US judge rules Palestinian-American imam Salah Sarsour can be deported
A U.S. immigration judge has ruled that Salah Sarsour, the Palestinian-American president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, can be deported on "foreign policy" and "national...
Italy to ban burqa and niqab in schools
Italy’s government is preparing to ban burqas and niqabs in schools as part of a wider package on migration and integration, which will also...
Morocco and Israel agree major upgrade in diplomatic ties
Morocco and Israel have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic relations to full embassy level and exchange ambassadors, prompting condemnation from Moroccan anti-normalisation campaigners.
The agreement...
Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of attack on Makkah, group calls claim a ‘lie’
Saudi Arabia and its allies have accused Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthi movement of targeting Makkah with a drone — a claim the group strongly denies.
Saudi...
Israeli rights group accuses Tel Aviv of ‘elimination project’ against Palestinians in West Bank
A leading Israeli human rights organisation has accused Israel of carrying out a systematic “elimination project” in the occupied West Bank aimed at dismantling...
Texas: The new frontline of Islamophobia in America
A pig’s head, burning Qur’ans, “Shari’ah cities” and warnings of “Islamification”: something extraordinary is happening in Texas, where Islam has become one of the...
Who are Yemen’s Houthis? A brief history of the group now advancing along the Red Sea
As Yemen's Houthi-backed forces secure major gains in a headline-grabbing rapid advance across Yemen's Red Sea coast, 5Pillars takes a look at the background...
Netanyahu ‘ignored UAE warning of major attack’ days before October 7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally warned by the leader of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive against...
Muslim America 25 years after 9/11: Growing influence, enduring Islamophobia
A quarter of a century after the September 11 attacks, America's Muslim population has more than doubled and its political influence has grown significantly...
UAE pardons Egyptian-Turkish activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi
Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, son of the late prominent scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has been pardoned by the UAE president just days after...
