IQNA – A controversial decision by Syria’s Education Ministry to reduce religious education hours and remove Quran lessons from schools has triggered widespread protests, while unconfirmed reports suggest the ministry may have backtracked under public pressure.

IQNA – State leaders in Texas were urged to repudiate a violent anti-Muslim social media post shared by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.

IQNA – A man has been arrested on suspicion of religiously aggravated criminal damage after graffiti was painted on a mosque in Watford, England.

IQNA – While an arson at a mosque in southern England is being investigated as a hate crime, the UK’s Green Party is urging police to clarify whether it was an act of terrorism.

IQNA – Several activists in a Gaza-bound flotilla who were forcibly taken by Israeli forces have begun a hunger strike.

IQNA – Shabana Mahmood, the UK’s home secretary, has been criticized after saying ‘as a Muslim, I’ve never heard someone being called Jihad’

IQNA – Bhatara Police in Bangladesh arrested a North South University (NSU) student over desecrating the Holy Quran.

IQNA – Police are investigating a suspected hate-motivated arson attack that set fire to a mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex, on Saturday night.

IQNA – The High Court in India’s Gujarat refused to halt the partial demolition of a 400-year-old mosque in Ahmedabad, dismissing an appeal by the mosque's trustees against a road-widening project.  

IQNA – More than two million Italians to the streets across the European country on Friday as part of a general strike in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

IQNA – A man has been arrested and charged after a window was smashed at a Glasgow mosque while children were attending a Quran class, Police Scotland said.

IQNA – A man in Portsmouth has been sentenced to prison for attacking a worshipper outside a mosque in what police described as a racially and religiously motivated incident.