Early last month, Tausug villagers on the Southern Philippine island of Jolo heard a buzzing sound not heard before. It is a sound familiar to the people of Waziristan who live along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, where the United States fights the Taliban. It was the dreaded drone, which arrives... More

　　China is preparing to put high-pressure on Uighur Muslims by forcing them to accept identification with the Chinese nation and Chinese culture. 　　China will conduct a "re-education" drive against Uighur Muslims in East Turkistan with its Party chief vowing preemptive attacks, Reuters said. 　　Historical records show that the Uyghurs have... More

　　A military strike by Russia against fighters in its North Caucasus region is much more likely this year than last and would threaten the lives of scores of civilians, a report showed on Tuesday. 　　Conflict has escalated in the past year in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia. 　　The attacks that killed... More

　　Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short an official visit to Italy for the G8 summit and is returning home following deadly response to protests of Uighurs in East Turkistan, state media reported. 　　The government flooded the area with security forces in the wake of deadly response that left 156... More

　　Ukraine's Muslim minority say anti-Tatar propaganda increasing under pro-Russian government. 　　"I've already been here for 960 days, and today is the 961st," said the weather-beaten Tatar man, squinting beneath the powerful Crimean sun. 　　Seydamet Smailov has spent almost three years living alone in a dilapidated cabin by the side of... More

　　Dozens of displaced people by the government attacks on Moro region in southern Philippines have either been abducted or killed by the military on claim of suspected links with Muslim fighters, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. 　　The London-based rights watchdog said there were reports the military had labeled displaced communities... More

　　Dozens of ethnic Uighurs, including several children, remain unaccounted for more than three months after China launched a crackdown on ethnic unrest in the country's far west, a human right group has said. 　　A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Wednesday, said the group had documented the cases... More

　　Over the past several weeks, dozens of Muslim protesters have been killed and injured in violence which has rocked the Kashmir Valley. 　　The problem which sparked the most recent violent protests in Kashmir centers on the issue of land allocation for Hindu pilgrims who were planning to visit the cave... More

　　A controversial ban on face veils has come into force in France, meaning anyone wearing the Muslim Niqab or Burqa in public will face a fine of up to $216 and a citizenship course. 　　A number of Muslims are urging women to defy the ban, including a property dealer who... More

　　Human rights group Amnesty International says Muslims who openly show their faith suffer widespread discrimination in Europe. 　　In a new report, the group urges Europe's governments to do more to challenge negative stereotypes and prejudices against Muslims. 　　In particular, it says Muslims face exclusion from jobs and education for wearing... More

　　The annual report of US State Department on human rights has warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. 　　The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the construction of minarets on mosques enacted in November, as well as continued bans or... More

　　When newly-elected Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III addressed the Filipinos in his inaugural speech in June 2010, he announced that his regime was committed to resolve the conflict in Mindanao. 　　Indeed, in his subsequent maiden speech before the joint session of the two Houses of the new Philippine Congress... More

　　A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July. 　　Two of the 22 Uighurs who sought... More

　　French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined Muslim groups on Sunday in condemning attackers who set fire to a mosque in a Lyon suburb, and hundreds gathered outside the building to protest against racism and Islamophobia. 　　The fire at the mosque in the Lyon suburb of Saint-Priest was started early on Saturday... More

　　The Ogaden Somali Community in South Africa has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging an investigation into the actions of the Ethiopian government against the Ogaden people. 　　In a statement released on Tuesday on behalf of the community, a South African media advocacy group, Muslim Review... More

　　Brief Introduction 　　New Zealand is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, located south of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, and marking the eastern boundary of the Tasman Sea, a portion of the Pacific Ocean that separates New Zealand and the nearest large landmass, Australia, by a distance... More

　　France's lower house of parliament is due to vote on whether to ban the public wearing of the face-covering veil worn by some Muslim women. 　　The controversial bill is likely to be passed by deputies on Tuesday and the Senate will probably follow suit in September. 　　Only three members of... More

　　Muslim leaders in Australia have announced plans to form a political party to fight what they say is a growing Islamophobia. 　　The move came as the leader of a Christian party demanded an immediate halt to Muslim immigration to Australia, saying that Muslims were beginning to dominate some communities. 　　Shaykh... More

　　Israeli authorities have basically ignored a court order in June 2011 to provide Bedouin communities with water, just as Jewish Israelis are. 　　Between 80,000 and 90,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel live in unrecognized villages in the southern Negev, according to a report by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.... More

　　Leon Trotsky, the most prominent figure of the Russian Revolution of 1917 after Lenin, was sent to cover the Balkan War as a war correspondent by the Russian newspaper Kievskaya Misl. In the Fall of 1912, Trotsky entered the areas populated by Muslims after the retreat of the Ottoman armies... More