U.S. General calls the Taliban “apostates” and says American army are the “mujahideen”
Video footage of U.S Marine Corps General Robert Neller ex-communicating the Taliban as "apostates" and claiming that the American army are the real "mujahideen".
Bangladesh: Police arrest 5,000 Jamaat-e-Islami supporters after Sayeedi death
Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami has alleged that its late leader Allama Delawar Hossain Sayeedi died due to lack of medical treatment in jail,...
Sheikh Bilal Philips forced to leave Bangladesh
A prominent Jamaican-born Salafi scholar has been forced to leave Bangladesh for his alleged "extremist" views.
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips left Dhaka last Wednesday after...
Over 40 dead in Pakistan mosque attack
More than 40 people have been killed and about 150 wounded in a bomb attack targeting police at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sarbakaf Mohmand,...
Netherlands forces killed 20 Afghans unlawfully, Dutch court rules
A court in the Netherlands has ruled that a deadly bombing of a residential compound in Afghanistan by Dutch forces in 2007 was unlawful,...
Afghanistan bans women’s beauty parlours
The Afghan authorities have banned women’s beauty parlours but have not given a reason why.
A spokesman for the Islamic Emirate's Virtue and Vice Ministry,...
Several killed in Bangladesh violence following alleged Quran desecration
At least seven people have been killed and hundreds injured in violence that broke out in Bangladesh after the Quran was allegedly desecrated.
A photo...
Afghanistan urges ‘patience’ on female education
Calling education a “shared need of Muslims,” the Afghan administration has urged “patience” on the issue of girl’s education in the country.
“Girls’ education is...
Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes on ‘terror targets’ inside Iran
Pakistan has said it struck "terrorist hideouts" in Iran, less than two days after Tehran launched airstrikes on Pakistani territory.
Media reports suggest that Pakistan hit the Balochistan...
Afghanistan bans U.S. funded media outlets
The Afghan authorities have banned two U.S. government-funded radio outlets from broadcasting in the country - Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...
