Politicians and analysts in Europe and the United States understandably focus on the threat the Islamic State poses to the West, and the debate is fierce over whether the group’s recent attacks are a desperate gasp of a declining organization or proof of its growing menace. Such a focus, however, obscures the far greater threat […]

The Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary this week. But, with the country beset by a severe economic crisis, the question on everyone’s lips—within Iran and the diaspora alike—seems to be whether the Islamic Revolution has actually improved Iranians’ lives. Since last May, when the United States withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive…

Unlike the socialist revolutions of the last century, the Islamic Revolution of Iran did not identify itself with the working class or the peasantry, and did not bring a well-defined economic strategy to reorganize the economy. Apart from eliminating the interest rate from the banking system, which was achieved in name only, the revolution put…

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Delhi Police has started investigation in a sedition case against Delhi Minority Commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan for his provocative remarks on social media. Delhi Police Special Cell registered an FIR on the complaint of a Vasant Kunj resident. The complaint came to the Lodhi Colony office of the special cell, after the assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Safdarjung Enclave forwarded it.

Khan on April 28 had posted controversial comments on his Facebook page. "Mind you, bigots, Indian Muslims have opted until now not to complain to the Arab and Muslim world about your hate campaigns and lynchings and riots. The day they are pushed to do that, bigots will face an avalanche," Khan had written.

However, the Commission said that "no action can be taken against the chief of the Delhi Minorities Commission—a quasi judicial body—as per the Commission's Act". "No civil, criminal or other legal proceedings shall be taken against the Chairperson, Members or officers performing functions under this Act, or under authority of the Commission, in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act by or under the authority of the Commission," the Delhi Minorities Commission Act says.

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Every individual born in the country has the right to choose his religion. A person might have followed a religion by birth, but nothing can stop the person from embracing a new religion.

A media report has it that the Centre recently asked Twitter to take down over a hundred tweets that could be deemed offensive and could hurt religious sentiments.

As part of a mission held from 16 to 19 July 2018 in Islamabad, Pakistan aimed at launching the induction programme to support the implemention of the BEPS measures and initiating the TIWB programme, an OECD delegation met in Islamabad to discuss the progress of the country in implementing the new international standards to combat tax avoidance and tax evasion.

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The Team GB star is seen in his own footage standing beside his friend Luke Carson, who can be heard yelling “God is the greatest” while kneeling on a rug at a wedding party in Kettering.

Louis Smith's two-month ban from gymnastics for appearing to mock Islam risks fuelling religious hate, according to a leading Muslim lawyer.

Olympic silver medallist Louis Smith has been suspended for two months by British Gymnastics over a controversial video leaked online that showed him mocking Islam.

Charles Walker voiced fury during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons - insisting Smith would not have been punished for sending up Christianity.

All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams held a traditional Islamic birth ceremony for his newborn son, Zaid.   

Former Fox News Channel pundit Monica Crowley is slated to be the next Treasury spokeswoman; she spread Islamophobic slurs about President Barack Obama starting a decade ago.

Anna Campbell, 26, originally from Lewes, East Sussex, died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Afrin after it was hit by an air strike in March 2018.

Julian King (pictured in Brussels) said there were more than 1,000 people being held on terror charges and said that others imprisoned for unrelated crimes may also have been radicalised.

Michael Harpon, 45, a recent convert to Islam, caused the bloodbath in the French capital's historic Police Prefecture, next door to Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday.

Brian Levin, who is the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, referred to FBI data in a report published on Friday.

The disturbing discoveries were made as officers searched properties in the district of Shaerbeek, north-east Brussels, where two Paris suspects are believed to have lived in the wake of the attacks.

Having terrified the world with its fierce initial momentum, Islamic State briefly consolidated its sprawling caliphate straddling Iraq and Syria. Two years on, how have things changed?

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.

Police and military personnel will be deployed to secure Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and focused on predominantly Christian regions like Papua.

Rev Hossein Soodmand (pictured), who converted before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was arrested and tortured before being hanged after a sharia court convicted him of apostasy.

An Islamic boarding school has been revealed as a 'house of torture' after authorities raided the building on Thursday.

Many reported that they were beaten regularly by their captors after they were released from the prison-like building with bars over its windows in Ibadan on Monday.

Reverend Lawan Andimi was killed in Nigeria on Monday, days after appealing for help in a video released by Boko Haram. The Christian pastor was abducted earlier this month.

The Duke of Cambridge is expected to say it is in the 'best interests' of the UK for Pakistan to succeed as he and his wife begin their tour.

Prince William, 37, stole the show tonight at a reception in Pakistan - donning traditional dress while colour-coordinating perfectly with his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, 37.

Kate wore a black flora coat from Beulah London as she and William had a tour around the facility, where British servicemen help their Pakistani counterparts train the animals.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, 55, was captured in Pakistan in the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, before being locked up in the United States' controversial Guantanamo Bay prison.

An Australian student convicted of being a member of the Islamic State terror group has had her guilty verdict overturned on appeal.

Seven Russian mercenaries were killed in two separate attacks claimed by ISIS in Mozambique last month, including four who were ambushed, shot and then beheaded.

Amaani Noor, from Liverpool, is accused of providing money to a group called 'The Merciful Hands'. The former beauty queen is alleged to have given £35.92 to the organisation

HARRY COLE: Jeremy Corbyn claimed that Islamic State was 'not a great threat to the UK' only hours after a video of Jihadi John beheading a British aid worker horrified the world.

Mohammed Kamali, 31, and Mohammed Abdul Ahad, 38, published sermons given by notorious terror recruiter Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, the Old Bailey in London heard.

A woman accused of recruiting an Islamic State fighter has faced a Melbourne court on terrorism charges.

Palestinian militants, Islamic Jihad, fired two rockets into southern Israel from Gaza today and the Israeli military responded by hitting a number of Hamas outposts.

Health secretary Matt Hancock today admitted the Conservative Party needed to hold an inquiry on Islamophobia. Baroness Warsi responded to Hancock's intervention on Twitter.

Mahamadou Issoufou has blamed Niger's explosive birth rate on a misreading of Islam which has led people to believe girls as young as 12 can be married instead of continuing education.

Brian Leach, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was sacked on Wednesday after five years in the job. The post referred to a Billy Connolly sketch that poked fun at suicide bombing.

Till worker Brian Leach, 54, can return to his job at the Dewsbury Superstore after being sacked for posting a Billy Connolly skit in which he jokes about Islam and suicide bombers.

Adam Ounas and Islam Slimani inspired Algeria to a comfortable 3-0 win over Tanzania as they completed a 100 per cent Group C record in the Africa Cup of Nations.