Adding to Tajik Muslims struggle for hijab, women in the ex-Soviet Muslim-majority country are facing health problems from low-cost headscarves imported from China as the government continues its crackdown on the religious outfit.

Iran-Zahedan: The eminent Islamic scholar in Iran, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, put the right of the veto for some particular countries unjust and despotic that should be taken off in his latest Friday speech in the Grand Makki Masjid of Zahedan.

Three troops killed in latest ‘green-on-blue’ attack in which uniformed Afghans turn weapons against allied forces.

Muslims in Southeast Asian are among the most devout in the world, being the most enthusiastic followers of the five pillars of Islam, including Zakah, prayers and fating, a new survey has found.

A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province has injured 4 Australian soldiers, one of whom is in a critical situation and sent to Germany for treatment, local reports say.

Iran, Tehran- The Iranian security officials have banned Sunni Muslims of Tehran to establish Eid Al-Fitr prayer for the third consecutive year on Sunday, August 19, 2012.

Iran, Zahedan- The outstanding leader of the Sunni community in Iran, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, has said that the Iranian officials must review their internal and foreign stances after observing the recent events and upheavals in some Muslim countries.

Libya’s National Transitional Council has handed over power to a new assembly in a symbolic move marking the first peaceful transition after more than 40 years of rule by the late Muammar Gaddafi.

At least three US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province.

Myanmar security forces have killed, raped or carried out mass arrests of Rohingya Muslims after deadly sectarian riots in the northeast in June, a rights group has said, adding the authorities had done little to prevent the initial unrest.