'India must use legal methods to end violence against Muslims’

In the worst communal violence in decades in New Delhi on February 23, more than 50 people were killed and over 100 wounded as groups chanting Hindu nationalist slogans torched mosques and dozens of Muslim houses after looting shops and businesses.

Muslim, Christian scholars gather in Istanbul

Located in the historical Suleymaniye district of Istanbul, the university organizes the symposium on March 9-12, 2020. In the symposium, Muslim and Christian scholars will discuss and share their current researches from a philosophical and theological perspective.

Iranians launch social media campaign against India's anti-Muslim approach

They flooded the Instagram page of Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah with comments on his latest post, decrying India’s brutal crackdown on the Muslim community.

Iran's FM condemns organized violence against Muslims in India

“Iran condemns the wave of organized violence against Indian Muslims,” Zarif said in a tweet on Monday, while highlighting amicable relations between Tehran and New Delhi

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Iran worried about violence against Muslims in India

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is following up on the issue through many channels and we have heard that some Muslim countries have had some movements.”

Muslims return to fire-bombed mosques as India riot toll jumps to 42

Indian police arrested 514 people for deadly religious violence that broke out in the capital, the government said on Friday, as it faced mounting international criticism for failing to protect minority Muslims.

Macron’s controversial plan sparks criticism from Muslims

In a speech last week in Bourtzwiller, a district in the eastern French city of Mulhouse, Macron outlined his ideas for an approach which he said would battle "separatism" and "communitarianism", or the proliferation of communities governing themselves apart from the French Republic.

Nigerian Christian and Muslim leaders among delegates at Belfast peace conference

Organised by Co-operation Ireland in partnership with the Global Peace Foundation, the four-day event, which begins today, aims to help delegates take lessons from Northern Ireland's road to peace.

Muslim Council of Britain responds to Islamophobic comments of airline CEO

“Michael O’Leary should be under no illusion: his comments are racist and discriminatory. He openly advocates discrimination against “males of a Muslim persuasion”, which presumably is not based on specific intelligence but solely whether someone ‘looks or acts like a Muslim’. This is the very definition of Islamophobia.

German far-right arrests reveal ‘shocking’ attack plot on mosques

Twelve members of the group were arrested during raids by security forces on 13 locations in six German states on Friday.

Germany busts 'terrorist organisation' that planned attacks on Muslims

German police detained 12 men on Friday suspected of setting up a far-right organisation with the goal of carrying out attacks against politicians, asylum seekers and Muslims, the Federal Prosecutor's Office (GBA) said.

Rouhani, cabinet renew allegiance with Imam Khomeini

Rouhani and his cabinet commemorated the great founder of the revolution, and the late Chairman of the country’s Expediency Discernment Council Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, reciting fatiha and laying a wreath on their tombs.

Iraqi cleric relates Quds as Muslims' identity

In his statement which was released on Saturday, Hakim stressed the fact that Quds is regarded as Muslims' humanitarian Islamic Arab issue and it would not be possible to deal it.

French politics feeds off Muslim bashing and Islamophobia

Abdallah Zekri, president of the National Observatory of Islamophobia, recently issued a written statement saying the years of misinformation and propaganda spread through international media linked Islam with individual or collective acts of terror, leaving Muslims all over the world in a precarious situation and threatening their existence on the planet.

Researchers in Istanbul discuss Indian legal discrimination against Muslims

The roundtable discussion was organised on Wednesday by the South Asia Strategic Research Center (GASAM), a think tank founded by Ali Şahin, a Turkish Islamic who studied in Pakistan and who now serves as the deputy minister for European Affairs on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet.

US ‘Deal of Century’ seeking to humiliate all Muslims: Larijani

“Taking a quick look into US’ measures, one can understand that they have devised a larger plan to humiliate all Muslims by the ‘fraud of the century’,” Larijani said Tuesday at the open session of the Parliament.

Kentucky Muslims urged to raise their voices on ‘Muslim Day’ at State Capitol

Waheeda Muhammad, chair of the Kentucky Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the event aims to familiarize Muslims with government works, to bring them together with their representatives and make their voices heard.

Pakistan: Hindu custodian of mosque in Karachi

A Hindu custodian of a mosque in a Muslim majority country may sound far-fetched. But Pahlaj Rae, a local businessman has been taking care of this mosque over many years.

UK police pull 'outrageous' Islamophobic pamphlet

The Metro, a British daily, reported a 12-page document released by counter terrorism police in southeast England was intended to give examples of behavior to look out for that could be considered “extremist.”

Terror police recall guidance listing ‘standard Muslim beliefs’ as signs of extremism

Human rights groups condemned the 12-page document produced by counter terrorism police in south-east England for undermining ‘free expression and discrimination’.

A Muslim in Bristol: Almost two decades later, and we’re still living in the shadow of the twin towers

Nearly 20 years later, the effect of that incessant, unforgiving focus on our communities - that woeful ignorance, that unbending finger-pointing – is now agonisingly palpable.

British Imam says Muslims should 'aspire to be like' Qassem Soleimani in tribute to 'martyred' general

Dozens of Muslims attended a memorial service held at the religious hub in Maida Vale, London.

Another mosque attack in Germany

A glass door of the Mimar Sinan Mosque, which is managed by the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), was broken during the attack.

Muslims attend community memorial at Islamic Centre in London for the death of General Qassem Soleimani

Crowds squeezed into the religious hub and sat beneath a painting of the Islamic Republic's second-in-command and Iraqi military commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, as they paid their respects to those massacred in the US airstrikes.

Almost 30,000 Jewish extremist entered Al – Aqsa mosque by force in 2019

Khatib stressed that the Islamic Waqf department insists on confronting all measures and violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and all its buildings, including Bab al-Rahma, also known as the Golden Gate, which he said is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and which Israeli police have been trying to keep Muslim worshippers away from

New India law aims to disenfranchise Muslims

The Hindu nationalist-backed party has made the rooting out and deportation of foreigners, through the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), one of its central pillars since its inception in 1980.

Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve

In a message on Christmas Eve, Imam Khamenei said: “Following Jesus Christ requires adherence to righteousness and abhorrence of anti-righteous powers, and it is hoped that Christians and Muslims in every part of the world will adhere to this great lesson from Jesus (pbuh) in their lives and deeds.”

Arabs-Israel normalization of ties amounts to treason, Hamas says

In a press release on Sunday, Abdul-Latif al-Qanua said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to welcome Tel Aviv’s warming relations with Arab countries was “a reflection of how deep these ties have gone, and the level some Arab regimes have sunk to.”

OIC concerned over issues affecting Muslims in India

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India.

India: 15 killed, mainly Muslims in anti-citizenship law protests

Inspector General of Police Praveen Kumar confirmed the death toll to Anadolu Agency saying fresh cases were reported from the northern Uttar Pradesh state.