RELIGION

"You don't have to apologise because he doesn't represent you and he doesn't Britain," Imam Mohammed Mahmoud said.

The military has regularly overstated its position, claiming fighting would be over "within days". It is now in its fifth week.

Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and is one of the most important festivities in Islam.

The entire Xinjiang province, home to the ethnic Muslim community, is being strictly monitored to prevent people from observing Ramadan.

The twin attack in Tehran, claimed by Islamic State operatives, killed 17 people.

Saudi Arabia has a strict dress code under Islamic law and even women models are expected to cover themselves with face veil.

Daniel Cristian Serrano was accused of offending a religious brotherhood.

The decision comes as China is intensifying efforts to curb the rising threat of terrorism and Islamic separatism.

Provocative anti-Islam attack comes amid opposition to mosque's construction by right-wing groups.

The Muslim Charities Forum estimates that Muslims across Britain donate around £100 million during Ramadan.

"Horrific events show the importance of having such opportunities" says Dar Ul-Isra Mosque attendee.

The sighting of the new moon determines the start of the month, which leads to countries declaring Ramadan a day or two apart.

South Sudanese bishops invited the pontiff to Juba hoping he would spread a message of peace.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef also compared 'immodestly'-dressed women to 'animals' in his sermon.

If confirmed, this will be only one of the very few times in nearly 20 years that the sitting secretary of state will not host a Ramadan event.

Muslims in the UK will abstain from food and drink for almost 19 hours this year.

It is one of the most important periods in the Islamic calendar.

For followers of central Africa's Kimbanguist church, yesterday (25 May) was Christmas Day.

Attacks in Indonesia and the Philippines this week point to the rise of Isis-affiliated groups networks across the region.

Militants are using Christians and a priest as human shields and have threatened to execute captives.

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It is believed that the Quran was revealed during the month of Ramadan to Prophet Muhammad.

The auspicious time for followers of Islam begins on 26 May this year.

This is the first time that a gay couple has been sentenced to public caning in the region.

Hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered by a court in the only part of Indonesia that criminalises same-sex relations and uses Islamic law as its legal code.

IBTimes UK visits London's Fazl Mosque, where the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's international headquarters are.

Members of the public were reportedly invited to take part in the stoning.

It was yet another political gaffe for the foreign secretary.

Francisco and Jacinta Marton claimed to have been visited by the Virgin Mary in 1917.