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.

The funeral ceremony of the senior Iranian Sunni scholar, late Mawlana Ahmad Narui, has been held on 18 March 2014 in Zahedan, southeastern Iran.

Mawlana Ahmad Narui, the interim Khateeb of Sunnis in Zahedan, lost his life in a road accident today, March 17, 2014 (15th Jumadi al-Oula) near Zahedan city, southerstern Iran.

The outstanding Iranian Sunni leader called on the Iranian president, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, to fulfil his promises on the rights of the nation including the Sunni community. He was talking to thousands of students in the Grand Makki Masjid of Zahedan on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

A Myanmar government commission has rejected United Nations’ claims that an anti-Muslim massacre took place in the west of the country in January.

Libya’s General National Congress has passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and designated the defence minister as acting prime minister.

Amid repeated promises to provide equal rights for Iranian Sunni Muslims, members of the religious minority have been raising concerns about ongoing discrimination they face at the hands of the Shiite majority.

Top UN official for refugees warned that entire Muslim populations from western parts of Central African Republic have been cleansed by Christian militias, sending an emotional appeal to the UN Security Council to stop the deadly conflict, France 24 reported on Friday, March 7.

The outstanding Iranian Sunni leader, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid Isma’eelzahi, has been banned from taking part in a conference to be held by the Muslim World League in Makkah Mukarramah.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has said it has been expelled from Myanmar and that tens of thousands of lives are at risk in the country.