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Italy: Liguria approves 'anti-mosque' laws limiting construction of religious buildings
Critics argues laws are anti-constitutional and unfairly target Muslims in Italy.
Writer shot dead as he arrived for trial over insulting Islam
Nahed Hattar was on trial for sharing a cartoon showing 'the god of Isis'.
Kenyan Police accused of executing 3 Isis women after attack on police station
Officers say they killed 3 women after they attacked a Mombasa police station with a petrol bomb and knives.
Switzerland: Muslim schoolboy told he must shake hands with female teacher or face possible fine
Amer Salhani case is latest across Europe where conflicting cultures have led to problems.
Saudi ambassador latest in line of eminent Britons who have converted to Islam
Explorers, writers and musicians are among those who have converted to faith.
Cardinal tipped to be next Pope warns of 'Islamic conquest of Europe'
Cardinal Schönborn warned Europe was in danger of 'forfeiting' its Christian heritage.
Iranian pilgrims banned from Hajj amid rising tensions with Saudi Arabia
At least one million Iranians have travelled to Iraq to observed Arafat Day in the holy Shia city of Karbala.
Photos of the Hajj, one of the world's largest pilgrimages
The hajj draws the faithful to the holy city of Mecca and areas around it for five intense days of rituals and prayers.
Inside Iran's illegal parties, where every drink comes with the risk of a flogging
Defiant Iranians drink alcohol and smoke cannabis at parties that flout Islamic Republic's morality laws
Hajj 2016: Essential travel advice for Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca
Millions of people will make the journey to Saudi Arabia for the largest annual pilgrimage in the world.
Supporting the 'modest' burkini implies that women who don't cover up are 'immodest'
Liberals who say it's women's choice accept intolerant brand of Islam that seeks to control women's bodies.
Hajj 2016: Saudi Arabia tightens security ahead of holy pilgrimage
Efforts are being made to strengthen crowd management following last years stampede, where over 2,000 people died.
Hajj 2016: Annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in numbers
Muslims are travelling to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage, which this year starts on 9 September.
Hajj 2016: When does Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca begin?
Millions of people will make the journey to the Saudi Arabian city this month.
Muslim wife tells court how she was made to 'kiss her mother-in-law's feet'
Judge: Muslim bride's mother-in-law 'amongst toughest, most focused, manipulative and callous'.
Younger brother of Olympic 2016 hero Mo Farah faces deportation to Somalia
Ahmed Farah served four years for knife crime, but now fears for his life.
Women in London protest burkini ban in solidarity with 'veiled sisters'
Dozens take part in Wear What You Want Beach Party #BurkiniGate protest outside London's French embassy.
France's highest court to rule on burkini ban
Critics claim ban on full body swimsuits infringes on freedom of religion.
France's 'morality police' provoke mockery and shame as beach burkini ban scandal widens
Witness on French Riviera speaks of Muslim woman on beach being told to 'Go home' as her daughter cries.
I am a Muslim - but I will not go to Mecca and support a despotic Saudi state
Saudi Arabia is ruled by a cruel, corrupt, tyrannical, filthy-rich and ungodly clan.
How Isis used and abused early Islamic history
We must Daesh with ideas as well as bombs.
Burkini ban is simply an attempt to hide Europe's real problems, says Italy's imam Izzedin Elzir
IBTimes UK talks to Imam of Florence after he posts photo of nuns on a beach following France's burkini ban.
German student loses court case over her right to wear niqab in class
School argued that freedom of communication is hindered by the full face veil.
Theresa May looks to ban hate preachers from mosques and universities to tackle extremism
The prime minister is looking to toughen up anti-terror laws following Anjem Choudary's conviction.
French PM condemns burkini as three more towns set to issue ban
Manuel valls described full body swimsuit as "not compatible with the values of France and the Republic".
The burkini is sexist - but ban women from wearing it and we're no better than a dictatorship
This decision mirrors the tactic of Islamic theocratic regimes' morality police.
Germany: Merkel's CDU party says burqa is 'contrary to integration'
Earlier party chiefs called for ban on Islamic veils.
Burkini riot leads to French ban
A dispute over tourists photographing women in full-body swimsuit sparked a riot.
Cannes bans burkinis from beaches after recent French terror attacks
Official says clothing 'refers to an allegiance to terrorist movements which are at war with us'.
German ministers consider burqa ban in response to terror threat
Ministers also plan 15,000 more armed police by 2020 and increased surveillance of public transport.