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What does the Quran say about the rights and status of women?

Muslims believe the Quran to be the final revelation of God (Allah) revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (c.570-632 CE). It has quite a lot to say about the rights and status of women though its meaning is not always clear.

The Conversation

Who are Ismaili Muslims and how do their beliefs relate to the Aga Khan’s work?

Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957. He came to be known around the world for his enormous work on global development issues and other philanthropic…

The Conversation

When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

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Thousands of followers of a Sufi Muslim brotherhood celebrate a sacred date in Senegal

Prayers and melodic chants reverberated across Dakar’s Yoff neighborhood as thousands of followers from the Layene brotherhood commemorated the first public appearance of their founder Seydina Limamou Laye in 1884

The Independent UK

Verdicts Awaited For Accomplices In French Teacher Beheading Case

Verdicts awaited for 8 individuals in trial for the beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Charges range from aiding attacker to online hate campaign.

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Verdicts expected for 8 people on trial over their role in the beheading of a teacher in France

Eight people accused of assisting an Islamic extremist who beheaded a French history teacher outside his school will hear the verdicts in their cases

The Independent UK

Some teachers ‘self-censoring’ to avoid causing religious offence, poll finds

A YouGov survey conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found 16% of teachers had self-censored.

The Independent UK

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Minnesota professor dismissed over showing Islamic art can proceed with lawsuit, judge rules

An art professor can proceed with her lawsuit against a private Minnesota university that fired her for showing early Islamic art to at least one Muslim student in a class

The Independent UK

Court Allows Religious Discrimination Claim to Go Forward in Ex-Hamline Prof's Mohammed Images / Islamic Art Controversy

As readers of the blog may know, Hamline University declined to renew Erica López Prater's instructor contract because she displayed Islamic Art containing images of Mohammed in her World Art class, and some students objected. López Prater sued, and on Friday Judge Katherine M. Menendez (D. Minn.) allowed her religious…

Reason

Islamic State flag should be cut from ban list, Canberra group argues

The words of the Islamic state flag are used by Muslims on a daily basis.

The Canberra Times

Fascist chatbots are running wild on Character.AI

The world’s second-biggest AI chat service is a hotbed of hateful and racist abuse with no meaningful moderation

Evening Standard

Who are the bride and groom in Jordan's royal wedding?

He’s heir to the throne in one of the oldest monarchies in the Middle East and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad

The Independent UK

Chinese national arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan

Pakistani police say a Chinese national has been arrested on blasphemy charges after he allegedly insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad

The Independent UK

San Francisco State Univ. Investigating Professor For Showing Image of Muhammad in Class

From the Chronicle of Higher Education (Emma Pettit): Maziar Behrooz, an associate professor of history at San Francisco State University, does not yet know what a teaching decision he made might cost him. In the fall of 2022, Behrooz was teaching the history of the Islamic world between 500 and…

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Minnesota college head to retire after Islamic art dispute

The president of a private Minnesota university says she's retiring next year

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