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Iran is making a push to attract wealthy overseas visitors to boost its sanctions-hit economy at the same time Tehran begins a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police return to the streets.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.

Sweden may strike out its freedom of expression protections to ban Qur’an burning in exchange for Turkey backing its NATO membership bid.

The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday called for international laws to punish burning the Quran, following a demonstration in Sweden last week in which a man burned a copy of the Muslim holy book on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock on Thursday when confronted about the dramatic escalation in violence against non-Hindu religious minorities in his country during his tenure, claiming to be “really surprised” and denying any religious discrimination.

Europe will be conquered by Islam, according to a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad official who claims the continent’s subjugation is part of

The East Turkistan Government in Exile, which represents the oppressed Uyghur and other Turkic communities under Chinese communist rule, condemned Palestinian leaders on Wednesday for meeting with dictator Xi Jinping and endorsing the genocide of Muslims in the region.

An Australian surfer accused of a naked, drunken rampage in Indonesia apologised for the incident Wednesday and said he is looking forward to being sent home and giving his mother a “big hug.”

Videos surfacing on social media on Tuesday revealed a massive uprising in southwestern Yunnan province, China, in which thousands of people attacked armored riot police preventing them from entering a mosque the Communist Party has targeted for demolition.

Police have arrested a 24-year-old Syrian migrant on suspicion of planning a “bomb attack” on a church in Sweden.

Swatch, the Swiss company famous for its colorful variety of designer watches, announced on Tuesday that Malaysian authorities raided its stores in 11 shopping malls across the country and confiscated 164 rainbow flag watches from its “Pride Collection” because they “bore LGBT connections.”

Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court ruled on Friday that key provisions of the Transgender Persons Act of 2018 are contradicted by Islamic law.

The newly elected Turkish Parliament will feature 16 different political parties, reports say, including a radical Islamist party accused of ties to the Turkish terror organization Hizballah.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his country’s diversity as “the nation’s real strength” and celebrated the nation’s northeast in a letter published Monday amid ongoing anti-Christian riots that have displaced tens of thousands of people in northeast Manipur.

Maulana Nigar Alam, a 40-year-old Muslim cleric and religious scholar, was beaten to death by a Muslim mob on Sunday in the northwestern village of Sawaldher near the Afghan border.

A court in Turkey sentenced pop star Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu, widely known by her first name only, to ten months in prison on Wednesday for a joke mocking Islamist religious schools.

A recently published U.S. State Department grant opportunity, accepting applications through Wednesday, offers tens of thousands of dollars to English teachers in Pakistan who specialize in teaching “transgender youth,” in addition to other marginalized communities such as Afghan refugees.

A Chinese man arrested for blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan two weeks ago was released on bail on Friday — a very unusual arrangement in Pakistan, where people accused of blasphemy are almost never released before trial for fear of enraging Muslim lynch mobs.

German authorities detained a Syrian on suspicion of planning an explosives attack motivated by Islamic extremism, officials said Tuesday.

Hindu children in the UK have reportedly been threatened by Muslim classmates that they must convert to Islam or they will not “survive long” in school.

One man is dead and seven have been left with injuries after a terrorist car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv on Friday night.

Richard Dawkins left an interviewer stunned after refusing to give any comments regarding radical Islam and the attempted assassination of author Salman Rushdie.

Britain has reportedly launched an investigation into its visa rules amid fears that authorities have let hostile Islamist preachers into the country.

The month of Ramadan is important not only for Muslims, but also for believers of other religions, “in particular Christians,” the Vatican asserted this week.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Thursday reported on the sad state of affairs for the Hui Muslims, the “other Muslims” of China whose more comfortable existence was often presented by the Chinese tyranny as a defense against allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated on the Uyghur Muslims. 

The UK barred Danish anti-Islamism activist Rasmus Paludan from entering the country to stage a Qur’an burning demonstration this month.

Authorities in the UK are investigating the Islamic Centre of England, a London mosque and non-profit with links to Iran.

Penn State’s Aaron Brooks became a target after comments supporting his belief in Jesus because he called Islam’s Muhammad a “false prophet.”

The Malaysian television network TV3 is facing days of ongoing condemnation at home after censoring the bodies of Hollywood actresses Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry during a news report on Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh becoming the first Malaysian to win an Oscar.

The Irish Defence Forces’ decision to not consider a prominent atheist campaigner for the position of army chaplain was discrimination, a legal body in the country has ruled.

Vienna police have alerted of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” on churches, citing information received by the country’s intelligence services.

A Tunisian migrant attacked French police with a knife in southern France this week, yelling the phrase “Allahu akbar!”

The Princess of Wales and her husband William, the future King and elder brother of the troubled Prince Harry, donned an Islamic hijab for a visit to a Muslim Centre in London on Thursday.

The city of Vienna has finally lifted its long-standing masking requirement on public transport – and now those who still wear masks are banned from doing so, and could even face fines.

German athletic giant Adidas has launched a new campaign in Sweden ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, featuring tips for Muslim athletes undergoing fasting.

Police in Britain have finally gotten around to investigating a number of Islamist death threats made against a boy linked to a damaged Quran.