Earlier this year a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered in western Myanmar. The authorities ‘charged’ three Muslim men. 　　A week later, 10 Muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. What happened next was hidden from the outside world. 　　Bloodshed pitted Buddhists against minority Rohingya Muslims. Many Rohingya fled their... More

　　Young men who have found refuge in Malaysia after fleeing violence in Myanmar are covertly getting brides from home. 　　Shamsul Alam, has dabbled as a tailor's assistant and construction worker since fleeing to Malaysia from his native Rakhine State in Myanmar. 　　He recalls bitterly his grueling 12-14 hour work days... More

　　Burmese security forces organized and stood guard over Buddhist attacks on Muslim settlements before burying scores of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, in mass graves, Human Rights Watch said in a report today. 　　Evidence of official involvement in the massacres that left hundreds dead was gathered... More

　　Rights groups say the Rohingya in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar face some of the worst discrimination in the world. 　　On a sweltering Sunday afternoon, Roma Hattu was rolling around on the bare concrete floor of the abandoned single-story building her family shares with three others behind Thetkepyin camp, breathing heavily and... More

　　The murder of a UK soldier has led to a spike in hate crimes targeting Muslims. 　　British Muslims fear they could become “sitting targets” for far-right violence following a spate of attacks on mosques and a spike in other reported hate incidents in the week since the murder of a... More

　　When Israeli Arabs search for a spouse, they don't just worry about looks, job prospects or future in-laws. They must think about whether their partner will be allowed to live with them. 　　The problem is — many Israeli Arabs, who are ethnically Palestinians, want to marry Palestinians from the West... More

　　Following last week's incidents killing 35 in East Turkistan (Uyghur Autonomous Region), Muslims enter the holy month of Ramadan under strict security measures. 　　With the increased security measures throughout the region, the central grand bazaar of the capital Urumchi isn't that much lively. Several Muslims in the capital are busy... More

　　In the dusty Burmese village of Thet Kay Pyin, Rosia sits tending to her elderly, disabled mother on the floor of a dark bamboo hut. Eighty-year-old Feroza cannot feed herself, speak, or even sit up. Without Rosia's care she would be utterly helpless. 　　The two women, both Rohingya Muslims, live... More

　　In a recent speech made in Iran's southern city of Bandar Abbas, President Hassan Rouhani asserted that his government has promised equal rights to Shia and Sunni Iranians. 　　But human rights groups claim that Sunni Muslims' rights are being systematically violated in Iran. New York-based Human Rights Watch has said... More

　　As Crimea’s parliament has voted to officially recognize the Tatar language to guarantee proportional representation in the republic’s legislative, the Crimean Tatars still refuse to participate in the referendum, which could have the region join Russia. 　　According to the new act, the Crimean Tatar National Assembly and its bodies will... More

　　Ruk and Kun Suma were born five minutes apart on March 27 in a camp for displaced Rohingya in Rakhine State, a northwestern province of Myanmar. Their mother, an emaciated 40-year-old woman named Noor Begun, suffers from tuberculosis and is unable to breastfeed them. The family cannot afford milk either.... More

　　Crimean Tatars commemorated on Sunday the 70th anniversary of their mass deportation under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, but feel insecure once again after Russia's annexation of Crimea in March through a controversial referendum. 　　Stalin had accused the Tatars of collaborating with the German occupiers and exiled them to Central Asia... More

　　China has imprisoned almost two dozen people - mostly Muslim religious leaders - in the western region of Xinjiang, in a stepped up crackdown on "illegal religious activities", Chinese media reported. 　　The 22 Imams were given prison terms ranging from five to 16 years at a mass public sentencing in... More