTON - Raising concerns about Buddhist attacks against Muslims, US President Barack Obama has urged Burma to end violence against the Muslim minority in the Asian country. I also shared with President Sein our deep c ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 04:18  GMT

SITTWE, Burma - Fleeing prosecution to monsoon danger, boats carrying dozens Rohingya Muslims have capsized after being trapped by storm in the troubling sea. The government has been repeatedly warned to make appropriate a ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 04:18  GMT

NEW JERSEY - Shedding light on heroism of Muslims who risked their lives to rescue Jews during World War II, the Jewish community in New Jersey has hosted an exhibition to remember how they were protected by Muslims in Albani ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 04:18  GMT

CAIRO - Considering it the center of their sizable community, Muslims in Edmonton are celebrating the diamond jubilee of Canada's first mosque.“We want to send a message to the whole community, to thank them for what they ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 12:18  GMT

CAIRO - Growing up to hate Arabs, Islam and Muslims, a young American was led to Islam after meeting a hijab-clad Muslim at a Washington camp for scholarship winners. I grew up in Tacoma, and I'd never seen a Muslim, Carl ...

Last Modified:  21 May 2013 12:18  GMT

WASHINGTON - Muslims around the world, particularly in Europe and Asia, are facing rising hostility and violence, amid restrictions on their right to wear religious outfits, a US report has found.“Anti-Muslim rhetoric and ...