Conflict-hit Mali`s economy returns to strong growth: IMF

Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 00:40

Mali`s economy posted growth of 7.2 percent in 2014, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, in an encouraging sign of recovery from the chaos of a coup and Islamist takeover.

Malaysians angry as Sweden holds parents for hitting child

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:01

Malaysia`s prime minister on Saturday offered help to a Muslim couple detained in Sweden for hitting their son, in a case that has provoked an outcry in the Southeast Asian country.

Malaysians angry as Sweden holds parents for hitting child

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:01

Malaysia`s prime minister on Saturday offered help to a Muslim couple detained in Sweden for hitting their son, in a case that has provoked an outcry in the Southeast Asian country.

Hardline cleric not tasked for talks with Pakistani Taliban

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:14

The Pakistan government said Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-S chief Samiul Haq had not been asked to broker talks with militants, a day after the cleric known as the "Father of the Taliban" distanced himself from the troubled peace process.

Jamaat leader killed in gunfight with B`desh security forces

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 13:28

A local leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was killed on Monday in a gunfight with Bangladesh`s security forces carrying out raid at one of the party`s hideouts.

Islamisation fears at top Pakistan university

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:31

The Pakistan studies lecturer is in mid-flow when his students stand and rush for the door -- his class interrupted yet again by the call to prayer.

Canadian killed fighting in Syria: Reports

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 07:06

A Canadian citizen who converted to Islam has been killed while fighting in Syria, Canadian media said.

9/11 mastermind says Quran `forbids` violence to spread Islam

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:13

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has released a manifesto claiming that the Quran forbids the use of violence to spread Islam.

New Bangladesh govt to complete full term: Awami League

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 20:44

The Awami League said Sheikh Hasina`s new government in Bangladesh would complete its five-year term, brushing aside speculation that it would be short-lived due to the opposition`s boycott of the violence-marred general election.

Jihad has been hijacked by terrorists, says Islamic scholar

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 22:31

Renowned Islamic scholar of Pakistani descent Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Mohammed Tahir-ul-Qadri on Thursday condemned all acts of terrorism and said the concept of Jihad has been hijacked by terrorists.

`Jihad Jamie` gets eight years in Jihad Jane case

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 00:34

A Colorado woman who converted to Islam and went to Ireland to join a man she believed was training for terrorist operations was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Tunisia MPs approve Article 1 of new constitution

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 21:38

Tunisia`s assembly adopted Article 1 of the new constitution Saturday, establishing the republic and Islam as its religion but rejecting amendments that the Koran be the "main" source of law.