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Czech authorities have detained five teenagers and charged two over an attempt to set fire to a synagogue, officials said Wednesday.

An Iranian missile that hit Haifa, Israel, on Friday morning damaged a historic local mosque and injured the imams who were worshipping there.

The Islamist junta in control of Syria, headed by former al-Qaeda officer Ahmed al-Sharaa, issued a decree on Monday that women must wear full-body coverings at public beaches and swimming pools.

Iran recently expanded its ban on dog-walking to cities outside Tehran, while a growing number of Iranians are embracing dog ownership as an act of rebellion against their theocratic regime.

Former UFC Fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov sparked controversy online when he refused to shake hands with female CBS Sports broadcaster Kate Scott

Britain’s liberal-leaning judiciary has effectively created new blasphemy laws, free speech campaigners argued, after a man was convicted of a crime for setting fire to a Qur’an in London earlier this year.

Reports on Thursday confirmed that Turkish Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan had organized a constitutional committee, featuring ten lawyers and mostly senior members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), to replace the nation’s current constitution.

Federal prosecutors take over investigation into mass stabbing allegedly by a Syrian as there may be an Islamist motive to the attack. 

An explosive report from the French government has alleged that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood network has embarked upon a decades-long effort to forge a fifth column in France and across Europe, through infiltrating government institutions and radicalising Muslim communities, while veiling their true intentions with supposedly noble causes such as fighting “Islamophobia” all in the service of subverting the West and Sharia taking over.

The UK does not have a blasphemy law, but that didn’t stop the state Prosecutor trying their best, leading to a volte-face after backlash. 

Thousands of angry Islamist men marched Saturday across the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to protest against proposals guaranteeing equal rights for women in the Muslim-majority country.

A video that spread like wildfire across Indian social media on Monday showed a happy tourist enjoying a zipline ride down the side of a mountain in the Himalayas – unaware that he was soaring above the brutal terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives last Tuesday.

Fulani jihadists have murdered more than 60 Christians in a series of coordinated attacks across seven Christian communities in Nigeria as Holy Week begins.

Public executions are a part of Islam, a leader of the Afghanistan terrorist organization vowed Saturday, days after four men were killed by gunfire as cheering crowds watched on.

Leftist lawmakers in Britain have argued that being in possession of pictures of Muslim women without their hijab headscarves should be a crime akin to child pornography.

French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday.

Indian social media seethed with outrage on Monday after photos of slain Hamas terrorist leaders were displayed during a cultural festival in the Palakkad district of Kerala.

A gay imam who led LGBTQ-friendly services and performed same-sex marriages has been gunned down in what local Muslim leaders are calling a homophobic hate crime in Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth.

The Labour Party government in Britain is reportedly looking to create a “council on Islamophobia” in what critics warn may serve to usher in effective blasphemy laws through the backdoor.

A man was arrested in Manchester, England, on Saturday after appearing to burn a copy of the Qur’an in the city centre.

NEW YORK (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated trans actor and star of the movie “Emilia Pérez,” is apologizing for her old posts on social media that denigrated Islam and that called George Floyd “a drug addict and a hustler.”

Oscar-nominated “Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofia Gascón has come under fire after old tweets have resurfaced showing Gascón making derogatory comments about Muslims, George Floyd, the COVID-19 vaccine, and Oscars diversity.

Islam critic Salwan Momika shot dead just hours before he was due in court for the Swedish govt’s prosecution of him for burning Qurans.

The jihadi insurgents who overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December are using Islamic sharia law to train new police recruits – a troubling development for minorities who doubt the new regime’s promises to protect religious freedom.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their spouses attended Tuesday’s National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral.

An FBI official told reporters on Sunday that the bureau will investigate New Orleans terrorism suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s past visits to Egypt and Canada in 2023 for clues to his radicalization and possible contacts with the Islamic State.

The head of a prominent Islamic organization in India propagated a fatwa, or religious edict, this weekend prohibiting Muslims from celebrating the new year.

Germany’s federal prosecutor on Monday charged an Iraqi couple with enslavement, torture and war crimes.

Mohamed Salah, one of England’s most popular soccer stars, has been taking heat from some fans on social media.

American-born Florida Imam Abu Usama At-Thahabi said that Christianity today is “paganism” and Christians are “pagans” and “not believers.”

A group of Druze Arab villages in southwestern Syria have asked to be part of Israel rather than rebel-held Syria, according to reports and to videos circulating on social media.

Muhammad was the top name choice for baby boys in England and Wales in 2023 with more than 4,600 children registered with the name.

Left-wing lawmaker Tahir Ali called for ban on “desecrations” of texts and prophets, eliciting a positive response from Keir Starmer.

Western civilization and American culture are “backwards,” Christianity is a “dying” religion, and Christians are “jealous” foes of Islam, according to a popular Islamist influencer who was seen lecturing Muslim teens in Dearborn, Michigan, on their duty to “civilize” the morally corrupt West.

Far-left Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of personally attacking him because of his “ethnicity” and Muslim faith, in comments likely to reignite the Labour politician’s long-running and very public antipathy towards the U.S. president-elect.

The popular web video series Subway Takes decided not to publish an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris after she insulted the Muslim host by making jokes about bacon, insisting that “bacon is a spice.”