Rasa - A substitute teacher in New York's Bronx district was fired on Tuesday for ripping a hijab off of an 8-year-old student's head, Safa Alzockary, at Public School 76.

Rasa - Rejoicing in their millions, Iranians are marking the birth anniversary of the twelfth Shia Imam, Imam Mahdi (Peace be Upon Him), who is regarded as the ultimate redeemer.

Rasa - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has approved a resolution that describes Israel as an “occupying power” and rejects its sovereignty claims over all of Jerusalem al-Quds.

Rasa - Sweden's largest mosque has been deliberately set ablaze in an arson attack, marking yet another hate crime against the Muslim community in the Scandinavian country.

Rasa - German lawmakers in the lower house of parliament have passed a law that will put a partial ban on full-face Muslim veils such as burqas and niqabs amid rising xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiments in the country.

Rasa - Prominent Indonesian Quran reciter Sheikh Ja’far Abdulrahman has passed away while reciting verses from Islam's most revered book during an official ceremony.

Rasa - Millions of Muslims in Iran and across the world are celebrating Eid al-Mab’ath, the anniversary of the day Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received his first revelation and was chosen as Allah’s final messenger.

Rasa - There are no sharia courts (Islamic religious courts) in the United Kingdom or in the wider Atlantic World, says Barry Grossman, an international lawyer and political analyst.

Rasa - Millions of Muslims have converged on the Iraqi capital Baghdad to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 7th Shia Imam, Imam Musa ibn Jafar al-Kazim (PBUH).

Rasa - A social studies teacher at a Catholic school in Ocala, Florida has received criticism after assigning students a reading that degrades Islam as a faith and insults Prophet Muhammad, reports said on Wednesday.