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Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a county sheriff listening session with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (JTA/Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images)
May 20, 2017, 4:56 am
Controversial WH adviser reportedly writing Trump’s speech on Islam
Stephen Miller has been called 'one of chief architects' of executive order banning citizens of 7 predominantly Muslim countries from entering US
By Josefin Dolsten
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (L) carries a large stone slab with Samaria Regional Council rabbi Elyakim Levanon at Joseph's tomb in Nablus on May 10, 2017. (Courtesy: Samaria Regional Council)
May 11, 2017, 10:00 pm
Activists given special entry to Joseph’s Tomb
Visitors clean site in West Bank city of Nablus ahead of annual commemoration expected to attract thousands
By Jacob Magid
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova addresses the World Jewish Congress' 15th Plenary Assembly in New York on April 24, 2017. (Shahar Azran)
April 25, 2017, 12:01 am
UNESCO head calls Temple Mount ‘holiest place in Judaism’
In address to World Jewish Congress, Irina Bokova defends links of all three monotheistic religions to Jerusalem
By TOI staff
French bar owner Amar Salhi poses for a picture outside his bar in Sevran, northeast of Paris, April 13, 2017. (AFP/Adam PLOWRIGHT)
April 20, 2017, 10:27 am
How an ‘Islamic’ bar became a French election scandal
Footage showing hostility to women at Jockey Club in Sevan has come to symbolize threat of Muslim culture to society
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
British DJ DAX J, being sought by Tunisian authorities on suspicion of ‘offending public morality‘ for mixing the Muslim call to prayer into a nightclub music set. (YouTube screenshot)
April 7, 2017, 6:41 pm
DJ who used Muslim call to prayer in remix sentenced to year in jail
British DJ Dax convicted by Tunisian court in absentia for ‘offending public morality' by putting muezzin call in his mix
By TOI staff
British DJ DAX J, being sought by Tunisian authorities on suspicion of ‘offending public morality‘ for mixing the Muslim call to prayer into a nightclub music set. (YouTube screenshot)
April 5, 2017, 12:12 am
DJ to be charged in Tunisia for Muslim prayer remix
British DJ faces six months jail if convicted of ‘offending public morality‘ for use of Muslim call to prayer in nightclub set
By AFP
An Iranian couple walk in a park in the capital Tehran on March 14, 2017. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)
March 19, 2017, 6:33 am
Iranian pre-nups land thousands of men behind bars
With families demanding grooms pay traditional gold coins after divorce, and those failing to come up with ever-increasing sum thrown in jail, reformers say system must change
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
March 18, 2017, 12:44 pm
Can you be religious and unethical?
It is vital to embrace the notion that none of the religious traditions of the world is absolutely perfect
By Shmuly Yanklowitz
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of Congress in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
March 17, 2017, 11:45 pm
Trump administration appeals block of revised travel ban
Justice Department disputes courts' assertions that new directive discriminates against Muslims
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
March 16, 2017, 11:35 pm
ADL lauds court orders to block new Trump travel ban
Rights group says it filed amicus briefs in Hawaii, Maryland against second executive order barring refugees, immigrants from 6 Muslim-majority countries
By AP and TOI staff
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
March 16, 2017, 4:31 pm
Trump suffers second defeat as revised travel ban on hold
A day after a district judge in Hawaii rejects the order, a Maryland judge does the same on grounds that it's unrelated to national security
By Ben Nuckols and Jennifer Sinco Kellejer
Voters queue outside a polling station at The Hague on March 15, 2017, as polls open across the Netherlands. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
March 15, 2017, 10:07 am
Polls open in key Dutch elections as far-right slips
Performance of Geert Wilders is seen as a litmus test for strength of right-wing populists ahead of other European ballots
By JO BIDDLE and Jan Hennop
Right-wing populist leader Geert Wilders and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, leave the stage after a national televised debate. (Yves Herman/AP)
March 15, 2017, 6:05 am
Rutte vs. Wilders puts Dutch elections in a stark light
As Holland goes to the polls Wednesday, ballot is seen as a bellwether for the future of populism in a year of crucial votes in Europe
By Mike Corder and Raf Casert
Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader (Partij Voor De Vrijheid, PVV) Geert Wilders is guarded by police as he meets with supporters in Heerlen on March 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
March 12, 2017, 2:07 pm
Far-right leader Wilders, the ‘Dutch Trump,’ set to upset elections
Polls predict anti-immigrant parliamentarian will head one of largest parties after Wednesday's vote
By JO BIDDLE
A woman looks on as people take part in a debate on role of Islam in the country ahead of the Dutch parliamentary elections at the Essalam mosque, the country's largest, in Rotterdam on March 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND)
March 11, 2017, 4:24 am
In a Rotterdam mosque, anxious Dutch citizens debate the role of Islam
Packed gathering comes days before elections, with the Freedom Party of far-right, anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders gaining support
By AFP
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