Islam
Crime
Protesters Taking Part in Rebellion in Iran Face Trials
Protestors who have taken part in the insurgent rebellion in Iran are now facing trials. The forms they take are however not certain.
Iran is holding trials for the Mahsa Amini rebels, bringing charges against almost a thousand people in...
Archaeology
The Controversial Quest to Find the Ancient Ark of the Covenant
The quest to find the ancient Ark of the Covenant, created by the Hebrews thousands of years ago, not only rocked the archaeological world in the early 1900s but also caused so much outrage that it still reverberates around...
Greek church
Israel Nixes Mount of Olives Park Plan Opposed by Churches
The Nature and Parks Authority of Israel announced on Monday that it was stepping away from its controversial plan to wall off a section of the Mount of Olives, the place Jesus Christ prayed before his trial and crucifixion.
Its...
Crime
Suspect in Deadly Norway Attack is Radicalized Muslim Convert
The suspect in the bow-and-arrow slaughter of five people in Norway on Wednesday is being treated as a terrorist suspect. Norwegian police have named him as 37-year-old Espen Andersen Bråthen, a Dane who had converted to Islam.
The police said they were treating...
Europe
Creator of Controversial Islam Cartoon Killed in Car Accident
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for his controversial cartoon of Islamic prophet Muhammad, died in a car accident -- along with police officers who had been assigned to protect him -- on Sunday.
Vilks had lived under police protection for...
Culture
What is Sharia Law and How Does it Affect Women?
The Taliban, a militant Islamist group in Afghanistan, have seized control of the country as the United States and its allies evacuate its troops from the region. A core dimension of the Taliban is its implementation of its own...
Diplomacy
US State Department Slams Turkey on Ecumenical Patriarchate, Hagia Sophia
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken addressed reporters after the release of the 2020 Religious Freedom Report, making no mention of Turkey.
Diplomacy
Turkey Slams Head of Greek Church, Ieronymos, for “Insulting Islam”
Turkey slammed Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos, for his remarks during a television interview on Sunday about Islam.
"These provocative expressions of Archbishop Ieronimos, which incite the society to hostility and violence against Islam, also show the frightening...
Diaspora
Muslims Decry Lack of Appropriate Burial Places in Greece
Sparked by the tragic death of a 27-year-old asylum seeker and mother of three from Afghanistan, Greece's Muslim community has requested more appropriate burial places for their dead. Currently, there is only one Muslim cemetery in the entire country.
The...
Archaeology
Erdogan Reopens Turkey’s Soumela Monastery After Restoration
Soumela Monastery, the Greek Orthodox edifice built in 385 AD which was included on UNESCO's temporary list of World Heritage Sites in 2000, was reopened on Tuesday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a videoconference ceremony.
The Turkish President,...