The Latest Breaking News from Islam

Hopes of a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants after four days of fighting are dashed after a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill a sixth senior member of Islamic Jihad and rockets are fired towards Jerusalem.

A highly-respected Shariah scholar and London-based general practitioner will address a gathering of Muslim doctors who will discuss ethical issues raised by end of life care and organ donation.

The Delhi High Court on May 12 directed certain media houses and social media platforms, including Twitter and Google, to block the links of news reports and videos claiming that a Muslim man allegedly forced a woman to convert to Islam.

Ajmal Shahpal, 41, used Twitter to call for ‘blasphemers’ to be beheaded, after a string of terrorist attacks in Paris.

Jet-setting entrepreneur Alfie Best Jnr, who is said to have amassed a £10million fortune, believes he is now the first traveller to become a Muslim after discovering Allah

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were hanged at Arak Prison in central Iran

The men were said to have insulted Islam and its prophets and run organised efforts to promote atheism.

The controversial film was pulled out after protests in a few cities by Muslim political groups and other political parties, including the Naam Tamilar Katchi, since the film came out on May 5.

A political taboo has been broken in the prelude to the May presidential elections in Turkey. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival, has spoken out about being an Alevi – a member of a progressive Islamic sect targeted by centuries of discrimination and violence. The move is regarded…

A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter

Professor John Esposito also tells Al Jazeera that despite growing understanding of Islam in US, Islamophobia remains.