Islamic observance booms in Uzbekistan after oppressive restrictions lifted
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has lifted restrictions on Islamic practices, sparking dramatic changes in the dictatorial Central Asian state. The…
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Tajikistan rounds up Muslim Brotherhood suspects
Tajikistan has announced the arrest of 113 suspected members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group. Prosecutor General Yusuf Rahmon…
Uzbekistan caught in tug of war with US and Russia
Uzbekistan possible accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has sparked a minor dispute between the US and Russia. US…
France gripped by debate over Muslim headscarves
France is debating whether women in headscarves should be allowed to accompany children on school trips. President Emmanuel Macron…
Dutch ‘burqa ban’ proves unenforcible
The Netherlands’ “burqa ban”, which bars face coverings in hospitals, schools and on public transport, is proving unenforcible. The law…
Migrants stone Bavaria police after mother’s death
Migrants in Germany have stoned the police as they tried to investigate the death of a Nigerian woman at an…
MEPs condemn Brunei gay-stoning laws
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted to condemn Brunei’s “retrograde” Islamic laws that punish gay sex and adultery with death…
Chechnya suicide attack video released
The Russian authorities have released a video of the weekend suicide attack on police in Chechnya’s capital by the radicalised…
France to ban Muslim street worship
France will stop Muslims from praying in a north suburban Paris street, according to the home affairs minister. Residents of…
Tashkent disowns US attacker
Uzbekistan’s government has rapidly disowned the Uzbek immigrant was accused of killing eight people in the New York lorry attack…
Uzbek artefact recovered at UK auction
The British Museum has helped to recover a medieval Islamic artefact that appeared in a London gallery after it was…
Dutch reject Wilders’ populism
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom was left disappointed. There is not going to be a European Union referendum or a “Nexit” from…
Wilders denies Islam a religion
Geert Wilders makes few public appearances. Source: Flickr Far-right Dutch populist Geert Wilders has said Islam is a totalitarian ideology,…
Ex-Swedish PM asks what Trump’s smoking
Donald Trump is now making up terror attacks. Source: Wikimedia Donald Trump invented a terror attack in Sweden…
Austria to ban full-face veils in public
The niqab and burqa are under fire across Europe. Source: Pixabay Austria says it is planning to ban the Islamic…
Serbs threaten force in train row
The provocative train in Belgrade. Source: YouTube The Serbian president has warned of potential “clashes” after its former breakaway province…
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