Azerbaijan’s hijab crackdown sparks mass arrests and international outrage
Azerbaijan is facing growing international condemnation over its crackdown on Muslims protesting restrictions on the hijab in schools, with hundreds reportedly detained, schoolgirls denied...
India Muslim student dies following violent clash with Hindu men at religious festival
A 21-year-old Muslim student has died following a violent altercation with a group of alleged Hindu men in Gujarat, India, during a heated political...
Muslim schoolchildren protest against hijab restrictions in Azerbaijan
Schoolchildren across Muslim-majority Azerbaijan have staged protests and boycotted lessons after girls wearing the hijab were barred from classrooms under new government regulations enforcing...
Indian government accused of removing millions of Muslims from electoral roll
More than 130 million names have been removed from India’s electoral rolls in a sweeping revision that critics say risks excluding millions of eligible...
Inside the RSS: The far-right fascists who are remaking India
As outrage grows over the planned U.K. visit of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, many are asking who exactly are the RSS? From its origins...
Uzbekistan after the Soviets: Between Islamic revival and state control
Thirty-five years after independence from atheistic Soviet rule, Uzbekistan is reclaiming its extraordinary Islamic heritage and transforming economically - but serious questions remain over...
Muslim men arrested in India over Mawlid celebration Palestine flag display
Three Muslim men were arrested in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after a Palestinian flag was displayed on top of a large cutout...
Indian court rejects Muslim student’s plea to wear hijab with school uniform
A teenage Muslim schoolgirl in India has been denied the right to wear her hijab to school after a High Court ruled she had...
Muslim woman illegally deported from India to Bangladesh despite holding Indian documents
A Muslim woman from West Bengal was profiled as an illegal Bangladeshi migrant and forcibly pushed across the Indian border into Bangladesh at 1am...
Muslim driver dies after assault by Hindu Kanwar pilgrims in India’s Uttar Pradesh
A 28-year-old Muslim driver has died after allegedly being beaten by a group of Hindu Kanwar pilgrims in northern India, following a road accident...
