Pakistani scholars pledge to open mosques despite coronavirus lockdown
All eyes will be on jumu'ah prayers tomorrow in Pakistan after influential imams pledged to open mosques despite the country’s coronavirus lockdown being extended...
Sri Lanka has locked up this Muslim lawyer without charge for nearly five months
The prominent Sri Lankan Muslim lawyer, Hejaaz Hizbullah, is being described by human rights groups as the latest victim of Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention...
Female Palestinian prisoner strip searched and photographed by male Israel soldiers
A Palestinian woman was strip searched by male Israeli soldiers who took pictures of her undressed on their mobile phones, Amnesty International has said.
Khitam...
Macron: French troops and diplomatic staff to leave Niger
Emmanuel Macron has announced that French troops in Niger, as well as France’s ambassador and its diplomatic staff, will leave the country.
The news comes following...
Ugandan Muslims prosper after years of repression
Amani Ali writes that Ugandan Muslims were persecuted by the majority community after the fall of the dictator Idi Amin in 1979. But, as...
Dozens killed in explosion outside Kabul airport
Two explosions have killed at least 40 people, including three U.S. soldiers, and wounded 120 outside Kabul’s airport.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said one blast occurred...
Malaysian scientist part of team that proved Einstein’s gravitational waves theory
A Malaysian woman is among the international group of scientists who made the ground-breaking discovery of Albert Einstein’s gravitational waves theory.
Malaysian-born Hafizah Noor Isa...
Bangladeshi regime is ‘colluding with criminal gang and buying Israeli equipment’
An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed that a criminal gang is colluding with Bangladesh’s security forces and profiting from links to Prime Mnister Sheikh Hasina.
The...
Bangladeshi scientist among researchers who have made groundbreaking cancer test
Cancer affects every family which is why so much research goes into understanding and hopefully curing it. People get critical (catastrophic) illness insurance just...
Uzbekistan buries secular dictator Islam Karimov
President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan who was responsible for gross human rights abuses and the persecution of Muslims under the banner of preventing "Islamic...
