Forum 18, a site based in Norway, is one of the few media outlets specializing in coverage of religious freedom.

STAVANGER, Sept 12: A Norwegian court has found a hairdresser guilty of discrimination for refusing to serve a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. A woman wearing a Muslim headscarf, right, and who refused ...

The Muslim population continues to grow in Japan, but only a few cemeteries in this country, where cremation is the norm, offer burial arrangements based on their religion. An estimated 230,000 ...

Chaos at Norway Airport as WizzAir flight cancellation leaves passengers stranded. Passengers were left starned for hours at ...

The evening sun breaks through the trees behind a tombstone at a cemetery in Japan. Muslims in the country are asking for more burial plots but are facing stiff opposition. Representational ...

but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that has seen a seven-fold increase in the number of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Event organisers must get the authorities’ approval and the views of Islamic authorities when inviting leaders or Muslims for festive events, funerals or events held in non-Muslim ...

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Swedish police are no nearer to finding the killer(s) of Quran burner Salwan Momika after five ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20, has ...

Boboko becomes the first Indonesian restaurant in Oslo, Norway. The restaurant offers authentic Indonesian dishes.

In Islamic history, this month is important as it includes a few events from the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and major incidents that shaped the initial future of the Muslim community. This is ...