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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…

Sundance film festival: an inventively made fantasy boasts eye-catching premise and typically rewarding performance from Oscar-winner but something’s missing In terms of attention-demanding loglines, this year’s Sundance has a few. There’s the body horror Saccharine, about a diet craze that…

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health Leer en español en Quinto Elemento Lab An industrial boom in a US manufacturing hub in Mexico is contributing to a massive air pollution crisis…

Our editors’ favourite sporting images from the past week, from the spectacular to the powerful, and with a little bit of fun thrown in Continue reading...

British Muslims are too often acceptable only when they bake cakes or win medals. Now the nation has had a true insight into our faith If anything is going to get me to turn on BBC One early on Eid morning, it’s Eid prayer being televised on a UK terrestrial channel for the first time in British…

Worshippers offered Eid al-Fitr prayers across the world, marking the culmination of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan Continue reading...

The good, the bad and the ugly about the social media platform. Plus: celebrities mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two “This is the stupidest thing ever.” That was a common reaction to Twitter in 2006, according to the San Francisco startup’s…

From Algerian couscous that makes the house smell ‘buttery’ to semolina cookies packed with dates, each bite is filled with precious memories Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, taking place on 30 March or 31 March, depending on the sighting of the new moon. It’s the end of a spiritual month and…

Alieu and Isatu Wurie died during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as temperatures exceeded 120F A Maryland couple died recently while completing the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid extreme heat. Alieu Wurie, 71, and Isatu Wurie, 65, of Bowie, Maryland, were among the more than 1,300 people…

Riyadh says more than four-fifths did not have permit to make pilgrimage to Mecca, where temperatures hit 51.8C At least 1,300 people have died during the hajj pilgrimage, which took place during intense heat, Saudi Arabia has said, adding that most of the deceased did not have official permits.…

PM orders 16 companies to be stripped of licences amid hundreds of deaths, many attributed to extreme heat The Egyptian prime minister, Mostafa Madbouly, has ordered 16 tourism companies to be stripped of their licences and referred their managers to the public prosecutor’s office for illegally…

Hoda Nagib and her husband had walked 20km in the baking sun in Saudi Arabia while on Mecca pilgrimage Hoda Nagib and her husband had walked 20km in the baking sun in Saudi Arabia when she told him that she needed to rest. The couple, who are in their 60s, had just scaled Mount Arafat, along with…

Saudi authorities said they sent away unregistered pilgrims but many appear to have taken part without access to cooler spaces The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, with more than half of the victims unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi…

Relatives seek news of missing loved ones after hundreds reported dead as temperatures hit 51.8C in Saudi Arabia Friends and family of missing hajj pilgrims have been searching hospitals and pleading online for news, fearing the worst after hundreds died during the annual rites in Saudi Arabia.…