Muslim
May 02, 2013
KYAW BOI LAY, Myanmar--Hundreds of police and troops restored order in central Myanmar on May 1 after a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in which one man was killed after...
April 28, 2013
MANDALAY, Myanmar--Wrapped in a saffron robe, Buddhist monk Wirathu insists he is a man of peace. Never mind his nine years in prison for inciting deadly violence against...
April 28, 2013
After a hard day studying international politics at Peking University, Valerie Ang Yi Lin kicks back in a cafe.
April 24, 2013
BEIJING--A confrontation involving axes, knives, at least one gun and ending with the burning down of a house left 21 people dead in China's troubled far-west region of...
April 02, 2013
YANGON, Myanmar--A fire engulfed a mosque housing orphans in Myanmar's largest city April 2 morning, killing at least 13 children in the blaze that police blamed on an...
March 30, 2013
SIT KWIN, Myanmar--The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs ...
March 22, 2013
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar--Mobs set fire to Muslim homes and mosques in frenzied sectarian rioting in a town in central Myanmar, leaving at least 20 people dead and more than 6,000...
February 18, 2013
A food manufacturer in Nagano Prefecture has produced the world's first halal-certified miso for religiously observant—and gastronomically adventurous—Muslim consumers.
February 13, 2013
BANGKOK--A pre-dawn raid on a Thai military base ended with 16 Muslim insurgents killed on Feb. 13 in the deadliest violence in the country's south in nine years, marking a...
November 17, 2012
YANGON--Myanmar's president blamed nationalist and religious extremists for the violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine State in October that killed at least 89...
September 14, 2012
Born 300 years ago, French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) wrote in his novel, "Emile" (On Education), "Reason and judgment come slowly, prejudices flock to us in ...
September 05, 2012
KYOTO--Doshisha University, with its growing intake of foreign students, has installed facilities so that devotees of Islam can purify themselves before the call to daily...
August 20, 2012
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's government has formed a commission to investigate the causes of recent sectarian violence in which at least 83 people were killed.
August 18, 2012
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's government has formed a commission to investigate the causes of recent sectarian violence in which at least 83 people were killed.
August 11, 2012
MUMBAI, India -- Police say they fired guns in the air to disperse thousands of Muslims who threw rocks and damaged about a dozen buses and police vans in India's financial...
July 14, 2012
A fashion show featuring the latest styles from Arab countries will be held at Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall on July 15.
June 29, 2012
TEHRAN--It wasn't that long ago when the job of fashion model would have been unthinkable--and even considered indecent--in the strict Islamic nation of Iran.
June 16, 2012
SITTWE, Myanmar-- Armed troops patrolled Myanmar's northwest city of Sittwe June 15 as a fragile peace held in the wake of days of sectarian violence that has stoked...
June 09, 2012
YANGON--Security forces in western Myanmar had to open fire on rioters who burned hundreds of homes in sectarian violence that killed at least seven people, state-controlled...
May 18, 2012
An investigation has started into a course taught at a U.S. college for military staff officers that gave tacit approval to unconditional attacks on Mecca and Islamic civilians.