Earlier this month, Saudi liberal activist Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison and a heavy fine for insulting Islam. In fact, his crime was to establish an online discussion forum where people were free to speak about religion and criticise religious scholars. He had been charged with “apostasy” in 2012, because …

A set of controversial billboards funded by the informational website Ask-A-Muslim.com is causing a stir in Columbus, Oh. The signs have slogans like “Jesus is Muslim” and “Muslims love Jesus too.” Dave Daubenmire of the Pass the Salt Ministry feels the billboards are misleading and disrespectful, especially as they have gone up …

In what is perhaps the central myth of the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy is said to have stared down Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis and refused to give an inch, forcing the Soviet premier to capitulate to his steely will and America’s superior military might. As Leslie Gelb, president …

Students across the world grow up dreaming of the opportunity to study at the best universities the United States has to offer, either to bring their skills back to their home country or to start a new life in the land of opportunity. Many go to great lengths to achieve …

Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have won India’s general election by the biggest margin in 30 years. Modi will be sworn in as the new prime minister of India on May 21. Indian stocks surged to a record in India, with the BSE having risen as …

Hujjat al-Islam Mohsin Qara’ati, spoke to officials from the satellite channel Amin, regarding the importance and necessity of inviting people to understand the significance of prayers, and to carrying out the act of praying itself. Regarding the importance of prayers in one’s life, the respected teacher of the Islamic seminary …

A Kitchener woman said she felt humiliated when her family was detained for hours at a U.S. border crossing and then denied entry into the United States. Mehdiya Hudda, 22, planned a short shopping trip in Lewiston, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, with her mother and husband on April 26, returning …

Makkah, Saudi Arabia: Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Makkah from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge on the city to perform pilgrimage at Islam’s holiest site. The …

Nigel Farage endured a car crash live radio interview with LBC presenter James O’Brien on Friday morning. In began with the Ukip leader challenged over the “avalanche” of controversial comments made by his candidates. One Ukip candidate was revealed to have made remarks about what would happen if he “shot one poofter”. Farage said he …

Why do we ­tolerate the threat of ­another world war in our name? Why do we allow lies that justify this risk? The scale of our ­indoctrination, wrote Harold Pinter, is a “brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of ­hypnosis”, as if the truth “never happened even while it was happening”. Every …