The Taliban terrorists running the newly instituted Afghanistan Caliphate are no fans of male personal grooming and hygeine. To that end the group issued a ban Sunday on shaving beards in the country’s southern province of Helmand, local media reported, with a concurrent end to quiffs, mohawks, and crew cuts.
A Muslim father in Birmingham, England, is being prosecuted for removing his son from LGBT lessons, which he claim risk the safety of his child.
The man who may soon be king of Saudi Arabia is charting a new, more modern course for a country so conservative that for decades there were no concerts or film screenings and women who attempted to drive were arrested.
Two million Muslims from across the globe are converging on Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty and for some pilgrims the journey of a lifetime.
The Temple Mount is “a holy place for Muslims only, and no one but the Muslims have any religious or historical right there,” Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.
The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces during Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words that would be regretted later.
Pakistan has allowed one of its 180 million citizens to publicly register as a Jew for the first time since the 1980s
A top Saudi cleric sparked a controversy in releasing an online sermon in which he made statements that were misogynistic even by the standards of the ultraconservative kingdom.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his best wishes to the Muslim and Druze citizens of Israel for the Eid al-Adha festival that began Sunday night.
France’s burkini controversy is boosting the bottom line for Israeli makers of modest swimwear.
The Dubai police have been investigating claims that a Pakistani woman forced her 16-year-old daughter into prostitution to finance her family’s travel expenses for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
JAFFA, Israel – The Mufti of Jordan came under fire after issuing a fatwa that permits Muslims to extend their condolences to non-Muslims as well as accept non-Muslims’ condolences.
A Saudi imam risks losing his job after a video of an animated end of Ramadan celebration he organized inside a mosque has sparked a controversy in the ultraconservative kingdom.
TEL AVIV – Arab and Muslim leaders have been deliberately shunning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed at what they see as his failed leadership, a top Palestinian official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to thwart any attempt to use the Temple Mount to spark violence during the Ramadan holiday by assuring Muslims that no changes had been made to the Al-Haram Al-Sharif compound there.
Newly-appointed Defense Minister Avidgor Lieberman has issued an order easing some restrictions imposed on the Palestinians ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which begins on Monday.
TEHRAN (AFP) – A popular Iranian actress has found herself at the centre of a dispute over feminism in the Islamic republic after cameras appeared to capture a “women power” symbol tattooed on her arm.
The head of the Christian community in Egypt’s Alminia County, where Christian residents were attacked by a Muslim mob, has called on the authorities to bring all the culprits to justice. Father Makarios told the Egyptian press that the violent
JAFFA, Israel – Egypt has been in turmoil following clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Nile Delta area, during which an elderly Christian woman was evicted from her home, stripped naked and parading through the streets.
JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi novelist has suggested allowing fasters to drink water during Ramadan, set to take place this year during the height of the summer.
JAFFA, Israel – Child marriage in Jordan has hit a record high, with 10,866 minor brides registered in 2015 alone. According to data released by the kingdom’s religious courts system, more than 30,000 people under 18 years old have been wed
JAFFA, Israel – An Islamic group in Gaza raised the ire of Islamic State supporters after it published a manual entitled The Suspicious Story of IS and Ways to Deal With It. The publication, written by the Islamic theologian Imad
TEL AVIV – The Qatari daily Al-Raya published two articles condemning the Arab and Muslim world for denying women the rights afforded them by the Koran, saying a “backward legacy” favors Muslim men’s control over women rather than allowing women to express their individuality.
JAFFA, Israel – Authorities in the Saudi region of Sharaee celebrated the conversion of 27 Chinese citizens to Islam in what seems to be an unofficial national competition among religious services across the kingdom. Dawah (religious guidance) offices in Saudi Arabia
JAFFA, Israel – An estimated 211 conversion requests were submitted to the Saudi government by foreign nationals in the last month alone, the Office of Religious Guidance (Dawah) in the city of Bdei’a announced on Tuesday. According to the published figures,
JAFFA, Israel – A 9-year-old boy got engaged to an 8-year-old girl in the Egyptian town of Shirbin, Egyptian news media reported.