March 3, 2016
8:04 am

A bird flies towards the minaret of a mosque in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin on Saturday, June 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Ballas)

Lawmakers propose ban on minaret loudspeakers

Coalition MKs seek to cut down on amplified calls to prayer at mosques across the country

By Times of Israel staff

February 7, 2016
1:53 pm

A Palestinian man plays with a dog during the first dog show in Gaza City, on February 5, 2016, organized by dog owners in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

In first, Gaza City goes to the dogs

Current generation of Strip residents warming to raising of canines despite traditional cultural distaste

By Lee Gancman

January 24, 2016
10:47 pm

Qatar blacklists Snow White over ‘sexual innuendo’

Supreme Education Council orders book’s removal after parent castigated its ‘vulgar’ images and phrases

By Sue Surkes

December 23, 2015
8:00 pm

In this Dec. 22, 2015, photo, a Rayani Air flight crew demonstrates a safety brief before departure at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Kelantan, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

New ‘sharia’ airline takes off in Malaysia

Rayani Air, bound by Islamic law, takes to the skies with no alcohol, halal food only and a strict dress code for flight attendants

By AP

December 18, 2015
11:57 am

A law enforcement vehicle outside Riverheads High School in Virginia's Augusta County, which closed Friday, December 18, 2015 after threats sparked by a school assignment that included the Muslim statement of faith. (screen capture/CBS 19 WCAV/Newsplex.com)

US county closes schools over backlash to Islam lesson

Students were asked to copy Arabic calligraphy of the Muslim statement of faith, sparking criticism and threats

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

December 17, 2015
8:10 pm

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)

British chief rabbi backs teaching Islam in Jewish schools

Mirvis calls for stronger ties with UK Muslims, says Islam is ‘widely discussed but often poorly understood’

By JTA

December 14, 2015
2:29 pm

Yes, there are moderate Muslims

They are a minority, they have suffered more than anyone and they are our best allies against radical Islam

By Orli Peter

December 14, 2015
6:49 am

Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2007. (photo credit: AP/Shiho Fukada)

Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2 others awarded Lantos Human Rights Prize

Women’s rights activist is an outspoken critic of child marriage, female genital mutilation and honor violence in Islam

By JTA

December 12, 2015
4:25 pm

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh (CC BY-SA 3.0 Zantastik)

Gambia’s president declares his country an Islamic republic

Yahya Jammeh says move in line with nation’s religious identity, vows Christian community’s rights will be protected

By Agencies

December 12, 2015
9:44 am

In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 file photo, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, foreground, delivers a speech as his wife, Princess Amira, looks on, after he received the medal of Great Patron of the French Culture Ministry during a ceremony at the Louvre museum in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Saudi prince calls Trump ‘a disgrace’ to entire US

Outspoken billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal calls on GOP frontrunner to withdraw from presidential race for anti-Muslim comment

By AFP

December 12, 2015
5:57 am

A police officer blocks a road near the Islamic Society of Palm Springs mosque in Coachella, California on December 11, 2015, after a fire broke out. (AFP Photo/Guillaume Meyer)

California mosque set alight in suspected arson attack

Local media quotes officials from the Islamic Society of Palm Springs as saying the building was firebombed

By AFP

December 9, 2015
10:52 pm

US President Barack Obama talks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, December 9, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON)

Obama to Rivlin: Peace may seem distant, but we have to try

At White House meet, the two presidents emphasize closeness of US-Israel ties, including preparation of security agreement

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

December 9, 2015
8:35 pm

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott responds during a question and answer session after delivering a lecture at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on December 9, 2015 (Photo by AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Australia’s Abbott: Western culture superior to Islam

The idea of killing in the name of God, says former PM, ‘is a recipe for catastrophe’