EXCLUSIVE: Mosul resident speaks to 5Pillarz about life under ISIS “Caliphate”
In an exclusive interview with 5Pillarz, a resident of Mosul describes life under ISIS and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s first public Khutbah.
Abu Abdullah is a...
Kurdish media report claims U.S. Army transported 50 tonnes of gold from Syria
The U.S. Army has transferred 50 tonnes of gold from former ISIS-controlled areas in Syria to the United States, a Kurdish media agency reports.
A...
Dutch politician who hated Islam and said ‘Quran is poison’ describes his first Ramadan
A former Dutch politician who once said “Islam is a lie” and the “Quran is poison” describes his first Ramadan after becoming Muslim last...
American civil rights group pays $3.3m damages to Maajid Nawaz and Quilliam
An American civil rights organisation has apologised to Maajid Nawaz and paid him and his Quilliam organisation $3.3m after calling him an anti Muslim...
Abu Hamza sentenced to life in prison
Controversial preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to life in prison, eight months after he was convicted of federal terrorism charges in New...
Freddie Oumar Kanoute helps raise $1m to build mosque in Seville
The former footballer Freddie Oumar Kanoute has helped to raise over $1m in a crowdfunding campaign to build the first mosque in Seville, Spain,...
Sri Lanka Supreme Court rejects demands to stop cremating Muslim COVID-19 victims
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has rejected petitions by members of the Muslim community against the government's regulation that makes cremations mandatory for COVID-related...
U.S. school bans Muslim girl from volleyball match for wearing hijab
A Tennessee high school athlete has been disqualified from a volleyball match for wearing a hijab.
Najah Aqeel, who studies at at Valor Collegiate Prep...
Junaid Jamshed feared dead after Pakistan plane crash
The nasheed artist and businessman Junaid Jamshed is feared dead as he was one of the 47 passengers on board the Islamabad-bound flight that crashed...
Austria passes law banning hijab in primary schools but not Sikh turban or Jewish...
The Austrian parliament has approved a law banning girls in primary schools from wearing the hijab.
The bill which was passed on Wednesday is likely...
