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Dutch people gather in Amsterdam mosque to show support for Muslims
Mar 06, 2017 08:43Citizens have gathered at a mosque in The Netherlands’ capital city, Amsterdam, to show solidarity with the country’s Muslim population.
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German school bans Muslim pupils from publicly praying
Mar 03, 2017 15:55A school in Germany’s western city of Wuppertal has ordered teachers to prevent Muslim pupils from publicly praying.
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Suu Kyi aide dismisses UN pressure over abuse of Rohingya
Mar 01, 2017 12:21A close aide to Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has dismissed mounting international pressure over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state despite evidence provided by the UN of murder, rape and torture at the hands of government forces.
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Study says Islam to replace Christianity as most popular religion after 2050
Mar 01, 2017 12:20Islam will replace Christianity as the most popular religion in the world after 2050, says a study conducted by Pew Research Center.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi says killing of top Muslim lawyer 'great loss'
Feb 26, 2017 14:07Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has described the daylight assassination of her adviser U Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer and critic of Myanmar's powerful military, a "great loss" for the country's struggle for democracy.
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Myanmar police to probe allegations of abuse against Muslim Rohingyas
Feb 13, 2017 10:53Myanmar’s police are to conduct a “departmental enquiry” to determine whether law enforcement officers have committed human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingyas in the Buddhist-majority country.
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UK mosques open doors to people of other faiths
Feb 06, 2017 11:30More than 150 mosques and Islamic centers around the UK have opened their doors to people of other faiths to promote a better understanding of Islam and Muslims.
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Arson suspected at Muslim center in Germany
Feb 01, 2017 10:46A Bosnian Islamic center in eastern Germany has become the target of a suspected arson attack.
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Iran denounces terrorist mosque shooting in Canada
Jan 30, 2017 14:09Iran has denounced a terrorist shooting at a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers, describing it as “inhumane and criminal.”
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Bangladesh to relocate Rohingya refugees to remote island
Jan 30, 2017 12:19Authorities in Bangladesh have controversially decided to encamp tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar at a remote offshore location.