Jakarta, May 23, 2013 (AFP) Indonesian event organizer Risti Rahmadi wears an Islamic headscarf, uses halal lipstick and knows that it’s time to pray when an app on her BlackBerry emits Koranic verses five times a day. The 37-year-old, who in her 20s would save up for the latest Guess clothes and Revlon make-up, now strictly buys products that show she is a proud Indonesian Muslim – and she hopes to persuad ...

London, May 23, 2013 (AFP) Police arrested two people as they tried to quell anti-Islamist disorder following the brutal murder in London of a man, believed to be a soldier. A 43-year-old man was arrested in Braintree, east of London, late on Wednesday after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife shortly after news broke of the London murder. Local MP Brooks Newmark wrote on Twitter: "Local mosque in ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 9, 2013 What would be your reaction if you realize that you are spied on and surveyed in every action everywhere you go? Would you feel that you are free? What is freedom of movement if it’s controlled and if the individual is constantly the subject of the panopticon principle? Wouldn’t you feel imprisoned however open the space you occupy if your behavior and ...

 PRAIA, Cape Verde, May 07, 2013 (AFP) Descendants of Cape Verde's Jewish community, a diverse, multi-cultural diaspora from around the world, stand in silent homage to the memory of their ancestors in a Catholic cemetery restored by a Muslim king. The gathering in Praia, the capital of the west African archipelago, is more than just an emotional introduction among newly discovered family and friends. For i ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 1, 2013 Middle Tennessee commissioner posts a racist image on his Facebook page The terrorist attacks of 9/11 on New York reshaped the West’s conception of Islam and Muslims and deepened cultural misunderstanding between the two entities. The stigma that Islam incites violence and hatred became pervasive among people in America and Europe and many people react ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, Morocco, May 1, 2013 According to a new Pew Research Center survey, adherents of Islam are “deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics.” The report was released Tuesday by The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, an American think tank organization bas ...

April 25, 2013 A white British male who converted to Islam was sentenced to jail early Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in planning terror attacks on the heads of MI5 and MI6. According to The Times newspaper, Thirty-year-old Richard Dart, who is “entirely committed to acts of terrorism,” also planned to attack the small town of Royal Wootton Bassett. He will be sentenced to jail at the Old B ...

By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, Morocco, April 25, 2013 After embracing Islam, Arnoud van Doorn, a former member of the Dutch right-wing Freedom Party, plans to produce a film in defense of Islam and prophet Mohamed, the Saudi Gazette reported on Tuesday. In repentance for his part in the production of the Dutch anti-prophet film, Arnoud declared his determination to disseminate the values o ...

By Paul Carsten April 22, 2013 (Reuters) Authorities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State aided the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims last year in crimes against humanity that have sparked anti-Muslim violence elsewhere in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. Security forces were complicit in disarming Rohingya Muslims of makeshift weapons and standing by, or even joining in, as Rakhine Buddhist m ...

Morocco World News New York, April 19, 2013 The fallout of the manipulation by some unscrupulous US media bent on tarnishing the image of Muslims is starting to be felt by some Muslims, especially in Boston. According to the Huffington Post, an Arab Muslim doctor was insulted by a “white” American on Wednesday. The 30-year male punched the shoulder of Heba Abolaban, a Palestinian doctor who immigrated to th ...

April 18, 2013 As more states in the U.S. legalize same-sex marriage, it is easy to forget that in many communities, such as the Islamic one, homosexuality is frowned upon. The U.S. based Washington Post tells the story of Imam Daayiee Abdullah who is seeking to make a change. The openly gay African-American convert to Islam quietly helps same-sex Muslim couples marry and keep the secret from their families ...

Morocco World News New York, April 10, 2013 The University of Wyoming celebrated this year’s Islam Awareness Week with a fresh look. Islam Awareness Week, 1-6 April, 2013, is one of the most important events that the Muslim Students Association (M.S.A) at the University of Wyoming organizes yearly. This year’s week-long activities included cultural displays, henna tattoos, a panel discussion, and a movie ti ...