27 September 2003
Walk down the streets of this Bangladeshi capital city and you will see a large number of women looking at... Read more
Topic: Islam
20 July 2003
High Turkmen visa fees make it prohibitively expensive for many Uzbek Muslims living close to the western border with Turkmenistan... Read more
23 May 2003
Repelled by the corruption of state colleges, many young Dagestanis are turning to Islamic higher education. Read more
20 May 2003
After a major investigation, Forum 18 News Service established that the Muslim clergy is almost completely under the control of... Read more
31 January 2003
Murder of cleric appears to have exposed rift between moderate Muslim establishment and youthful hard liners. Read more
25 January 2003
A ban imposed on cable television in Afghanistan is seen by some observers as part of a series of measures... Read more
09 November 2002
Although not the first such incident in Naberezhnyye Chelny, the destruction of the Orthodox Church of St Tatyana on 1... Read more
05 November 2002
This week, Muslims around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the most significant Islamic holiday.... Read more
01 November 2002
A 29 year-old man became the first person in southern Nigeria to be punished under Islamic law when he was... Read more
23 October 2002
Over the past three months, the local authorities in Isfara district of Tajikistan's northern Sogd region have closed down 33... Read more