Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Pakistani imam over AQ leader remarks

The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to prominent Pakistani Muslim scholar Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after comments h...

Ukrainian admits Islamophobic attacks on London mosques

A Ukrainian man has admitted carrying out a series of Islamophobic graffiti attacks targeting mosques, a Muslim school and Islamic organisations in east London....

Morocco and Israel agree major upgrade in diplomatic ties

Morocco and Israel have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic relations to full embassy level and exchange ambassadors, prompting condemnation from Moroccan anti-n...

Man charged over series of Islamophobic graffiti attacks in east London

A 21-year-old man has been charged with five counts of racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage after mosques, a Muslim school and Islamic organisati...

Blood Brothers #214: Mandela’s legacy, South Africa’s xenophobia, Pan-Africanism and Israel

In the first official Blood Brothers Podcast collaboration between 5Pillars and One Nation Media, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent South African politica...

Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of attack on Makkah, group calls claim a ‘lie’

Saudi Arabia and its allies have accused Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthi movement of targeting Makkah with a drone — a claim the group strongly denies. Saudi air defe...

Israeli rights group accuses Tel Aviv of ‘elimination project’ against Palestinians in West Bank

A leading Israeli human rights organisation has accused Israel of carrying out a systematic “elimination project” in the occupied West Bank aimed at dismantling...

Texas: The new frontline of Islamophobia in America

A pig’s head, burning Qur’ans, “Shari’ah cities” and warnings of “Islamification”: something extraordinary is happening in Texas, where Islam has become one of ...

Far-right extremist who wanted Muslims ‘globally extinct’ jailed

A far-right extremist who said he wanted to kill Muslims until they were “globally extinct” has been jailed for two years after a counter-terrorism investigatio...

India bought the 9/11 War on Terror franchise. Kashmir is still paying for it

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the “war on terror” continues to shape the treatment of Muslims around the world. Prominent Kashmiri activist, Dr. Muzzammil Ayyub...

Why do so many Muslims believe Israel did 9/11?

Muslims Uncensored is back, and this time we are discussing 9/11, the conspiracy linking Israel to the attack, and why most Muslims believe that it was an insid...

Who are Yemen’s Houthis? A brief history of the group now advancing along the Red Sea

As Yemen’s Houthi-backed forces secure major gains in a headline-grabbing rapid advance across Yemen’s Red Sea coast, 5Pillars takes a look at the background of...

Austria’s hijab ban: Who is really controlling Muslim girls?

Austria has once again targeted Muslim girls, banning the hijab for those under 14 in the name of protecting them from “control” — but in doing so, the governme...

REVIEW: Tommy Robinson: Where’s the Money Gone?

From stoking unrest to producing shoddy documentaries while profiteering off of the back of jailed supporters and victims of grooming, the Channel 4 documentary...

25 years after 9/11: Muslims became the ‘suspect community’ — but we became stronger too

Twenty-five years after 9/11 unleashed the War on Terror, Muslims remain under unprecedented attack — but the pressure has also forged a stronger, more confiden...

Blood Brothers #213: Ahmed Deedat, using the Bible to debate Christians & insecure men

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with viral American-Egyptian debater and streamer Itachi. Topics of discussion include: Itac...

Why do so many Muslims believe Israel did 9/11?

A recent 5Pillars poll found that 62% of our audience blames Israel for the 9/11 attacks, but what actual evidence lies behind this theory? Robert Carter lays i...

Boy, 14, convicted of terror offence after naming Christchurch mosque killer in racist graffiti

A 14-year-old boy who invoked the Christchurch mosque terrorist in extreme-right graffiti and downloaded a video explaining how to make a bomb has been convicte...

Netanyahu ‘ignored UAE warning of major Hamas attack’ days before October 7

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally warned by the leader of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive against Isra...

UK sanctions Israeli settlers but Miliband declares ‘unwavering’ support for Israel

Britain has formally declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful and announced sanctions targeting illegal settlements — but Foreign Secretar...

Huddersfield barrister jailed for plotting violent revenge attack with gangster client

A barrister who plotted with a gangster client to track down and seriously injure a man who had shot him has been jailed for three years and three months. Samre...

Elderly Muslim couple found stabbed to death in Blackburn home

An elderly Muslim couple have been found stabbed to death at a home in Blackburn, with a man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of murder. Lancashire Police launc...

Sixteen year old hafidh killed while cycling home from prayers in Birmingham

Tributes have been paid to an “exceptional” 16-year-old Muslim boy who died after being struck by a car while cycling home from Fajr prayers in Birmingham. Muha...

Muslim America 25 years after 9/11: Growing influence, enduring Islamophobia

A quarter of a century after the September 11 attacks, America’s Muslim population has more than doubled and its political influence has grown significantly — b...

Birmingham Four: Campaign to overturn terrorism convictions reignited after 10 years behind bars

Legal experts and activists have renewed a campaign to overturn the convictions of four Muslims who allege they were “framed” by West Midlands Police (WMP) in a...

Kashmir needs justice, not the rhetoric of division

Kashmiri activist Hassan Saleemi argues that legitimate grievances in Azad Kashmir must be addressed, but warns that breaking away from Pakistan would further d...

£27,000 raised for Al-Khawas family after tragic deaths amid racist online abuse

More than £27,000 has been raised for the surviving members of the Al-Khawas family following the devastating deaths of four family members off the Sussex coast...

UAE pardons Egyptian-Turkish activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi

Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, son of the late prominent scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has been pardoned by the UAE president just days afte...

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrives in UK despite record of inflammatory statements against Muslims

Mohan Bhagwat, supreme leader of India’s far-right Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has arrived in London for the final leg of a tour spanning the U.S. and Ca...

The Muslim and left-wing vote is likely to decide the Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Pro-Gaza and Muslim votes look set to act as kingmakers for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election triggered by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation...