The Latest Breaking News from Islam

The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the West, these ties are now part of a shifting…

Islamic studies scholar, who took leave of absence from Oxford University in 2017, is also accused of sexual coercion

Ajmal Shahpal, 41, used Twitter to call for ‘blasphemers’ to be beheaded, after a string of terrorist attacks in Paris.

Jet-setting entrepreneur Alfie Best Jnr, who is said to have amassed a £10million fortune, believes he is now the first traveller to become a Muslim after discovering Allah

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were hanged at Arak Prison in central Iran

The men were said to have insulted Islam and its prophets and run organised efforts to promote atheism.

The controversial film was pulled out after protests in a few cities by Muslim political groups and other political parties, including the Naam Tamilar Katchi, since the film came out on May 5.

A political taboo has been broken in the prelude to the May presidential elections in Turkey. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival, has spoken out about being an Alevi – a member of a progressive Islamic sect targeted by centuries of discrimination and violence. The move is regarded…

A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter