2022-04-11
Only the elderly and adults with no school-age children are allowed to fast to prevent religion from having 'negative effects on children's minds' , according to a directive from Beijing.
2022-01-05
Islamic leaders of all denominations have told Muslims not to attend or participate in the games over China's ongoing oppression, torture and sexual abuse of Muslims in Xinjiang.
2022-01-04
Coptic Christmas Mass will be celebrated January 6 at the new Nativity of Christ Cathedral after COVID-19 forced its cancellation last year.
2021-12-24
Bahrain's long history of tolerance and peaceful co-existence has once again manifested itself with the opening of the biggest Catholic church in the Muslim-majority Gulf country.
2021-11-02
Rank and file members of the Taliban are criticizing their leaders' ties with China over the treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang and the ban of a widely popular and trusted Koran application.
Children were among the dead following the ballistic missile attack on Dar al-Hadith religious school and mosque in al-Jawba district. The group has targeted over 700 mosques since 2014.
2021-10-28
In secret trials, Xinjiang courts have convicted wealthy and influential Muslims of 'terrorism' and ordered their assets be sold at auction, further filling Beijing's coffers.
2021-10-21
The Quran Majeed app is 'trusted by over 25 million Muslims globally', according to the app's developer. But -- without evidence -- Beijing claimed it contains illegal religious texts.
2021-10-18
Religious chants were heard in the first ceremony of its kind Sunday at Iraq's iconic al-Nuri mosque, currently being rebuilt after the extensive damage it suffered in the battle against ISIS.
2021-09-20
'After seven years of silence, the bell of Mar Tuma rang for the first time,' said a priest at the inauguration, drawing applause and ululations from the crowd.
