Islam

Ben-Gvir-backed 'muezzin bill' to limit mosque loudspeakers passes preliminary Knesset reading

The bill's proposal argues that in many Muslim countries there are clear restrictions on noise levels, and "some countries have almost entirely prohibited the use of loudspeaker systems in mosques."

The White Mosque in Ramla, central Israel. June 10, 2026; Illustrative.
WHILE HAVING qualified for the 2026 World Cup, Iran’s national soccer federation stated that participation in the tournament is now in doubt amid the current US and Israeli strikes.

Iran, Egypt decry World Cup 'Pride Match' as Seattle locals have no plans to tone down celebrations

A GREEK Orthodox priest holds up a bible during the Holy Friday service at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St George in Coptic Cairo on May 3, 2024.

Christian converts still face discrimination, arrests in Egypt, US State Dept. confirms

President Isaac Herzog speaks at the ICEJ summit between June 9 and 11.

Christian Zionists confront a crisis inside their own camp - analysis


Portugal's parliament approves far-right party's bill to ban burkas

Under the bill, proposed fines for wearing face veils in public would range between 200 euros and 4,000 euros ($234-$4,671).

Burka illustrative

Sweden identifies suspect in Quran-burner murder case linked to 'foreign power'

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said in January, referring to the killing, that "there is obviously a risk that there is a connection to a foreign power."

 Demonstrators burn the Swedish flag during a protest in Tehran against the insult to the Koran after the Muslim holy book was burned in Stockholm, July 21, 2023.

New Italian bill targets Islamic face coverings and religious funding

Italy may be the next of more than 20 countries, among those, France, Austria, and Tunisia, to ban the public use of Muslim attire.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab takes a photograph in Duomo square in Milan October 7, 2009.

The Taliban bans women’s books - and too many Afghans applaud - opinion

Thinking naively that Afghans living in Dubai would be either refugees or have wised up - I asked one what he thinks of the Taliban. His answer? "Wonderful."

THE BLUE Mosque in Kabul.

Saving Gaza’s people: A sacred duty before Allah - opinion

Islamic law is founded on bringing benefit and preventing harm.

DISPLACED PALESTINIANS shelter in tents in the central Gaza Strip last week. More than two million Gazan Palestinians remain trapped in devastation; their suffering poses a moral and spiritual test for the Muslim world, the writer argues.

Imam Tawhidi tells 'Post' of threat from the Muslim Brotherhood's ‘applied ideology’ - interview

For Imam Tawhidi, the name "Muslim Brotherhood" is almost blasphemous; "they've hijacked the name of the religion and then they've hijacked the term 'brotherhood'."

Imam Tawhidi, the Imam of Peace, at European Parliament conference on September 24, 2025.

Tommy Robinson asks: '55 Muslim states - but no room for Israel?'

Controversial British activist Tommy Robinson told the Post that he feels Israel is losing a diplomatic battle, but fears Iranian influence in the West.

Far right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, speaks to supporters as he arrives to face contempt of court charges at the Old Bailey in London, Britain, October 23, 2018.

'Allah is lesbian' shirt sees feminist jailed for 30 months in Morocco, courts cite harm to Islam

Ibtissame Lachgarwas also ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 Moroccan dirhams (approximately $5,500).

Ibtissame Lachgar wearing a top reading that Allah is a lesbian.

Waving British and Israeli flags: Tens of thousands attend anti-immigration march in London

Over 100,000 protesters packed into the streets south of the River Thames, before heading towards Westminster, the seat of the UK parliament.

Protesters hold flags and banners on the day of an anti-immigration rally organised by British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, in London, Britain, September 13, 2025.

Islamic court sentences two men to be publicly caned after they were caught kissing

The two men, aged 20 and 21, were sentenced at the Islamic Shariah District Court in August in Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.

An Indonesian man convicted for having gay sex is publicly caned by Sharia Law official in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia, August 26, 2025.