Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and good deeds. More

Bahraini authorities have released the opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who had been imprisoned with her toddler son since March, on “humanitarian” grounds, a public prosecution official has said. More

Tens of thousands of Muslims from across the U.S. gathered Saturday for the largest gathering of American Muslims, the 41st Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)-Muslim American Society (MAS) convention in Baltimore, Maryland, some 65 kilometers (41 miles) from Washington, D.C. More

Muslims in the northern hemisphere face the most challenging Ramadan for more than 30 years, with long summer days creating the shortest possible window for breaking their daily fast. More

Two of the largest feuding Muslim groups in India have united against the recent “terror” arrests of Muslim youth, The Indian Express reports. More

Famed British feminist historian Catherine Hall announced she will withdraw her acceptance of a prestigious award presented by Tel Aviv University for political reasons. More

“When I learned there was Islam and a Muslim community in Cuba, I really liked it because I never heard of it,” CNN reported citing Photographer Joan Alvado. More

Islamic scholars from around the world gathered in Istanbul over the weekend to agree upon a shared lunar calendar for all Muslim majority countries. More

The largest council of Iraqi Sunni scholars have issued a joint statement condemning what they describe as a “massacre” in Fallujah during the recent assault by the Iraqi government and US coalition forces in taking the city from ISIS. More

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject birth control and have more children. More

Leanne Muhamad, a 15 year old student at Wanstead High School who is British-Palestinian, has won the “Speak out” public speaking challenge after giving this impressive performance on Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. More

The Times newspaper has printed an apology for an article published on 2 May 2016, which accused prominent pro-Palestine activists Ibrahim Hewitt of anti-Semitism. More