Azerbaijan: How a historic Muslim nation became one of the world’s most secular states

The outrage over restrictions on hijab in Azerbaijani schools has put the spotlight on the country’s strict secular principles and laws. But how did a nation wi...

Three far-right extremists planned to bomb Ahmadiyya centre in Ireland

Three men who pleaded guilty to plotting a far-right terrorist attack against an Ahmadiyya place of worship (which they had most likely mistaken for a mosque) w...

Muslim schoolchildren protest against hijab restrictions in Azerbaijan

Schoolchildren across Muslim-majority Azerbaijan have staged protests and boycotted lessons after girls wearing the hijab were barred from classrooms under new ...

Indian government accused of removing millions of Muslims from electoral roll

More than 130 million names have been removed from India’s electoral rolls in a sweeping revision that critics say risks excluding millions of eligible voters, ...

U.S. charity plans to use AI to monitor Gaza classrooms to police anti-Israel speech

A U.S. charity operating schools in Gaza plans to use Artificial Intelligence to monitor classroom conversations and flag speech it considers “hateful”, “inciti...

Islamophobic hate crimes surge 15% as Muslims remain most targeted religious group in Britain

Islamophobic hate crimes have surged by 15% in England and Wales, with Muslims accounting for almost half of all recorded religious hate offences, according to ...

Robert Jenrick MP reported to police and Prevent over comments on Islam

Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and referred to the counter-extremism scheme Prevent over comments in which he describe...

Gaza three years on: A genocide that exposed the world

Three years after the October 7th attacks, Gaza has not only suffered the devastating human cost of Israel’s genocide, but has also exposed the failures of poli...

Mecca Defence Alliance: Türkiye and Pakistan drawn into Saudi’s endless Yemen war

Türkiye and Pakistan have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war between Saudi and the Houthi Ansarall...

Kuwaiti man jailed for life after planning knife attack on Israeli Embassy in London

A Kuwaiti man who attempted to storm the Israeli Embassy in London armed with two knives has been jailed for life after a court heard he planned the attack as a...

Green Party votes to recognise Zionism as racism in landmark motion

The Green Party has voted to recognise Zionism as a form of racism, formally making it the UK’s first high-profile anti-Zionist political party in a landmark co...

Munir Farooqi: the Muslim da’ee who died behind bars

WATCH: 5Pillars attended the janazah of Manchester Muslim da’ee Munir Farooqi on Wednesday, September 30. Farooqi spent 17 years behind bars following his convi...

US judge rules Palestinian-American imam Salah Sarsour can be deported

A U.S. immigration judge has ruled that Salah Sarsour, the Palestinian-American president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, can be deported on “foreign policy” and...

Two arrested over alleged £100,000 Hajj fraud targeting elderly Birmingham Muslims

Two men have been arrested over an alleged £100,000 Hajj fraud which police say targeted around a dozen people, many of them elderly Muslims living in Birmingha...

Muslim da’ee Munir Farooqi laid to rest in Manchester

Munir Farooqi, the Manchester Muslim da’ee jailed for 17 years on controversial terrorism charges, has been buried after his janazah was conducted yesterday. Hi...

Counter-extremism referral accuses John Cleese of sustained pattern of anti-Muslim rhetoric

A referral to the government’s counter-extremism scheme Prevent concerning comedian John Cleese alleges that he has engaged in a sustained pattern of online act...

Royal Holloway pays Zionist student who called Palestinian’s keffiyeh a ‘tea towel’

A Palestinian student has spoken out after Royal Holloway University made an undisclosed payment to a Zionist student who admitted referring to the keffiyeh she...

Manchester Muslim preacher Munir Farooqi dies in prison

Munir Farooqi, the Manchester Muslim da’ee whose controversial terrorism conviction became the focus of a long-running campaign by his family and supporters, ha...

Man City finance scandal: Has big Emirati money spoiled England’s beautiful game?

Manchester City’s extraordinary rise from Premier League outsiders to the dominant force in English football has been powered by vast Abu Dhabi wealth. Now, aft...

Green leader Zack Polanski admits Zionism is a form of racism

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has publicly confirmed that he is an “anti-Zionist”, that Zionism is a form of racism and that a genocide has occurred in Gaza ...

Daily Mail apologises and pays damages to Muslim actor Qasim Akhtar over false extremism claims

Former Coronation Street actor Qasim Akhtar has secured a second apology and damages from a national newspaper after the Daily Mail admitted publishing false cl...

Rupert Lowe MP referred to Prevent and parliamentary watchdog over anti-Muslim rhetoric

5Pillars has learned that formal complaints have been submitted against Rupert Lowe MP to counter-terrorism police and Parliament’s standards watchdog over his ...

Is Somalia the surprise hijrah destinantion for Western Muslims?

In this special episode of the Muslims Uncensored podcast, we sit down with Brother Sam of Somalia – a Cornwall-raised British convert who made the life-changin...

Man arrested over air rifle incident outside York Mosque was shooting at rabbits, court rules

A man whose arrest following reports of gunfire outside York Mosque sparked concern among worshippers has been fined after a court accepted that he had been sho...

Muslim patients risk receiving pig or other animal bone in dental implants without knowing, report warns

Muslim dental patients in Britain could be receiving bone grafts derived from pigs, cows or other animals without being clearly told what is being put into thei...

Italy to ban burqa and niqab in schools

Italy’s government is preparing to ban burqas and niqabs in schools as part of a wider package on migration and integration, which will also seek to limit the n...

Afghan teenager jailed for life after murdering man he wrongly believed was a Taliban

An Afghan teenager who murdered a man he wrongly believed was a member of the Taliban has been jailed for life after stalking his victim for months before launc...

Green Party row over Zack Polanski’s views on Zionism escalates

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has come under fire for appearing to oppose an anti-Zionism motion being pushed by pro-Palestine activists within his party, af...

Is AI a growing new threat to Muslims’ faith, safety and decency?

The latest episode of Muslims Uncensored is out now – and we’re tackling some big questions about the AI revolution. Is AI being used in ways that could threate...

‘SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED’: Cornwall’s only mosque targeted in disturbing overnight attack

Cornwall’s only Islamic centre has been targeted in a disturbing overnight attack, with CCTV appearing to show a car deliberately smashing through its gates bef...