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In Indonesia’s election, the winner is Widodo – and Islam
By Reuters,
1116, April 19, 2019 (EAT)
Two months before this week’s presidential election in Indonesia, prize-winning novelist Eka Kurniawan declared in an opinion column that “the Isl...
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Indonesian President Widodo looks set for election victory – challenger says no
By Reuters,
2022, April 17, 2019 (EAT)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo appeared set for a second term as “quick count” results from Wednesday’s election rolled in, but his challenger...
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4 Indian political leaders face temporary campaign bans
By VOA,
1059, April 17, 2019 (EAT)
In an increasingly acrimonious election campaign in India, two top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and two from the opposition have been ...
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Indonesians to vote in world’s biggest single-day election
By Reuters,
1050, April 14, 2019 (EAT)
Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with polit...
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Pakistan: Hindu sisters not forcibly converted to Islam
By VOA,
1745, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
A court in Islamabad on Thursday has ruled that two Hindu sisters from Sindh province, who were allegedly abducted and forced to marry Muslim men, vol...
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How Indonesia’s president has tried to claw back voter support in Muslim heartland
By Reuters,
1542, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
When Wawan Setiawan, a volunteer for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s re-election campaign, goes door-to-door in this conservative part of Java, h...
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Turkey orders detention of more than 1,100 people linked to failed 2016 coup
By CNN,
2050, February 12, 2019 (EAT)
Turkey has ordered the detention of 1,112 people over suspected links to a failed coup attempt, a Ministry of Interior source told CNN. Warrants ha...
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Imam calls on Muslims in the Middle East to ’embrace’ Christians
By Reuters,
1948, February 4, 2019 (EAT)
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque and university, called on Muslims in the Middle East to “embrace” local Christi...
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Homegrown terrorist: The humble beginnings of suicide bomber in Riverside attack
By Enock Sikolia,
1336, January 21, 2019 (EAT)
The terrorist who blew himself up before the attack on the 14 Riverside complex in Nairobi has been on the police list of the most wanted terror suspe...
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Indonesia to release suspected Bali bomb mastermind Bashir from prison
By Reuters,
1719, January 19, 2019 (EAT)
Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian ...
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Turkey orders arrest of nearly 200 people over suspected Gulen ties, Hurriyet says
By Reuters,
655, January 16, 2019 (EAT)
Turkey ordered the arrest of 192 people over suspected links to the network of the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating an attempted coup...
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Ten suspected suicide attack plotters to appear in Indian court
By Reuters,
1826, December 27, 2018 (EAT)
Ten people suspected of planning imminent suicide attacks in the New Delhi region will appear in court in the capital on Thursday, India’s federal c...
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Judge excoriates Trump ex-adviser Flynn, delays Russia probe sentencing
By Reuters,
1137, December 19, 2018 (EAT)
A U.S. judge fiercely criticized President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents in a pro...
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Flynn’s former business partner charged with secret lobbying for Turkey
By Reuters,
918, December 18, 2018 (EAT)
An ex-business partner of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn and a businessman with ties to Turkish government officials have been ch...
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Trump says not considering extraditing US-based Muslim cleric Erdogan foe
By Reuters,
1746, November 17, 2018 (EAT)
President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not considering extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric to Turkey as part of an effort to ease pressure on ...
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U.S. eyes ways to remove Erdogan foe to appease Turkey
By Reuters,
1821, November 16, 2018 (EAT)
The Trump administration is exploring possible ways to remove U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a foe of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, to ...
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Court frees widow of slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo
By Citizen Reporter,
1309, October 5, 2018 (EAT)
Haniya Sagaar, the widow of the slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo, has been freed. On Friday, the Mombasa High Court ruled that the 10-year-jail term ...
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Sheikh in court for defiling teen 6 years ago
By Evans Asiba,
1654, March 5, 2018 (EAT)
A Muslim cleric was on Monday charged before a Nakuru court with defiling a 15-year-old minor in 2012. Sheikh Mustafa Murtadha, who appeared before...
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Aboud Rogo widow sentenced to 10 years in prison
By Asha Bekidusa,
1904, February 16, 2018 (EAT)
The Shanzu Law Courts on Friday sentenced the widow of the late Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo to ten years in prison. Haniya Saggar was found guilty of ...
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Marsabit sheikh arraigned over terror links
By Dzuya Walter,
1701, January 15, 2018 (EAT)
Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) wants a Muslim cleric who was arrested in Marsabit town over the weekend held for a month to enable them conclude inves...
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