Islam

U.S. 16 hours ago

Islamic religious leader in Texas arrested on charges of sex crimes against children

An Islamic religious leader was arrested in Houston last week on charges of sex crimes against children under the age of 14, authorities said on Monday.  

World 16 hours ago

Indian protests erupt as high court postpones hearing challenges to new immigration law

Demonstrations erupted once again across India on Wednesday following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to postpone hearing challenges to a controversial new immigration law that grants citizenship on the basis of religion. 

World 16 hours ago

India expected to pass law approving citizenship for nearby refugees--unless they're Muslim

Indian lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday granting citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but only if they are not Muslim. 

Faith & Values 16 hours ago

Supreme Court rejects case of Christian teen forced to write Islamic conversion prayer

Supreme Court rejects case of Christian Maryland student forced to write Muslim conversion prayer.

World 16 hours ago

Italian solider stabbed in neck, shoulder by man carrying scissors, shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

An Italian soldier was stabbed in the neck and shoulder outside a Milan train station Tuesday by a man wielding a pair of scissors and shouting “Allahu Akbar."

Entertainment 16 hours ago

Sinead O'Connor says she's always been Muslim but didn't realize it

Sinead O'Connor insists that she's always been Muslim — but that she only realized it recently.

World 16 hours ago

Bangladesh court rules to drop 'virgin' question on marriage forms

A Bangladeshi court recently ruled that women in the Muslim-majority country will no longer have to declare whether they are virgins on their marriage registration forms - a decision women's rights groups say is a step in the right direction toward gender equality.   

U.S. 16 hours ago

Muslim cleric in Texas ordered to pay woman $2.5M in sexual exploitation lawsuit

A Dallas-area Muslim cleric was ordered on Thursday to pay $2.5 million to a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting.

Faith & Values 16 hours ago

Spirited Debate: 2nd Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom helps form ‘extraordinary’ friendship: author

The goal of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom is to discover ways to promote religious freedom and hold religious oppressors accountable.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Philadelphia Police Department puts 72 officers on desk duty amid investigation into anti-Muslim social media posts

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross confirmed Wednesday that seventy-two Philadelphia police officers were placed on administrative duty amid an internal investigation into alleged racist, inappropriate and anti-Muslim social media posts made by officers on the force.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Group seeks hate crime probe of Ali mural vandalism

A Muslim advocacy group wants Kentucky authorities to investigate vandalism on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali as a possible hate crime.

World 16 hours ago

German court lifts city's ban on burkini swimsuits

A German court has lifted a city's ban on the burkini, an all-encompassing swimsuit used by some Muslim women.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Michigan mosque leader says 'wife beating' is a way to remind a woman she 'misbehaved'

A clip unveiled by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) this week shows Michigan-based Shiite Imam Bassem al-Sheraa “educating” students on the role of “wife-beating.”

U.S. 16 hours ago

Tennessee DA faces investigation after Islam, gay comments

A Tennessee district attorney is under investigation after posting anti-Islamic social media comments and saying gay people shouldn't receive domestic violence protections.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Woman who lifted Arizona mosque items gets probation

A woman captured on video making derogatory comments about Muslims as she and a friend took pamphlets and other items from an Arizona mosque is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on an aggravated criminal damage conviction.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Supreme Leader: Iran will continue resisting US pressure

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Iran will continue resisting U.S. economic and political pressure.

U.S. 16 hours ago

The Latest: Probation for woman who took items from mosque

The Latest on the sentencing of a woman who made derogatory comments about Muslims as she and a friend took items from an Arizona mosque (all times local): 10:30 a.m.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Foodies, faithful flock to Metro Detroit Ramadan festivals

Shortly before midnight, a buzzing crowd stood patiently in a line that bent around the corner of a community center and stretched far back into the night.

U.S. 16 hours ago

The Latest: No plea from Army vet charged with hate crime

The Latest on a California man accused of intentionally driving into a group of pedestrians (all times local): 3:30 p.m.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Pompeo to Europe to seek backing, easing of Iran tensions

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seeking European support and a potential diplomatic climb-down to ease rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could 'burn' Iraq

Leading Iraqi Shiite figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the U.S. and Iran, saying it would turn Iraq into a battlefield yet again, just as it is on the path to recovery.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Group wants Tennessee DA to resign over anti-Islam post

A Tennessee district attorney is facing calls to resign after posting several anti-Islam remarks to social media.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Man to stay jailed over talk about avenging mosque attacks

A federal judge has ruled a New York man will remain in custody in Montana pending his June 24 trial over charges that he lied to authorities about discussions he had about joining the Islamic State group and attacking random people to avenge shootings at two New Zealand mosques.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Muslim prison guard accuses Georgia agency of discrimination

A Georgia prison guard who recently converted to Islam says the state Department of Corrections won't allow her to wear a hijab at work.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Muslim groups apologize for video: Mistake 'ours to own'

Muslim leaders in Philadelphia are apologizing for an event last month at which children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings and the liberation of Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.

World 16 hours ago

Iranian students protest college's compulsory hijab policy and 'morality' enforcers

Students of Tehran University demonstrated on Monday against the institution’s policy of coercing women to wear hijabs. They scuffled with counter-protesters.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Connecticut mosque blaze being investigated as arson, fire chief says

A fire that broke out at a Connecticut mosque on Sunday during the holy month of Ramadan is being investigated as arson, fire officials said.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Trump cites Ramadan as time of 'hope, tolerance and peace'

President Donald Trump is celebrating the month of Ramadan as a time when people join forces in "pursuit of hope, tolerance and peace."

U.S. 16 hours ago

Kentucky imam, 2 others charged in murder-for-hire plot

The head of a Lexington, Ky. mosque and two other men are accused of seeking out a hitman to kill two people the men claimed owed them money.

U.S. 16 hours ago

The Latest: Cardinal rebukes Farrakhan, priest over speech

The Latest on Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan's speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich (blayz SOO'-pich) has condemned what he called anti-Semitic statements made by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan at a Roman Catholic church on the city's south side.

U.S. 16 hours ago

Farrakhan delivers insult while denying he's anti-Semitic

Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan says despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its platform, he is not a hater of Jewish people, not a misogynist nor a homophobe.