Amid opposition to building Muslim worship places, Muslims in the US city of DeKalb, Illinois, are struggling to get official permission to build a mosque to serve their community, assuring neighbors and officials on the true nature of the Islamic faith.

The slaughter of scores of Syrian civilians, including children, has sparked a storm of outrage from Muslims worldwide, amid calls for an urgent action to stop ongoing bloodshed in the pivotal Arab country.

At least 90 people have been killed in an attack by Syrian government forces and loyalists on Houla, a town in Homs province, activists have said.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called Egyptian political forces on Friday, May 25, to talks on ways to “save” the revolution ahead of a presidential election run-off it says will pit its candidate against Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister.

Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have sealed a landmark agreement to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, putting the Western alliance on an “irreversible” path out of the decade-long war.

Kuwaiti lawmakers vowed on Saturday, May 19, to continue their efforts to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the Gulf Arab state comply with Islamic Shari`ah law despite the ruler’s move to block a similar proposal earlier this week.

Two people, including a Muslim preacher, were killed Sunday in the north Lebanon region of Akkar after shots were fired at their vehicle at a Lebanese Army checkpoint.

Regime forces fired on protesters in Aleppo on Friday, wounding several people at the biggest rally seen in Syria’s second city since an uprising erupted last year. As many as 22 people have been killed by Syrian forces across the country, Al Arabiya reported citing activists at the Local Coordination Committees.

Facing years of a dilemma to bury their dead according to Islamic teachings, a growing American Muslim minority is trying to find low-cost burial services, funding what would be Missouri’s first Muslim funeral home.

Two powerful blasts in quick succession have killed dozens of people and injured more than 300 others in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to Syrian officials and state media.