DUSHANBE - A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the ...

A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of ...

Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...

Shab-e-Barat, observed on the 15th night of Sha’ban, is a significant Islamic night for prayer and forgiveness. In 2025, it ...

Shab-e-Barat is considered very important for the Islamic community because the night is one of the special nights on which ...

India is closely monitoring the resurgence of the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) along Afghanistans borders ...

With a decree issued by President Žaparov, a law has come into force banning clothes that entirely cover women's bodies and ...

Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims, died on Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal. He was 88. Khan, who was born ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Prince Rahim al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, becoming spiritual leader of 15mn Ismaili ...

In 1969, the Aga Khan married Sarah Croker Poole, a former fashion model who converted to Islam and changed her ... of the University of Central Asia in Tajikistan, home of a large Ismaili minority.

THE man dubbed the world’s most elusive billionaire, Aga Khan IV, has died aged 88. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, known best as a ...