Amid fresh arrests, restrictions on fasting and prayers at mosques, Uighur Muslims are suffering under the latest episode of Chinese government crackdown on their ethnic minority in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

Despite measures taken by the occupation to limit the number of Palestinian worshipers reaching the Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan about 100 thousand worshipers managed to reach the mosque and attend the Friday congregation.

Egypt’s toppled president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Wednesday, August 3, on charges ranging from conspiring in the killing of protesters to abusing power to amass wealth.

Italy has approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public.According to details, a parliamentary commission approved the draft.

Syrian forces killed at least six civilians early on Tuesday in an assault on the eastern Damascus suburb of Erbin, residents told Reuters news agency by phone.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has a proven track record of open hostility towards Muslims and Islam.

Egypt army and anti-riot police on Monday cleared Cairo’s Tahrir Square of a three-week-long sit-in that had been organized by mostly young people to protest the slow pace of reform following the January 25 revolution that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

A day before the start of the holy fasting month for China’s Muslims, at least 11 people were killed in a series of attacks in the north-western region of Xinjiang.

At least 45 civilians have reportedly been killed and dozens of others wounded after Syrian tanks stormed the city of Hama, shooting indiscriminately, residents said.

As the holy fasting month of Ramadan knocks the doors, US mosques prepare for crowds of worshippers who flock to daily night Tarawih prayers by lodging their best Qur’an reciters to lead the lengthy prayers.