Thousands of Muslim devotees from South Africa and abroad have thronged to attend the annual Ijtima gathering in Johannesburg, testing a mood of spirituality and serenity with their brothers from around the world.

Commemorating the first anniversary of Boston Marathon bombing, leaders of Boston Muslim community have joined an interfaith prayer vigil, sending out a loud message against the attacks that shocked the society a year ago.

Even before the parliamentary races began, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had announced its electoral strategy of uniting the Hindus and dividing the Muslims to win seats.

It has been claimed that nurses in Myanmar killed a pregnant Rohingya woman who had checked into hospital due to a urinal infection but never checked out.

Sajid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove, has been appointed as the second Muslim minister in David Cameron government after replacing Maria Miller, who resigned earlier this morning, as the new Culture Secretary, The Independent reported on Wednesday, April 9.

A leading Nigerian Muslim group has issued a strong-worded statement condemning the army’s extrajudicial killings of Muslims in northern states on the pretext of fighting Boko Haram and terrorism.

Seeing her dream of joining police shattered over her hijab, a Finnish Muslim has urged the government to allow Islamic headscarf in police uniform to encourage integration of the minority in the society.

Kenyan police fired in the air and unleashed tear gas to disperse scores of Muslim youths angered by the killing of a prominent scholar in the port city of Mombasa this week.

A Swedish Muslim woman has reported falling under attack after a security staff working at a small northern airport pulled her hijab, forcing her to remove it in public.

Myanmar said Saturday that Muslims would not be allowed to register as “Rohingya” in its first census in three decades despite UN assurances, on the eve of a survey that has fanned sectarian tensions.