IQNA – In a move to acknowledge the vibrant history and contributions of its Muslim residents, New York State has designated January as Muslim American Heritage Month.

IQNA – The people of the Al-Runa region in the Bani Hashish district of Sanaa province, Yemen, held a rally to condemn the recent insults to the Holy Quran in the US.

IQNA – The prolonged detention of students and rights activists without a trial has become emblematic of the institutional persecution of Muslims in India rights advocates say.

IQNA – Warning that the core of humanitarian and church missions is under threat, a leading Palestinian church committee has called for immediate international intervention.

IQNA – The Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque hailed Malaysia’s support for Palestine and condemnation of Israeli atrocities against Palestinians.

IQNA – A seminar on “the responsibility of the Islamic Ummah in confronting the desecration of the Quran and other sanctities by the enemy" was held in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.

IQNA – The Israeli legislation that includes measures to cut water, electricity and communications to facilities run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has been condemned by several European countries.

IQNA – Two Muslim student activists who have been detained for years without trial are not going to be released on bail.

IQNA – After a group of Hindus vandalized a mosque and set fire to a copy of the Quran in Nepal's Parsa district, the local administration on Monday imposed a curfew in parts of Birgunj city, to prevent possible religious strife

IQNA – The demolition of a mosque and madrasa in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state marks the latest in a series of such actions in Sambhal district, an area that has seen heightened sectarian strife since a dispute over a different mosque sparked violence 14 months ago.

IQNA – Palestinian religious authorities have accused Israel of permitting dozens of violations at two of Islam’s holiest sites last month, reporting 27 settler incursions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and preventing the Muslim call to prayer 53 times at the Ibrahimi Mosque.

IQNA – As temperatures drop and storms approach, a critical vulnerability has emerged in Gaza’s sprawling displacement camps: the very shelters meant to provide safety.