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Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, April, 10, 2024. (Fareed Khan/AP)
August 19, 2025, 3:09 am
Schools in Pakistan promote hostility toward Jews and Israel, report finds
Jews are frequently accused of treachery and Israel is demonized in textbooks, education watchdog IMPACT-se says
By Zev Stub
The Unilever logo is seen above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
February 8, 2024, 5:53 pm
Unilever reports diving sales in Southeast Asia amid anti-Israel boycotts
Company sees notable decline in business in Indonesia as Muslim-majority countries punish firms seen backing Israel; says no supply issues from Red Sea attacks
By Reuters
A protester holds up a mock body to represent children killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza during an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian rally outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
January 4, 2024, 2:53 am
Half a world away, Gaza is a burning topic for Southeast Asia’s domestic politics
The Oct. 7 massacre and the resulting Israel-Hamas conflict have powerful resonance in a region often divided by faith, with people — and governments — treading carefully
By Joseph Rachman
Muslims attend Friday prayers during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
October 17, 2023, 1:59 am
Fearing ostracism or worse, many Muslim nonbelievers hide their views in Middle East
Atheists, agnostics and religiously unaffiliated people in Arab world tell about the various ways they get around while avoiding persecution
By MARIAM FAM
Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, January 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 25, 2023, 4:47 pm
Danish bill would make it illegal to burn Quran or other religious texts  
A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by anti-Islam activists has sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JAN M. OLSEN
A boy waves on the back of a cattle truck in Khartoum, Sudan, November 2020. (Ziv Genesove)
December 3, 2020, 7:01 am
In Khartoum, Sudanese tell ToI reporter: Prosperity better than hungry idealism
Visiting the capital weeks after normalization deal was announced, an Israeli journalist finds pragmatism — and a family with Jewish roots who claim anti-Semitism sucked them dry
By Ziv Genesove
Members of the French National police, patrol on the place du Capitole, in Toulouse southwestern France, on October 24, 2020. (Fred SCHEIBER / AFP)
October 27, 2020, 8:06 pm
France ups security amid rising Muslim anger over Muhammad cartoons
Police presence boosted at religious sites as interior minister says country faces a ‘very high’ risk of terrorist threats
By Angela Charlton
Men hold a sign bearing a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron with a Hitler mustache and a shoe print on it as Turkish protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against French President's comments over Prophet Muhammad cartoons, in Ankara, on October 27, 2020 (Adem ALTAN / AFP)
October 27, 2020, 6:10 pm
Tens of thousands march in Bangladesh as Muslim backlash against Macron widens
French leader depicted with Hitler mustache in Turkey as Muslims worldwide protest Paris’s defense of murdered teacher who showed drawing of Mohammed
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech at the Kuala Lumpur Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
December 19, 2019, 1:43 pm
Iran leader urges deeper Muslim monetary links to fight US ‘hegemony’
At Islamic conference in Malaysia, Rouhani suggests creation of special banking and financial mechanism among Muslim nations
By EILEEN NG
In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 photo, human rights lawyer Huda Nasrallah poses for a portrait at her office in Cairo, Egypt (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
November 15, 2019, 11:23 am
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Since her father’s death, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has demanded an equal share of property left to her two brothers; Islamic inheritance laws favor male heirs
By NOHA ELHENNAWY
Portraits of Jerusalemites from a photo exhibit titled "Jerusalem is not just a city" by Israeli artist Dmitry Brickman. (Brickman's website)
June 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
Uzbekistan nixes Israeli photo exhibit over the word ‘Jerusalem’
Officials in the Muslim nation say Trump’s 2017 recognition of the city as Israel’s capital sparked tensions in the Muslim world
By ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf (R) and The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen (C) chat before a family photo during a meeting of Islamic and Arab Foreign Ministers in Jeddah on May 30, 2019 (BANDAR ALDANDANI / AFP)
May 30, 2019, 8:14 am
Saudi Arabia calls on Muslim world to reject Iran ‘interference’
Riyadh’s foreign minister says attacks on oil installations must be addressed with ‘firmness and determination’
By Mohamad Ali Harissi
In this Monday, October 5, 2015 photo, a thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
February 2, 2019, 12:17 pm
Ahead of papal visit, tightly controlled UAE highlights ‘tolerance’
The Gulf state is seeking to show off its openness and freedoms, but it is also sharply curtailing residents’ rights
By Aya Batrawy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
December 10, 2018, 1:05 pm
Israeli planes can use Omani, Sudanese airspace, Netanyahu says
Without similar permission from the Saudis, Muscat’s promise seems purely symbolic, as sultanate borders on states with no diplomatic ties to Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Participants enter meeting rooms at the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (AP/Amr Nabil)
December 9, 2018, 2:35 am
Israel signed off on sale of phone spying tool to Saudi Arabia — report
Washington Post cites US officials who say export of NSO’s Pegasus program was approved despite hesitation from some Israelis over selling sensitive technology to Arab country
By ToI Staff and AP
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