Saudi Arabia to allow foreigners to buy property
Saudi Arabia is planning to allow foreigners to buy residential and business properties, including in the holy cities of Makkah and Medinah.
Arab News reports that a new law...
Afghanistan rejects UN report on killing, torture of collaborators
The Afghan government has blasted a United Nations report that alleged the Kabul administration has killed and tortured 800 people since its takeover in...
Prominent Sunni cleric arrested in Iran over ‘inciting riots’
A prominent Sunni cleric has been arrested in southeastern Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, the provincial judiciary office said in a statement.
Maulvi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi is...
Pakistan: Police arrest 600 over church attacks
Pakistani police have arrested more than 600 people on charges of ransacking multiple churches and attacking the properties of Christians in Jaranwala, northeastern Punjab...
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,...
Demolition of Muslim homes – the latest weapon of India’s Hindutva
Musafir Hassan in New Delhi reports on the demolition of over 1,200 Muslim homes and buildings in India's Haryana state following the recent anti-Muslim violence...
Jailed Bangladesh Islamic leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi dies
Shaykh Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, the vice president of Bangladesh's opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party and a former member of parliament, has died whilst in jail.
Sayedee, 83,...
Sorcerer sentenced to eight years jail in Afghanistan
A sorcerer has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, amid a crackdown on witchcraft by the Islamic authorities.
The spokesman for the Ministry...
Kuwait bans Barbie movie citing ‘public ethics’ concern
Kuwait's Information Ministry has banned the western feminist propaganda movie Barbie in order to protect "public ethics and traditions," state media said today.
Lafi al-Subaie,...
Indian railway killer says he was ‘driven by hatred of Muslims’
An Indian Railway Protection Force constable who shot dead four people on a train in the state of Maharashtra has said he was...
