Sudan drops death penalty for apostasy, allows non-Muslims to drink alcohol
Sudan has approved wide-ranging amendments to its criminal law including repealing the death penalty for apostasy and allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol.
Public flogging will also...
Mike Tyson goes to Algeria to shoot action movie
Former world heavyweight champion and Muslim convert Mike Tyson is reportedly heading to Oran, Algeria, in September to take part in the country’s first...
Nairobi mall attack and the rise of Islamophobia in Kenya
Despite prominent Muslim leaders condemning and distancing themselves from what they described as a “massacre of innocent civilians” at Nairobi West gate mall on...
Al-Shabaab leader urges Kenyan Muslims to fight government
The leader of the Al-Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group in Somalia Sheikh Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr has called upon Kenyan Muslims to take up arms...
Morocco bans niqabs in schools
Morocco has decided to ban niqabs in schools because it deems that “the dress hinders communication and obstructs the achievement of pedagogical aims.”
The Minister...
More than 2,000 killed in Morocco earthquake
At least 2,012 people were killed and 2,059 injured (1,404 critically) following the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night, the country's Interior Ministry...
Morocco normalises relations with Israel
Morocco has become the latest Muslim nation to agree to normalise relations with Israel in a deal brokered by the U.S.
As part of the...
Funerals held for Morocco earthquake victims
Funeral prayers have been held from Casablanca to Jerusalem for the victims of Friday’s devastating earthquake in Morocco, which has claimed more than 2,100...
Female prisoners tortured and sexually abused in Egyptian prisons
Egypt's Women against the Coup movement has revealed that the authorities arrested 200 women in December and January and accused the interior ministry of...
French troops in CAR accused of forcing girls to have sex with dogs
Nearly a hundred girls in the Central African Republic have claimed they were sexually abused by UN peacekeeping forces, with three claiming that a...
