Turkey rejects calls to re-establish Caliphate
A spokesman for Turkey's ruling AKP party has said the nation will remain a secular republic after a pro-government magazine issued a call to...
EXCLUSIVE: Caliph Abdulhamid’s great-grandson on Hagia Sophia and Islamic revival
In this exclusive interview with the great-grandson of Caliph Abdülhamid II, deputy editor of 5Pillars Dilly Hussain discusses the restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque and...
The restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque: Symbolism, hope and Islamic revival
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, speaks with Dr Yakoob Ahmed - a Ottoman historian at Istanbul University - about the restoration of Hagia...
Hagia Sophia khutba: Today is the day of honour and humbleness
This is the full transcript of the first jumu'ah khutba in Hagia Sophia in 86 years delivered by Imam Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey’s...
350,000 attend first jumu’ah prayers at Hagia Sophia Mosque for 86 years
Around 350,000 people have attended Friday prayers in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 decree that had turned the...
VIDEO: Dr Zakir Naik on Turkey’s restoration of Hagia Sophia as a mosque
The prominent Indian Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik shares his thoughts on Turkey's decision to restore Hagia Sophia back to mosque, after it was...
Germany prosecutes BDS activists who interrupted speech by Israel Knesset member
A vigil has been held outside the German Embassy in London in solidarity with three BDS activists who are on trial in Germany accused of...
U.S. Muslim leader condemns Hagia Sophia decision
The president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has condemned Turkey for restoring Hagia Sophia as a mosque.
Dr Sayyid M Syeed also called...
Tunisian blogger who ‘desecrated’ Quran sentenced to six months prison
A Tunisian court has sentenced a blogger to six months in prison and a $700 fine for reposting a joke on Facebook about coronavirus...
South Africa bans alcohol to contain spread of coronavirus
South Africa has banned alcohol sales once again to help contain the spread of coronavirus.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban - South Africa's...
