There is common political content to all the relentless terror attacks—whether they come from the Islamist right or Islamophobie right, they are equally part of the global reaction.
The man named in the vigilante-style killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge was apparently a follower of the often misunderstood Moorish Science movement.
Armed groups in Aleppo and surrounding areas in Syria's north have carried out a "chilling wave" of abductions, torture and summary killings, Amnesty International charges.
The ISIS attack on Medina, Islam's second holiest city, betrays the group's eschatological imperative and desire to bring about a final conflict that will purge the world of heresy.
After a deadly ISIS siege of a Dhaka cafe, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the absurd statement that the attackers "don't have any religion."
Thousands of people attended the funeral of slain qawwali singer Amjad Sabri in Karachi, the day after he was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
In the wake of the Orlando massacre, the left blames homophobia while the right blames Islam—both sides ignoring the obvious reality of homophobia rooted in political Islam.
Malik Jalal, a community leader from Pakistan's tribal areas, traveled to the UK to speak out, claiming he is on the US drone "Kill List" for his efforts to broker peace with the Taliban.
Pakistan's government succeeded in persuading thousands of protesters occupying downtown Islamabad to stand down by pledging not to reform the country's blasphemy laws.
Amnesty International protested the conviction of journalist Alaa Brinji by a Saudi court on charges of "insulting authority" for tweeting in support of women's rights.
Religious groups and political parties convened by the Jamaat-e-Islami asked the Pakistani government to repeal a new "un-Islamic" law that protects women from domestic abuse.
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld the four-year prison sentence against an activist found guilty of insulting judges on Twitter—the latest in a string of such convictions for illegal tweeting.
