The Latest Breaking News from Islam

Women marched on International Women's Day to demand equal rights in Pakistan. But their slogans, like "my body, my choice," are red meat for conservatives who see the protesters as un-Islamic.

Ajmal Shahpal, from Nottingham, is alleged to have encouraged others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism.

Angry and filled with hate for Muslims, Richard McKinney once wanted to plant an explosive device outside the Islamic Center of Muncie in Indiana

Islamic films have found a devoted market in Indonesia. Commercial success will prolong the trend.

One of the holiest events in the Islamic calendar is marked this month

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

A small college panicked and fired a professor — but the real lessons aren't the ones the right wants to teach

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dissociate the Islamic religion from the phenomena of terrorism and isolation, stressing the importance of the Makkah Document in confronting hatred and extremist ideas and spreading tolerance and coexistence. During an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh,…

An independent review of the UK counter-terrorism strategy, Prevent, has recommended that the government increase its efforts to tackle Islamist extremism.

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’