U.S. charity plans to use AI to monitor Gaza classrooms to police anti-Israel speech
A U.S. charity operating schools in Gaza plans to use Artificial Intelligence to monitor classroom conversations and flag speech it considers “hateful”, “inciting” or...
Mecca Defence Alliance: Türkiye and Pakistan drawn into Saudi’s endless Yemen war
Türkiye and Pakistan have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war between Saudi and the Houthi...
Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of attack on Makkah, group calls claim a ‘lie’
Saudi Arabia and its allies have accused Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthi movement of targeting Makkah with a drone — a claim the group strongly denies.
Saudi...
Who are Yemen’s Houthis? A brief history of the group now advancing along the Red Sea
As Yemen's Houthi-backed forces secure major gains in a headline-grabbing rapid advance across Yemen's Red Sea coast, 5Pillars takes a look at the background...
Netanyahu ‘ignored UAE warning of major attack’ days before October 7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally warned by the leader of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive against...
UAE pardons Egyptian-Turkish activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi
Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, son of the late prominent scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has been pardoned by the UAE president just days after...
Who is Alparslan Kuytul, the Muslim leader arrested in Türkiye’s Furkan Movement crackdown?
Alparslan Kuytul, the outspoken Muslim leader who has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for years, now finds himself behind bars alongside dozens of his...
Syrian court sentences former Grand Mufti to life imprisonment
A Syrian court has sentenced former Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, one of the most prominent religious supporters of Bashar al-Assad's regime, to life...
Al-Aqsa burned 57 years ago today but the threat is far from gone
It's now 57 years since an arson attack devastated Al-Aqsa Mosque. On this date, 5Pillars' Robert Carter expresses fresh fears for Islam's third holiest...
Israel admits killing five-year-old Hind Rajab after two years of denial
The Israeli regime has accepted responsibility for killing five-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024 and officially opened a criminal investigation, after previously denying that IDF...
