World
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Region
12/2/2022 4:05:58 PM
Women in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, in what a rights group called a "rare" move for women in the staunchly conservative Sunni Muslim province.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/15/2022 8:11:12 PM
Calls for a “revolution” in Egypt by the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood have been ignored by Egyptian citizens and are simply testimony of the group’s own political bankruptcy, writes Hany Ghoraba
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World
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Region
11/5/2022 11:12:07 AM
About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf.
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World
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Region
11/3/2022 5:37:21 PM
Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, on Thursday began a trip to Bahrain aimed at fostering dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
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World
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Region
10/26/2022 11:06:23 PM
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Wednesday on a Shia Muslim shrine in southern Iran that state media said killed more than a dozen people.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/20/2022 8:42:40 PM
Al-Azhar – the Sunni Muslim world’s top religious institution – welcomed on Thursday Australia’s recent reversal of its 2018 recognition of West Jerusalem (known in Arabic as ‘Al-Quds Al-Gharbiya’) as Israel’s capital.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/18/2022 5:57:55 PM
The Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding and Partnership (CCMUP) has recently stressed that protecting the environment is a divine command, a religious duty, and a moral responsibility.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/11/2022 7:11:49 PM
Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s top religious institution, has condemned Israeli settlers for tearing and burning copies of the Holy Quran in Hebron as an act of "Zionist barbarism and racism', decrying the international community's silence.
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Opinion
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10/4/2022 8:30:49 PM
Sex is becoming a lucrative business. This is not new. For centuries women have either sold their bodies willingly or been forced to do it. In today's globalized economy, the negative associations of sex with adultery are largely overlooked.
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World
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International
10/3/2022 12:56:19 PM
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik appeared on the path to an electoral win, preliminary results showed Monday, following a chaotic election night that saw his upstart rival also claim victory in a fiercely contested race.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/19/2022 5:56:07 PM
The Supreme Council of German Muslims has denied all entities linked to the Muslim Brotherhood membership of the council, including the Islamic Centre in Munich and the Student Union affiliated to the Brotherhood.
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World
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Region
9/15/2022 5:55:07 PM
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani stated on Wednesday that there are no active members of the Muslim Brotherhood or related organisations on Qatari soil.
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World
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Region
9/13/2022 9:59:07 AM
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
9/11/2022 2:25:27 PM
Egyptian Shaabi star Abdel-Baset Hamouda and his band will perform at the El-Sawy Culture Wheel on Friday 16 September, where he will sing some of his famous hits.
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Sports
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World
9/8/2022 6:19:44 PM
Beer-drinking will be "business as usual" at the Qatar World Cup, the tournament's chief insisted Thursday, despite severely restricted alcohol sales in the Muslim Gulf state.
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World
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International
9/8/2022 5:10:49 PM
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has proposed a veteran Austrian diplomat to head the global body's human rights office at a time when it is facing harsh criticism from China for accusing Beijing of abuses against Muslim minorities.
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Sports
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World
9/3/2022 4:53:43 PM
Organizers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalized a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans at stadiums and fan zones in the Muslim-majority country.
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World
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International
9/1/2022 6:16:09 PM
The UN accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to ``crimes against humanity'' in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing on Thursday denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations.
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World
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Region
8/30/2022 8:28:35 PM
Iraqi President Barham Saleh on Tuesday encouraged early legislative elections to settle a political crisis that escalated into deadly clashes this week, killing dozens and wounding hundreds more.
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World
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Region
8/29/2022 5:12:02 PM
Live fire rocked Baghdad's Green Zone on Monday after hundreds of supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government building in the fortified area, an AFP journalist said.
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