International

The Saudi King will provide a royal grant to 1,000 Palestinians to perform the pilgrimage to Makkah. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz issued a royal grant to 1,000 relatives of Palestinian martyrs to perform the Hajj this year, Quds Press reported. The Saudi minister of endowment, who supervise the Hajj, said the ...

Rabat – Founder and leader of Apata Adu­ra Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ekute, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, the former Pastor Adekunle Afolabi attributed his conversion to Islam to a divine message he received from a strange man in white in his dreams. After practicing Christianity for over 25 years, the 45-year-old ...

Turkish President Erdogan has once again annoyed women’s activists with his comments on sex. He said it was the responsibility of women to ensure the continued growth of Turkey’s population. In his latest bid to promote population growth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan railed against contraception and family planning measures ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out against a ban on the burqa in Germany. However, she has expressed concern about its role in facilitating the integration of Muslim minorities. In an interview with the German news organization RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland on Thursday, Merkel said she was opposed to a ban on ...

A Malaysian rapper has been jailed for a music video which allegedly insults Islam because it was partly filmed in a mosque. If convicted, the man who performs as “Namewee” could face fines and up to two years in prison. Controversial rapper Wee Meng Chee, 33, who performs as “Namewee,” ...

In the aftermath of the brutal attack on a church where Islamist militants killed a priest, Christians and Muslims have come together across the country to pray and show support. Jake Cigainero reports from Paris. The priest at Saint-Michel, a church in Paris, opened Sunday’s mass by offering a welcome ...

It is “neither right nor true” to label Islam as a terrorist religion, Pope Francis said aboard the papal plane. He lamented young people turning to drugs, alcohol and fundamentalist groups. The “Islamic State” group “presents itself with a violent identity card, but that’s not Islam,” the pope said on ...