Tag: Muslim
Egypt upholds death sentence for 12 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures
Egypt's highest civilian court on Monday upheld death sentences for 12 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces...
Nigerian court hears blasphemy conviction appeals in northern city Kano
Two judges in northern Nigeria on Thursday heard the first appeals against Islamic law blasphemy convictions that caused global outrage when a man was...
Feature: Mozambique insurgency a result of years of marginalisation and discontent
The violent revolt against the Mozambican government in the northern Cabo Delgado province has been brought on by local social, economic and political inequalities,...
New Zealand mosque shooter given life in prison for ‘wicked’ crimes
A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the...
Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure dies in prison in Egypt
Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack, prison sources, a...
Mali cleric says crisis can be resolved without president resigning
The Muslim cleric seen as the driving force behind Mali’s protest movement said the country’s political crisis could be resolved without President Ibrahim Boubacar...
Death sentences sought for 2013 Egyptian sit-in
An Egyptian court will transfer the cases of 75 people convicted of security-related offences, including senior Muslim Brotherhood figures, to Egypt's top...
Brotherhood supporters jailed over 2014 Cairo clashes
Thirty-three supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven years to life over violent clashes at...
Muslim Brotherhood supporters jailed by military court
A military court sentenced 141 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to up to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for ransacking public...
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric says terrorism uses religion as front
Egypt's top Muslim cleric said on Saturday that terrorism was a disease that used religion as a front and it was wrong...
Kenyan court orders Muslim groups removed from “terror list”
A court in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa ordered on Monday the removal of two Muslim human rights groups from a government...
Activists criticise Kenya for putting Muslim groups on Shabaab supporters’ list
Rights groups criticised Kenya's government on Tuesday for including two prominent Muslim groups on a list of possible supporters of al Shabaab,...
After attack and backlash, Kenya faces battle to win over Muslims
Days after Islamists killed 148 people at Garissa university, Kenya's president held out an olive branch to Muslims and urged them to...
Growing concern in Muslim world about Islamist militancy – survey
Large majorities in Muslim countries are increasingly worried about Islamist militancy and oppose its best-known groups, such as the global al Qaeda...
Gunmen kill eight, burn church in central Nigeria
Gunmen killed at least eight people and burned down a church as they charged through two villages in Nigeria's central Plateau state...
Muslim youths mutilated in Central African Republic
At least three Muslim youths were killed and mutilated by a Christian militia in Central African Republic while on their way play...
Muslim convoy ambushed in CAR
Gunmen attacked an evacuation convoy carrying hundreds of Muslims north from Central African Republic's capital on Monday, killing at least two people,...
Senegal failing on pledge to halt abuse in Koranic schools
A year after a fire killed eight children when it ripped through a Koranic school in Senegal, the government has failed to...
Bombings target Iraq police, pilgrims, killing 19
At least 19 people were killed in bomb attacks targeting Iraqi police and pilgrims on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, just...
Egypt is worst Arab state for women, Comoros best
Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital cutting and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring uprisings have...
Four killed in Sunni-Alawite clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Four people have been killed in fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli between Sunni Muslim gunmen who oppose Bashar al-Assad and...
Sectarian blasts target Afghan Shi’ites, kill 59
A suicide attack killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a crowded Kabul shrine and four died in a smaller blast in a...
2,000 march in Cairo unity rally, anger at army
At least 2,000 people rallied in Cairo in a show of unity between Muslims and Christians and to express anger at the...
Don’t fear us – Tunisian Islamist leader
Tunisia's Islamist party will uphold women's rights and not try to impose strict Muslim values if, as many expect, it wins the...
Bahrain holds vote as Shi’ite enclave protests
Bahrain's main opposition boycotted elections held to fill parliamentary seats vacated by its members during a crackdown on a mostly Muslim Shi'ite...
As bleak Ramadan begins, Yemeni protesters cling to hope
As the rain pours down on their battered tents, tens of thousands of Yemenis gather for a feast to celebrate Ramadan, defying...
Yemen’s Saleh calls for Ramadan talks to end crisis
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for dialogue with his opponents during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to help resolve a...
Militants plan al Qaeda cartoon for kids, monitors say
Al Qaeda sympathisers are planning to produce a children's cartoon film to inspire young Muslim viewers to take up armed violence against...
Muslim states seek UN action on West’s “islamophobia”
Muslim states said that what they call "islamophobia" is sweeping the West and its media and demanded that the United Nations take...
