Governing & Policy

Germany's Muslims Welcome Government's New Measures against Islamophobia

Sadiq Khan has become the first Muslim elected mayor of London, results show

Under the pretext of free speech, Islamophobia has become an acceptable form of racism despite it targeting people and institutions because of their real or assumed adherence to Islam

Top Iranian scholar denounced constant dishonesty of Saudi Arabia on Hajj and stressed Iran will perform Hajj only if the honor and security of pilgrims are maintained. Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, senior Shia jurisprudent, at the beginning of his weekly teaching session in Qom Mosque, criticized dishonesty of Saudi Arabia …

Since the foundation of the Wahhabi sect in the 18th DC it has shown extreme hostility towards Sunnis. The Saudi Arabian government likes to present itself as a protector and benefactor of Sunnism. Nothing could be further from the truth. Saudi Arabia is not a Sunni, but a Wahhabi state. …

Delegitimizing the ideology that sustains ISIS involves direct confrontation with Saudi Arabia and engagement with its network of clerics.

Iranian Shia Cleric said art, especially the cinema, should provide a setting for the realization of truth. ’Ijtihaad Network reports: Emphasizing that art, especially the cinema, should provide a setting for the realization of truth[1], Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi ’Amoli[2] said, in a meeting with a group of Iranian movie people, …

Bahrain’s Shia scholars in a statement criticized the Al Khalifa regime for continuing to arrest clerics and imams of mosques...

A hotline set up to record of anti-Islamic physical and verbal violence in the Netherlands received 158 reports last year, according to the organization’s annual report. Most – 54 – took place in January in the wake of the attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. There was a second …

The majority of people who are promoting Takfiri ideology online are using political rather than religious arguments