NEWS FROM THE UK
Over 400 Muslim imams and scholars support MEND, CAGE and MAB after Michael Gove...
More than 400 UK imams and scholars have issued a statement rejecting Michael Gove's new extremism definition and calling on Muslims to support MEND, CAGE, the Muslim Association of Britain and Imam Shakeel Begg.
The...
Named Muslim groups slam Michael Gove’s controversial extremism speech
Muslim groups named by Government Minister Michael Gove during his new extremism definition announcement in Parliament have hit back, branding the announcement "slander" by "extremist" MP Gove.
Several prominent UK Muslim groups were named by...
Govt to provide £117m security funding to mosques
Ahead of a major announcement on "extremism," the government has announced that it will provide British Muslim institutions with more than £117 million of protective security funding over the next four years.
The funding will...
Teenage Muslim boy seriously assaulted in Glasgow
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault on a Muslim boy in the Queen’s Drive area of Glasgow.
Around 8.30pm on Friday, March 8, a 13-year-old boy was found with stab wounds...
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
French Football Federation tells players not to observe Ramadan
The French Football Federation has made it clear to the Muslim players in the national team that it will not make any allowances for the fact that they are fasting during Ramadan.
The national team, which...
Pakistani military kills eight in airstrikes on Afghanistan
Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Kabul said its forces retaliated against the airstrikes by hitting Pakistani military installations.
Condemning the attacks, Mujahid...
Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as new Pakistani PM despite losing elections
Shehbaz Sharif has been appointed and sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly, three weeks after his party lost the general elections.
Sharif, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz...
Ghana to jail those who commit or promote LGBTQ acts
Ghana’s parliament has voted to pass a bill which will punish those who take part in LGBTQ sexual acts, as well as those who promote the rights of gay, lesbian or other non-conventional sexual or...