ISLAM

Rafiq Tagi, a writer and journalist from Azerbaijan, critical of the ex-soviet state's repressive regime and of neighbouring Iran has died in hospital after being stabbed in a brutal attack.

India's community of eunuchs, transvestites and transsexuals mourned Monday for 15 of their numbers killed in a deadly blaze at a ceremony in New Delhi.

A new U.S. reality TV show claims to give a unique glimpse of the American Muslim community, exploding stereotypes along the way.

Slain al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has been described by the new al Qaida chief al-Zawahiri as 'sensitive' man.

An Indian court has found 31 Hindus guilty of killing dozens of Muslims by setting fire to a building in Gujarat state in 2002, in one of India's worst outbreak of sectarian violence in recent years.

Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast, celebrated throughout the world by millions of Muslims.

Malaysian authorities have banned a controversial guide to Islamic sex published by the notorious Obedient Wives Club, the Wall Street Journal reports.

With the hajj under way, Muslims from around the world reflect on their religion and beliefs, and while Muslims performing the Hajj are mostly adults, the pilgrimage is often explained from a young age.

As the Hajj is underway, millions of Muslims have now reached Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage which is also one of the five pillars of Islam.

Life for All, a Lahore-based activist group, has published case studies of all those accused under the blasphemy law in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Hajj is on its way in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where three million Muslims have gathered for the all-important pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam.

The offices of the French satirical magazine that announced Prophet Muhammad would be the 'editor' of its latest issue has been destroyed by a petrol bomb.

Each year, Muslims around the world flock to Mecca to perform the Haj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam. Click through the slideshow to see images of pilgrims on their journey to Saudi Arabia this year.

Marzieh Vafamehr, the Iranian actress who was sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in prison after she appeared in a film that criticised the country's regime and has been released from prison.

The al-Assad dynasty ruling Syria can be compared to classic gangster trilogy The Godfather, according to David Lesch, the President's biographer.

The recent killing of two transsexuals by their relatives in Turkey raises questions as to whether transsexuals have become a new target for the country's notorious honour crimes.

Six men are due to appear in court today on terrorism charges, three of which have been charged with plotting a suicide bombing campaign in the UK.

As the National Transitional Council leaders still struggle to assert control over Libya, they have now pledged "moderate" Islamic rule, however without police patrolling the streets to provide security, the country still fighting Gaddafi loyalists, threats of internal divisions and rebels forces accused of war crimes, religion it seems should be downgraded to a lesser priority for the government.