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  ‘China targets Uighurs with more prosecutions, longer prison terms’

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 11:01pm on February 24, 2021

  China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such...

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  British imams take stand against rumours about COVID-19 vaccine

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:11am on January 23, 2021

  Imams across the United Kingdom are helping a drive to dispel coronavirus disinformation, using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue...

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  Macron praises French Muslim leaders’ stand against extremism

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:16am on January 19, 2021

  President Emmanuel Macron praised French Muslim leaders on Monday after they agreed on a ‘charter of principles’ aimed at combatting sectarianism and radicalised teachings blamed...

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  French Muslim council agrees ‘principles’ sought by Macron

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:14am on January 18, 2021

  France’s Muslim federations agreed Sunday on a ‘charter of principles’ requested by president Emmanuel Macron in his bid to eradicate sectarianism and extremism. Macron urged...

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  Indian rights group seeks justice for harassed Muslim woman

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:29pm on January 10, 2021

  Indian non-profit Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha sent a letter to the National Human Rights Commission of India on Saturday seeking justice for a Muslim woman of...

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  US expresses disgust as China lauds population control in Uighur

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:37am on January 09, 2021

  A United States official voiced disgust on Friday after China’s embassy took to social media to laud how women of the mostly Muslim Uighur community...

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  Sri Lanka sticks to cremation of Muslim COVID-19 victims

  Agence France-Presse. Colombo | Updated at 03:41pm on January 08, 2021

  Sri Lanka's government insisted Friday on the cremation of all coronavirus victims, rejecting international pleas and recommendations from its own experts to allow the Muslim...

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  Indian body drops ‘halal’ from meat manual

  New Age Online | Updated at 10:53am on January 05, 2021

  An Indian government body on Monday removed the word ‘halal’ from a red meat manual that it issues to lay down the contours of meat...

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  Lackingme’s body handed over to parents

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:55pm on January 04, 2021

  Rapid Action Battalion on Monday started the process of handing over the body of Lackingme Chakma to her parents after preliminary investigation confirmed that the...

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  Body in morgue for 22 days for row between parents, in-laws

  Emran Hossain, back from Teknaf | Updated at 01:10am on January 02, 2021

  The body of Lackingme Chakma has been lying in the morgue for 22 days following a row between her Buddhist parents and the family of...