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Readers find themes that align with their values as they seek to ‘grow empathy’ for a religion long vilified in the west

France’s far-right National Rally has used the war between Israel and Hamas as a way to bolster its support for French Jews – a U-turn for the party founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen, who famously called the Holocaust a "detail" of history. By shifting away from anti-Semitism and focusing on…

Meloni’s party is pleased by the appointment but Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has surprised before – not least by adopting Islam

Images of protesters brandishing black and white banners during marches across Europe in support of the Palestinian people have been circulating online. Some accounts were quick to point out that these same flags have been brandished by al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Islamic State group. It turns out that…

"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to…

NEW DELHI: In a strong rebuttal to former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's recent claims, 2011 World Cup-winning Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh expressed his pride in being an Indian and slammed the assertions made by Inzamam regarding his interest in Islamic teachings.

AGARTALA: Despite religious isolation and being a believer in Islam Kashem Mian, an employee of Rubber Board organized puja to Goddess Kali on the occasion of Diwali celebration Sunday night at his residence in Amtali locality of West Noabadi, northeastern outskirt of Agartala like previous years.

Joe Metcalfe has been jailed for 10 years with an additional licence period of six years after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.

The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, recently authorized police to shoot to kill pro-Palestinian protesters who might take to the streets of Chechnya. The orders came in the wake of an antisemitic riot that broke out on Oct. 29, 2023, in the neighboring Russian republic of…

Several anti-semitic incidents were recorded in the Caucasus, a Russian region made up of three majority-Muslim republics, on October 28 and 29. In one of these incidents, a mob stormed an airport to search for "Israelis" and "Jews" on a flight from Tel Aviv. Our team spoke to a researcher…

EU official tasked with combating Islamophobia says Muslims are often wrongly perceived as being involved in violence.