It is true there were only 300 Spartan soldiers at the Battle of Thermopylae but they were not alone, as the Spartans had formed an alliance with other Greek states. It is thought that the number of Greeks was closer to 7,000. The size of the Persian army is disputed. 5th-century Herodotus claimed there were over two million but it was more likely More

In the late 19th century, the archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe spent years excavating gravesites near Birka, a town on the Swedish island of Björkö that operated as a key center for trade during the Viking Age. In a grave of a woman buried in the 9th century, his excavations recovered a silver-colored ring with a purple stone, now in the collections More

Around 190 Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado were fired last month after walking off the job in protest of management’s discriminatory decision to revoke prayer breaks during their shift. More

Trump spotlighted his plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States - temporarily and with exceptions, he said - and to build a wall along the southern border, AP reported on Tuesday. More

Following yesterday’s ruling which found Pastor James McConnell not guilty of a “hate crime” for referring to Islam as “heathen” and “satanic”, the Belfast Islamic Centre, which reported the pastor to the police, has said that they “disagree with the verdict”. More

Lassana Bathily was an undocumented migrant from Mali until he became an unlikely hero by saving shoppers’ lives during the jihadist attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris last year. More

Wheaton College leaders are taking steps to fire the suspended political science professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God. More

Continuing its innovation to provide the ultimate banking experience, alizz islamic bank has recently launched “Ithraa” Savings Account. More

A Belfast evangelist charged with hate speech against Muslims has been acquitted after a judge ruled that his sermon had not been sufficiently offensive. More

MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims. More

The Egyptian Ministry of Finance announced the commissioning of a working group composed of representatives across several governmental institutions to draft a plan to increase exports by 10% and push the trade deficit and unemployment rate down by 1.5% annually starting in 2016, according to an official statement Saturday. More

A Saudi Islamic scholar issued a fatwa (religious edict) banning the use of mobile phones while driving, saying this is a great sin in Islam as it may cause disasters. More