Convicted war criminal and architect of Bosnian genocide, Ratko Mladić, dies aged 84

Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” has died aged 84 in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence for genocide...

Jewish man jailed for death threats against two Manchester mosques

A 21-year-old British Jewish man has been jailed for 28 months after making death threats against two Manchester mosques. Gabriel Levy, of Wakefield, West Yorks...

Nurse struck off after telling colleagues Muslims are ‘building an army to kill white people’

An NHS nurse has been permanently struck off the nursing register after a fitness to practise hearing found she made a series of Islamophobic statements to coll...

Who is Alparslan Kuytul, the Muslim leader arrested in Türkiye’s Furkan Movement crackdown?

Alparslan Kuytul, the outspoken Muslim leader who has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for years, now finds himself behind bars alongside dozens of his...

Five men arrested over ‘hate display’ mosque bonfire in Northern Ireland

Five men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the placing of a replica mosque on top of a bonfire in County Tyrone last month, amid growing conce...

Indian court rejects Muslim student’s plea to wear hijab with school uniform

A teenage Muslim schoolgirl in India has been denied the right to wear her hijab to school after a High Court ruled she had failed to prove that wearing the hea...

IN PICTURES: Mawlid Al Nabi 2026

Muslims from across the Islamic world have gathered to commemorate Mawlid Al Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Mawlid celebrations are not celebrate...

Muslim Met police officer sacked over anti-Israel social media posts

A Muslim Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed without notice over anti-Israel social media posts, including some celebrating the deaths of Israeli sol...

Campaign launched to fight far-right propaganda against halal meat

The Ayaan Institute, an independent think tank, has launched a “Stop Hate Against Halal” campaign in response to a far-right propaganda push to demonise halal m...

Syrian court sentences former Grand Mufti to life imprisonment

A Syrian court has sentenced former Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, one of the most prominent religious supporters of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, to life imp...

Mawlid: The history and controversy behind the Prophet’s birthday celebrations

As Muslims around the world prepare to mark the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ birthday, we examine the history of the Mawlid, how it spread, and the centuries-old schola...

UK water regulator-funded project urges Muslims to use less water during wudu

A water-saving project funded by the UK’s water regulator has teamed up with Cambridge Central Masjid to encourage Muslims to use less water when performing wud...

Anti-Zionist Jewish activist cleared of inviting support for Hamas

A British Jewish pro-Palestine activist has been cleared of allegations of inviting support for Hamas after a jury acquitted him over social media posts made fo...

Aiding an African Islamic revival and pushing Muslims to learn martial arts

In this special episode of Muslims Uncensored, Rob and Roshan interview Dilly Hussain after he set up a brand new Islamic media platform in Africa with a focus ...

Al-Aqsa burned 57 years ago today but the threat is far from gone

It’s now 57 years since an arson attack devastated Al-Aqsa Mosque. On this date, 5Pillars’ Robert Carter expresses fresh fears for Islam’s third holiest site as...

Pakistan is at a crisis point – and the Imran Khan hospital farce shows why

The Pakistani authorities’ apparent defiance of a Supreme Court order over Imran Khan’s medical treatment is about far more than the fate of one man, writes Soh...

Palestine Action-linked ‘Barclays Five’ protesters are not terrorists, court rules

Five activists convicted of criminal damage after targeting a Barclays bank in Burnley will not have their offences treated as having a “terrorist connection,” ...

In search of the fez — and Türkiye’s lost Ottoman identity

A century after Atatürk’s Hat Law helped consign the fez to history, Muhammad Siddeeq went searching for one in Istanbul — and found himself confronting Türkiye...

Israel admits killing five-year-old Hind Rajab after two years of denial

The Israeli regime has accepted responsibility for killing five-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024 and officially opened a criminal investigation, after previously den...

Israel launches airstrikes on Syria over suspected Turkish military build-up

Israel has bombed a Syrian airbase 70km from the Turkish border in what analysts say is a direct challenge to Ankara’s growing regional influence — coming short...

Portugal bans niqab in public spaces

Portugal has enacted a controversial law banning the concealment of faces in public spaces, becoming the latest European country to impose restrictions that wil...

UAE-funded mercenary ‘ran covert operation’ against British Muslim activist Anas Altikriti

A UAE-funded mercenary allegedly carried out a covert surveillance operation against prominent British Muslim activist and academic Anas Altikriti on the street...

Reports of anti-Muslim hate in London have surged dramatically in the first six months of this year

New figures from hate-monitoring organisation Tell MAMA show that 1,031 incidents of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice were reported in the capital between January...

Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action activists over Elbit factory raid

A jury at the Old Bailey has failed to reach verdicts against seven pro-Palestine activists accused of criminal damage and violent disorder over a Palestine Act...

Syrians demand justice after young man allegedly beaten to death in police detention

The death of a young Syrian man who was allegedly beaten to death following three days in police detention has sparked protests and anger across Syria, as the c...

Tauheedul Islam Girls’ School celebrates another year of outstanding A Level results

An Islamic girls’ school in Blackburn has once again significantly outperformed the national average in its A Level results, with 82% of students securing at le...

Manchester University to restart Tel Aviv partnership despite student opposition

The University of Manchester plans to restart research collaboration with Tel Aviv University, three years after the partnership was suspended during the Gaza w...

Israel records staggering 140,000 migration deficit as people leave in droves

A recent official Knesset report has shown a sharp decline in the number of Israelis returning to the apartheid nation in recent years, alongside a rise in the ...

Indonesia at 81: How Islamic is the world’s largest Muslim nation

Indonesia is celebrating 81 years of independence today, but for many Muslims outside Southeast Asia the world’s largest Muslim-majority country remains surpris...

Five years on, Afghanistan is more Islamic, at peace and free from foreign occupation

Roshan Muhammed Salih argues that five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is more Islamic, largely at peace and free from foreign occupation...