After going through an arduous legal battle that lasted over four years since his arrest in April 2020 for blasphemy, a Court of Appeal in the northern Nigerian state of Kano reduced Mubarak Bala’s sentence from 24 to 5 years in prison on May 13th.
Around two weeks after they organized a demonstration in Hamburg in April, which included calls for a caliphate to be established in Germany, the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv organized a new but strictly monitored rally on May 11th, where 2,300 people attended to protest against what they see is censorship against them by the German government.
A political party in the United Kingdom will be investigating its newly-elected councilor after he sparked backlash for making a speech celebrating his victory in a recent election, where he reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (or God is the greatest in Arabic) and allegedly proclaimed that his election win is “for the people of Gaza.”
A shocking new study in Germany determined that many schoolchildren are converting to Islam in German schools because many Christian students feel like outsiders and are desperate to try and fit in.
Schoolchildren are converting to Islam 'out of fear' in German schools: Study warns Christians feel they are outsiders and are desperate to try and fit in since huge migrant influx https://t.co/nciAf8QiRDpic.twitter.com/iseyU3jbVU
A leaked internal document written by three members of Iran’s security forces revealed that an Iranian female teenager arrested for protesting against the regime was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered.
Iran erupts in outrage as BBC World's report on Nika Shakarami, an icon of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, reveals she was sexually assaulted and murdered by security forces during the nationwide 2022 protests. https://t.co/NrFfM4867y
The Canadian government announced that it will explore options to broaden access to financing alternatives for homebuyers, including halal mortgages, as part of an initiative by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to support Canadians who want to become homeowners, including Muslim Canadians.
As pro-Palestinian protests in the United States and other countries continue to grow, the Iranian regime is trying to take advantage of the situation to bolster its international image amidst declining domestic support.
More than a thousand people marched through the streets of Hamburg in Germany on April 27th, calling for a “righteous caliphate” to be established in the country, arguing that it is necessary to fix the issue of media representation of Muslims in the European nation.
A dissident rapper and one of the icons of Iran’s 2022 protests against the Islamic Republic, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini under morality police custody after her arrest for “improper hijab,” has been sentenced to death for “waging war against God.”
The longstanding tensions between Israel and Iran reached a turning point when the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and other Iranian proxies and allies launched a massive attack against Israel on April 13th with drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles.
