Eid al-Fitr celebrated amid political furore over claims public Ramadan prayers an ‘act of domination’ On Friday morning, little space remained in Baitul Futuh mosque as thousands of people poured in to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The south London mosque, one of the largest…

Under the shadow of war in the Middle East, Muslim worshippers around the world unite to celebrate the breaking of the fast Continue reading...

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – was closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli…

Hundreds of Muslims gathered outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem for Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday after Israeli authorities closed al-Aqsa mosque. Israel said the closure was part of security measures linked to the country's escalating war with Iran, but Palestinians said…

Exclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’ Richard Hermer, the attorney general, has challenged Kemi Badenoch to say whether she would object to Jewish prayer in public, after the Conservative leader backed one of…

Thousands of people come together at one of Australia’s biggest mosques to mark the end of Ramadan Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke heckled by protesters at Lakemba mosque ‘Joy in the midst of much grief’: Australian Eid and Nowruz celebrations overshadowed by war in the Middle East Continue…

‘So many people that I love and care about are worried about the survival of people they love overseas,’ Inaz Janif says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Inaz Janif would ordinarily attend prayers at the mosque for…

Conservative leader says debate not about freedom of religion, but its expression in shared public space UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has backed her shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, after he claimed that Islamic prayers taking place in public are intimidating and…

Suhoor – the pre-dawn meal – is typically shared at home. But in Sydney customers also queue outside food trucks, restaurants and cafes with extended trading hours It’s just after midnight in an industrial courtyard in Auburn in Sydney’s west and a glow of string lights and the constant sizzle of a…

I am, like millions of others, dutifully fasting from dawn to dusk this month. My faith does not define me. It refines me Nazir Afzal is chancellor of the University of Manchester and a former chief prosecutor As Ramadan begins, Muslims across Britain prepare for a month of fasting, reflection and…

Fasting while working long hours is physically demanding. But gratitude is less abstract when hunger has been felt Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life Iftar isn’t just eating, it’s synchronisation. Everyone waits. Everyone eats…

I mourn the vibrant life we lived before. But though our faces anxiously turn to the sky, our hands are joined in a solidarity that rises above hunger Every year, Ramadan comes as a sanctuary for the soul. For Muslims like me, it is a sacred pause in the chaos of life. But this year, as a woman…

More than one million people are expected to visit the month-long night markets in south-west Sydney, where ‘everyone is happy’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The steps at Lakemba mosque on Thursday night hum with a contented quietness, and the smell of sweet bread…

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Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the Israeli government, experts have warned. A…

In the days before Ramadan, the Australian rightwing politician and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson added to her long history of divisive comments directed at Muslims, suggesting there are no “good Muslims” and singling out Lakemba as somewhere people – that is, people like her – 'feel unwanted'.…

Beyond disproving the tired tropes of Muslims hating the west, Australian Muslims can show us what a month of practising to be a better person looks like As Australian Muslims prepared for Ramadan this week, the leader of the second most popular political party in the country, Senator Pauline…

After stories revealed high levels of contamination in neighborhood around factory processing US toxic waste, government announces sweeping array of tactics The Mexican government has announced it will pursue a sweeping array of tactics to combat industrial pollution, from $4.8m in fines against a…

Sundance film festival: the actor plays a pickpocket who steals from the wrong person in a leisurely, straightforward crime thriller with a sting in its tail Noah Segan’s light-footed crime noir The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is a film obsessed with the gap between the old and new. There…