Islam

Brittany Renner is speaking candidly about her conversion to Islam. The 33-year-old social media influencer, who is returning for Season 12 of VH1’s Basketball Wives , recently spoke exclusively to PEOPLE at the show’s May 2 red carpet premiere event. Renner tells PEOPLE , “Allah called me back to this platform, to this show, and I feel like the first time that I was here, I didn't put my best foot forward.” A press release from Paramount+ says this season Renner “embarks on a transformative spiritual journey.” “Islam was always...

The former chairman of a school where girls were taught knitting and sewing has been banned from running independent schools. Rabia School for Boys and Girls in Luton was closed down in 2021 after repeatedly failing to meet Ofsted standards. Inspectors said the school, which was set up in 1996 to provide an Islamic education, had been "undermining British values". Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has ruled that Zafar Iqbal Khan should be barred from management at any independent school, including free schools and academies, and from being a governor. In...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned the developers of a controversial Islamic-focused city this week not to begin construction on the 400 acres north of Dallas, citing a failure to follow proper environmental protocol. "The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality found that the group behind the proposed EPIC compound did not submit the required permits to begin construction," Abbott said, according to Fox4 in Dallas. "They must confirm within seven days that they are immediately ceasing any construction of their illegal project or face the full weight of the law. The...

The spokesman for the militant organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) was killed in a massive Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the group said.

Naji Abu Saif, also known as Abu Hamsa, was killed during an "attack on his family and his brother's family," PIJ said.

The group is allied with Hamas, another Palestinian extremist group. Both organizations were involved in the October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel that triggered the latest Gaza war.

Both are said to be backed by Iran.

A spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group was killed in a wave of overnight Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, a senior leader of the group told AFP.

"Naji Abu Saif, the spokesperson for Al-Quds Brigades, known as Abu Hamza, and his wife, Shaima Abu Saif, were martyred in an Israeli airstrike," the official said, referring to the spokesman's nom de guerre.

The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. "The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism," Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement posted on X. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was "deputy caliph" of the militant group and "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world," the statement...

The incident follows the arrest of a 16-year-old boy in WA for making an online threat against the Australian Islamic House in Edmondson Park, Sydney. A woman speaks on a megaphone at an anti-war protest held at the Southbank Promenade in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 12, 2024. A woman speaks on a megaphone at an anti-war protest held at the Southbank Promenade in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 12, 2024. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images A 53-year-old man has been arrested on March 13 in connection with alleged bomb threats made against a...

Turkish prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Zorlu Holding CEO Bekir Cem Koksal over allegedly warning his workers in an email against celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.

The case against Koksal has the become the latest in a series of probes against prominent Turkish businessmen along with journalists and opposition figures in what critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan call a crackdown with the aim of muzzling dissent.