Tag: Islam
Charlie Hebdo gets death threats over Islamic scholar cartoon
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo said on Monday it was pressing charges after receiving fresh death threats against staffers over a cartoon of the...
Men allowed to marry their illegitimate daughters: Egyptian cleric
A prominent Egyptian Salafist cleric has claimed that Islam permitted men to marry their illegitimate daughters.
Mazen Al-Sersawi says that as illegitimate daughters are not...
Halloween: Scary or to beware of?
By Qanita Riaz
Halloween is a traditional pagan festival, adopted in the Older European times initially in Ireland, which spread when the Scottish and Irish settlers...
Hamza Shehbaz says conflict among institutions will ‘badly’ affect country
LAHORE: MNA Hamza Shehbaz on Tuesday warned that political conflict among Muslim institutions will badly hurt Pakistan, saying politics is not the name of...
Malaysian sultans express concern about “divisive actions” in name of Islam
Malaysia's nine state sultans have issued a rare statement expressing concern about "divisive actions" in the name of Islam, as fears grow of rising...
Glory of Islam: Pakistan observes Yaum-e-Ashur
President, PM asks nation to shun religious, sectarian and ethnic biases to promote great characteristics of sacrifice, unity and discipline
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King Salman wins award for service to Islam
King Salman was pronounced winner of the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for his service to Islam at an event held in Riyadh on...
Mother of Pakistani-American war hero says Trump ignorant of Islam, sacrifice
The mother of a American Muslim soldier who was killed in Iraq castigated Republican Donald Trump on Sunday as ignorant of Islam and of...
Protests in Bangladesh over court review of Islam
Thousands on Friday staged protests across Bangladesh against an imminent court hearing on scrapping the state religion of the Muslim-majority nation.
Constitutional changes dating back...
BD’s move to drop Islam as official religion: Islamists threaten to...
Hardline Islamist groups in Bangladesh on Thursday threatened large-scale protests if a court moves to scrap Islam as the official state religion of the...
Threats as Bangladesh mulls scrapping Islam as state religion
Hardline religious groups in Bangladesh on Thursday threatened large-scale protests if a court moves to scrap Islam as the official state religion of the...
‘Jihadi Jack’ slams media for demonising young Britons who convert to...
A British man dubbed ‘Jihadi Jack’ has dismissed reports that he has joined Islamic State (IS) and has accused the media of demonising young...
Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam
An Egyptian court has reduced the jail term for a controversial Muslim scholar convicted of insulting Islam on his television show from five years...
Australia spy chief says ‘tone down Islam criticism’: report
Australia's spy chief has told politicians from the ruling conservative party to tone down their criticism of Islam as it could pose a national...
Obama tells Americans not to turn against Islam
Amid increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the aftermath of the San Bernardino terror attack that killed 14 people, President Barack Obama on Saturday told his...
Family claim they are being driven out of their home after...
A family who converted from Islam to Christianity say they are being driven out of their home for the second time by neighbours who...
30% of US Republican voters in Iowa want to criminalise Islam:...
Thirty per cent of Republican voters in the US state of Iowa think Islam should be illegal, a recent poll has revealed.
The survey conducted...
