The Latest Breaking News from Islam

This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence

Exclusive: Muslim voters are ‘grossly underrepresented at all levels of government’, Ghaith Krayem says

So far, the US Navy can't defeat the pro-Palestinian Houthis of Yemen. A glance at their history helps explain why

The writing is only the second confirmed inscription whose attribution connects to Muhammad.

At least 1,300 people died because of scorching heat during the Hajj pilgrimage in June 2024. It’s not the first time that such a tragic incident hit the pilgrimage. More than a thousand were killed in a heat wave in 1985, and deaths due to stampedes and other crowd-related disasters…

Gambian lawmakers on Monday approved a committee report supporting a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), as a bill seeking to overturn the law heads for a final vote this month.

Senior Jemaah Islamiyah leaders announce disbandment, aligning with Indonesian state and law. Concerns remain about potential splinter groups.

A Serbian police officer on Saturday killed a man who shot him in the neck with a crossbow in front of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, in what the prime minister called a "terrorist act".

Andrew Parker had said army recruits should use migrants arriving by small boats in Kent as “target practice”, and labelled Islam a ‘disgusting cult’ in widely condemned comments

Andrew Parker, who is canvassing in Clacton, also described Islam as ‘a cult’ and suggested asylum seekers should be shot

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al Qaeda-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, notably for abusing prisoners as the de facto chief of the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu.