The rising anti-Muslim rhetoric ahead of a July parliamentary election have raised tensions in the country. 　　Twenty years after Bulgaria's then-Communist regime mounted an official campaign of persecution against its Muslim minority, could bring the nightmare back. 　　Mustafa Yumer, a Bulgarian Muslim, led resistance and hunger strikes against an assimilation... More

　　The riots that rocked the city of Urumqi in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are the area's worst for more than a decade. 　　What makes these riots different, however, is the high number of causalities. Exile groups say violence erupted after police moved in on Sunday to break up a peaceful... More

　　Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short an official visit to Italy for the G8 summit and is returning home following deadly response to protests of Uighurs in East Turkistan, state media reported. 　　The government flooded the area with security forces in the wake of deadly response that left 156... More

　　Dozens of displaced people by the government attacks on Moro region in southern Philippines have either been abducted or killed by the military on claim of suspected links with Muslim fighters, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. 　　The London-based rights watchdog said there were reports the military had labeled displaced communities... More

　　Dozens of ethnic Uighurs, including several children, remain unaccounted for more than three months after China launched a crackdown on ethnic unrest in the country's far west, a human right group has said. 　　A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Wednesday, said the group had documented the cases... More

　　A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July. 　　Two of the 22 Uighurs who sought... More

　　The annual report of US State Department on human rights has warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. 　　The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the construction of minarets on mosques enacted in November, as well as continued bans or... More

　　A military strike by Russia against fighters in its North Caucasus region is much more likely this year than last and would threaten the lives of scores of civilians, a report showed on Tuesday. 　　Conflict has escalated in the past year in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia. 　　The attacks that killed... More

　　France's lower house of parliament is due to vote on whether to ban the public wearing of the face-covering veil worn by some Muslim women. 　　The controversial bill is likely to be passed by deputies on Tuesday and the Senate will probably follow suit in September. 　　Only three members of... More

　　Kosovo may have declared independence in 2008, but for the past two and half years it has been unable to enjoy many of the trappings of full statehood. 　　Thursday's ruling from the International Court of Justice allowed ethnic Albanian Kosovars to breathe a sigh of relief. 　　They knew that if... More

　　Ukraine's Muslim minority say anti-Tatar propaganda increasing under pro-Russian government. 　　"I've already been here for 960 days, and today is the 961st," said the weather-beaten Tatar man, squinting beneath the powerful Crimean sun. 　　Seydamet Smailov has spent almost three years living alone in a dilapidated cabin by the side of... More

　　A controversial ban on face veils has come into force in France, meaning anyone wearing the Muslim Niqab or Burqa in public will face a fine of up to $216 and a citizenship course. 　　A number of Muslims are urging women to defy the ban, including a property dealer who... More

　　In the wake of the atrocities in Norway perpetrated by Anders Behring Breivik, it is still unclear whether he was part of a wider conspiracy, but alarm bells are now ringing across Europe about the threat from far-right extremist groups. With no end in sight to the economic crisis afflicting... More