Afghanistan cracks down on opium production
Afghan farmers, who once cultivated opium poppies, are now harvesting roses.
In the Dara-I-Nur district of Nangarhar, approximately 700 to 800 farmers have embraced the...
Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq released from house detention
The Kashmiri separatist religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has been released by the Indian authorities after four years of house detention.
Addressing an emotionally-charged gathering at Jamia...
Canada investigates possible link between India, killing of Sikh activist
Should Muslim critics of India living abroad be worried after Indian agents allegedly assassinated a prominent Sikh critic in Canada?
After PM Justin Trudeau dropped...
Indian university security assault Muslim female students
A group of female Muslim students at Desh Bhagat University in the Punjab say they were assaulted and badly beaten by campus police on...
Poll: Huge majorities in Malaysia and Indonesia support Shari’ah law
Overwhelming majorities of Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia favour making Shari'ah law the official law of the land, according to new research.
A Pew Research...
Disabled Indian Muslim student attacked
A Muslim PhD student with physical disabilities needed hospitalization after an attack by Hindu nationalists, according to the National Students' Union of India (NSUI).
Farooque...
OIC reminds Afghanistan that education is ‘Islamic obligation for women’
A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reminded Afghanistan’s government on that education is an “Islamic obligation for...
Sri Lanka: Channel 4 alleges state collusion in Easter Sunday attacks
Sri Lanka is to appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made by Britain's Channel 4 that the then government may have colluded in...
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...
Kyrgyzstan bans TikTok amid concerns over impact on children
The Muslim-majority Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has banned TikTok after appeals from non-governmental organisations about the impact of the platform on children's mental...
