April 2, 2016 Female activists stopped from entering temple in west India Around 25 female activists have been prevented from entering a temple in western India traditionally open only to men, a day after a Mumbai court ruled that women have a fundamental right to enter and pray inside temples.
April 2, 2016 Iraqi PM seeks parliament approval for new cabinet Iraq's prime minister is due to seek parliamentary approval for a cabinet reshuffle amid mounting pressure for political reform.
April 1, 2016 Protesters demand release of detained Nigerian Shiite leader Dozens of protesters are demanding that Nigerian officials release Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky.
April 1, 2016 Egypt's abuses, crackdown on critics draw world attention Nearly three years into a heavy crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader's allies.
April 1, 2016 Embattled Erdogan visits US as mysterious nemesis watches from compound in Pa. mountains Among the mounting headaches for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan – in Washington this week for a visit that notably does not include a formal sitdown with President Obama – is a 74-year-old Muslim cleric quietly living on a private compound in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
April 1, 2016 India's once-gleaming Golden Temple dulled by air pollution The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull.
April 1, 2016 Private British school accused of promoting radical Islam A private Muslim school in Yorkshire is promoting an extreme form of Islam, claiming that Jews are engaged in a global conspiracy to take over the world and that adopting British customs is forbidden.
March 31, 2016 The cult of religion and personality threatening Turkey's constitutional order For more than three decades, Turkey has been an influential actor in the Middle East.
March 31, 2016 Pakistani police warns Islamists to disperse 4-day rally Pakistan's interior minister has warned hundreds of radical Islamists rallying for the past four days in central Islamabad to disperse peacefully and end their protest within hours.
March 30, 2016 Myanmar lifts 4-year curfew in state after communal violence Myanmar's outgoing government has lifted a nearly four-year curfew in the western state of Rakhine, where clashes between the minority Rohingya Muslims and majority Buddhists left more than 200 people dead, mostly Muslims.
