A Japanese academic who learned about Islam during his religious education in Japan and converted after falling in love with the religion has decided he wants to help promote it in his home country.

An Afghan prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay for about 15 years without trial has been released from US custody, the Taliban government in Afghanistan and an international human rights group said.

Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week…

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Friday that only Hajj pilgrims will be allowed to perform Umrah between June 24 and July 19.

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for enacting a law to ban insults against religions and sanctities.

Expressing his deep concern over increasing of economic pressures on the Iranian people and the unsolved political problems of the country…

A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more…

At least 155 people have been killed and more than 200 other injured after a powerful earthquake hit remote parts…

When Fatima Payman takes her seat in the Senate in July, she will make history as the first woman to wear a hijab in Australia’s parliament.

More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region…