Tag: Islam

Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was jailed for ...

Jakarta’s Christian governor has been sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling critics fear will embolden ...

Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks ...

Armed men have kidnapped seven young Iraqi anti-corruption activists in central Baghdad, security sources and a civil society leader said ...

Emmanuel Macron's decisive win in the French presidential election has not only spurred enthusiasm in Europe. Across Africa, where France ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years on Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga ...

A guilty verdict and two-year jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy charges have fuelled concerns ...

Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday ...

The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen ...

Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta's Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Ghana Hajj Board to ensure that this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia ...

New Hamas leader Ismail Haniya pledged support for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday in his first comments since being elected ...

An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohamed Badie to life in prison for "planning violent attacks" in ...

Indonesia said Monday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow about hardliners ...

The head of ISIL in Afghanistan was killed in an operation led by Afghan Special Forces in the eastern province ...

Ismail Haniya has been elected as the new leader of Hamas's political bureau, according to the Palestinian movement's news agency. ...

Ismail Haniya, named Saturday as head of Hamas, is a charismatic leader from the Gaza streets who represents the more ...

The head of Egypt's Al-Azhar university, one of the world's leading Islamic seats of learning, has been replaced after labelling ...