Breaking News
According to the poll of 15,000 voters, a full 63 percent said they would vote yes or were considering voting yes in an upcoming popular vote on the ban.
Comment: By holding Muslims collectively responsible for the actions of a handful of extremists, France risks emboldening another group on the fringe: far-right racists, writes Taj Ali.
Israeli settlers begin attacks on Palestinian olive farmers
Israeli settlers and forces have been attacking Palestinian olive farmers, in the wake of harvesting season.
An unpopular Macron invokes the anti-Muslim playbook
Comment: Macron's tirade against 'Islamist separatism' is nothing but a racist and malicious attempt to win votes, writes Yasser Louati.
Afghan women negotiators face hardline Taliban in peace talks
With the Taliban only offering vague comments about women's rights so far, the Afghan government's women negotiators know they are facing an ...
Israeli settlers shoot at Palestinian workers in occupied Nablus
Israeli settlers snuck into the village of Burqa in the occupied West Bank and attacked Palestinian construction workers.
It's time to talk about Ramadan and eating disorders
Muslim women with eating disorders often suffer in silence during Ramadan.
Disney's new Eid film could shatter Muslim stereotypes
Disney's new short film about Eid will surely please its Muslim audience, who in the past have been misrepresented. But is it too little, too ...
British Muslims are keeping community spirit alive this Ramadan
Ramadan in lockdown still feels fractured, but new creative online spaces and efforts to care for the vulnerable are a testament to thriving ...
This Ramadan let's reconnect with our parents' stories
Ramadan under lockdown is a chance for British Muslims to reflect and ask the questions they've always wanted to know about their parents' lives.
Israeli settlers vandalise cemetery in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers stormed and damaged tombstones in a cemetery in Nablus.
Inside the untold history of revolutionary Muslim women
#IWD2020: This International Women's Day, it's time to celebrate the untold stories of history's boundary-breaking Muslim women.
Muslim women writers who are changing the narrative
#IWD2020: For International Women's Day we list some female Muslim writers who are fighting the system back with words by contributing stories ...
British Muslim women need to know this about marriage
#IWD2020: Many Muslim women are not aware that their nikah, or Islamic marriage, is not recognised under British law. So what can Muslim women ...
A year on since It's Not About The Burqa
Book Club: With Brexit and new heights of Islamophobia in the UK, The New Arab speaks to some of the contributors about what they have learnt ...
As election cycle begins, Trump supersizes his favourite tactic
Comment: President Trump has made Islamophobia one of the defining features of his presidency, writes Mobashra Tazamal.
#WorldHijabDay must show more to Muslim women than headscarves
World Hijab Day is a well-intentioned attempt to raise awareness about the prejudices Muslim women face, but is the campaign misguided?
Swedish teachers protest municipality Muslim veil ban
Non-Muslim teachers donned the face-veil to protest a municipal ban on all forms of Islamic headgear, passed through the municipal council last ...
Landmark Austrian coalition deal to include hijab ban
Austria's Greens will find some elements of the deal with their right-wing leader coalition partners hard to swallow.
Muslim leaders urge 'respect and tolerance' during General Election
The statement, according to Birmingham Mail was signed by a number of imams and leaders in the mosque, which boasts over 3,000 attendees.
9 times the UK's Conservative Party were shockingly Islamophobic
The Conservative party has been haunted by accusations that it has a systemic problem within its ranks. The New Arab has collected some of the ...
Fatima Bhutto's New Kings of the World
Book Club: Fatima Bhutto's New Kings of the World is an astute, informative and addictive look at the globalisation of pop culture.
'Muslim scum': Conservative Party members suspended for Islamophobic posts
More than half of the UK's Conservative Party members believe Islam is 'generally a threat' to the British way of life, a new YouGov survey ...
Burkini protest a lesson in liberation for the French
Comment: The French republic has become obsessed with excluding Muslim women from the public sphere, writes Malia Bouattia.
Sign up to get this in your inbox every week
Sign up to get this in your inbox every week
Want to keep up to date with
the latest news from the Middle East?
Subscribe to our newsletter today!
