Bangladesh’s only LGBT editor hacked to death
Bangladeshi police have confirmed the death of a prominent gay rights activist who was the country's only LGBT magazine editor.
The US ambassador to Bangladesh...
Latvia bans the niqab in public places
Latvia has banned Muslim women from wearing the niqab in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in the entire country.
Authorities...
Jewish extremist convicted for murder of Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir
A Jewish extremist claiming to be "the messiah" has been convicted of burning a Palestinian teenager to death after his plea of insanity was...
French prime minister wants to ban the hijab in universities
Prime Minister Manuel Valls of France has sparked controversy by suggesting the hijab should be banned in universities, and that a majority of French...
Seven month old baby searched by airport security after being put on terror list
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused the U.S. Government of putting a 7-month-old-infant on a terror watch list, which resulted in...
Muslim leaders exposed by Panama Papers leak
Muslim leaders and their families have been exposed as using secret offshore accounts to stash billions of dollars of cash and manage investments and...
Teacher calls 12 year old boy a terrorist in US school
A teacher in Texas who called a 12-year-old boy a “terrorist” has been placed on paid administrative leave.
The Independent reports that the schoolboy, 12...
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...
Bangladesh court rejects plans to remove Islam as state religion
Bangladesh High Court has rejected a petition calling for the removal of Islam as the official state religion.
The High Court dismissed the request and...
Egypt forces 32 judges to retire for opposing the military’s removal of Morsi
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has forced 32 judges to retire for opposing the army’s removal of president Mohamed Morsi via a military coup in...
