Senior Awami League leader: “I strongly oppose Hajj and Tablighi Jamaat”
A senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party said he strongly opposes Hajj and the Tablighi Jamaat movement.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui, one of the...
Muslim NFL player penalised for celebratory sujood
An American Muslim NFL player has been penalised after celebrating a touchdown by making sujood (prostrating).
Husain Abdullah scored for the Kansas City Chiefs as...
Abu Qatada aqcuitted and released in Jordan
Abu Qatada has been cleared of plotting terror attacks by a court in Jordan but Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May immediately vowed that he...
ISIS frees 49 Turkish hostages
49 Turkish hostages held captive by ISIS in Iraq have been released in what Turkey's president described as a secret rescue operation.
The hostages which...
Family of Dr Aafia Siddiqui pleads with ISIS to spare Britons
The family of the jailed Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui has pleaded with ISIS to spare the lives of two British hostages it has...
Delwar Hussain Sayedee’s death sentence reduced to life imprisonment
Bangladesh's highest court has reduced the death sentence of a prominent Jamaat-e-Islam leader, sparking protests by both his supporters and secular opponents.
In a ruling...
Turkey welcomes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood figures who leave Qatar
Turkey would welcome senior figures from Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after they were asked to leave Qatar under pressure from other Gulf Arab states,...
Austria to ban “ISIS symbols” in crackdown on Islamist groups
Austria plans to ban Islamist groups' symbols and strip citizenship from people who travel abroad to fight with ISIS in a crackdown announced by...
Australia will send 600 soldiers to the Middle East to fight ISIS
Australia will send 600 military personnel to the Middle East as part of an international coalition to fight ISIS.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on...
ISIS and “moderate” Syrian rebels strike truce
The "Islamic State" has reportedly struck a deal with "moderate" Syrian rebels not to fight each other and focus on toppling the Assad government....
