Islam

Green-domed mosques still dominate the skyline of China's “Little Mecca”, but they have undergone a profound change — no longer do boys flit through their stone courtyards en route to classes and prayers. In what locals told AP they fear…

JAKARTA: An Indonesian was jailed for five years Monday for a Facebook post deemed offensive to Islam, his lawyer said, the latest conviction under the country's controversial electronic information law. Alnoldy Bahari, 39, was found…

PHOENIX, USA: Two women who were arrested last Thursday after breaking into an Arizona mosque yelling derogatory comments while broadcasting the whole episode on Facebook Live have been charged with burglary.  Tahnee Gonzales, 32, and…

BERLIN: New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam did not belong to Germany, in an interview published on Friday, setting him on a collision course with Chancellor Angela Merkel who has stressed the need to integrate Muslims.…

For decades, Muslims and Hindus in the sub-continent, have been divided by their religion, culture, and traditions, even after partition. But no obstacle can stop love, whether it is caste, creed, religion, color or anything else.…

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a Jewish convert to Islam to 38 months in prison. Valentin Mazlevski, 40, a Belorussian immigrant who moved to Israel in 1996  was blamed for having ties with Islamic State militant group,…

ATHENS: The Greek parliament on Tuesday made the practice of Islamic sharia law in family disputes optional for the country's Muslim minority, changing a century-old legacy. Greece's leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras immediately…

CAIRO: Egypt's grand mufti has said that bitcoin is forbidden in Islam, warning the digital currency could be used for criminal purposes. Bitcoin, launched in 2009 and based on a peer-to-peer payment system, poses "high risks to…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday vowed to restore "moderate, open" policy in the kingdom. "We are returning to what we were before — a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and…

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves, raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia. The researchers at Uppsala University behind the study also show…