Imam

Despite recognition of divorce from the Swedish state, some women are having difficulties getting imams in the country to recognise their divorces under Islamic law and remarry.

European Council President Charles Michel has announced support for a “European Institute for the Training of Imams” to combat the spread of radical Islamic ideologies in the European Union.

Yassin Elforkani, the Imam of Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque, has demanded Dutch lawmakers consider passing new legislation to ban insulting the Islamic prophet Mohamm

A 50-year-old imam is one of 65 men placed in custody after a large-scale operation in multiple cities aimed at tackling child pornography. 

Imam Yahya Pallavicini, president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community (Coreis), has condemned the republishing of the Mohammed cartoons, arguing that they are “insensitive”.

Italy has expelled three radical Islamic extremists deemed to be security risks, including an Egyptian imam who headed an Islamic cultural association in the province of Venice.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government to lift remaining coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday so that businesses could fully reopen.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a controversial guest, Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, speak at his rally in Dearborn, Michigan, over the weekend — the same imam who once suggested that the Islamic State (ISIS) was “connected to Israel” and proclaimed that the terrorist group was “playing the role of the arm of the Zionists.”

An Imam and his transvestite “wife” were remanded in custody by authorities in Uganda on Tuesday after the latter successfully duped the religious leader into marrying him, local media reports. 

An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been roundly criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries.

A Belgian court sentenced a Turkish migrant to six years in prison after he had falsely claimed to be an imam and sexually abused several underage girls.

Italy has repatriated a radicalized Moroccan imam who posted antisemitic and anti-Christian messages on social media as well as praising the Islamic State terror group.

Radical Islamic imam Abu Ramadan, a migrant from Libya, is accused of illegally obtaining as much as 590,000 Swiss francs (£455,335/$596,700) between 2003 and 2017.

A 23-year-old Bangladeshi imam faces deportation from Italy after investigators confirmed he had physically assaulted young children at a religious school.

A 39-year-old Imam in the Swedish city of Helsingborg has been sentenced to fines and a conditional prison sentence after labelling Jews “the progeny of monkey’s and pigs.” The Imam made the remarks during a demonstration organised by the Swedish-Palestinian

A mob of Muslim activists sacked and set fire to a Christian church in Niger this weekend to protest the arrest of an influential imam.

An imam working in the French city of Rouen was arrested along with another individual on suspicion of aiding the illegal migration of individuals across the English Channel.

The imam of the infamous An’Nur mosque in the Swiss city of Winterthur has been deported from the country after Somalia recognized him as a citizen and agreed to take him back. The imam, who was sentenced to an 18

A Swedish imam has claimed that returning Islamic State members need the “right” kind of Islam to help rehabilitate them back into society.

An Islamic preacher in Prague has come under severe criticism after telling Muslims they should equip themselves with weapons following the Christchurch attack in New Zealand.

A federal court blocked the execution of a Muslim inmate sitting on death row on Wednesday after it ruled the state of Alabama violated his religious liberties under the Constitution for not allowing an imam to be present in the execution chamber.

Tunisian radical imam Mahmoud Jebali, who is set for deportation after coming to Italy as an illegal immigrant, threatened to kill prison officers.

Mohamed Toujgani , tipped as a future president of the League of Imams of Belgium, has been accused of anti-Semitism after a video emerged of him calling on Allah to “burn and eviscerate” Zionists.

An imam has been convicted of abusing two young girls assigned to him for Qu’ran lessons in Newham, London.

A Tunisian imam has been expelled from Italy after it was revealed that he had celebrated the Berlin Christmas Market terror attack in December of 2016 from his prison cell.

Officials in Saudi Arabia have yet to confirm or deny reports this week that Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed Al Talib, imam and preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque on Mecca, has been arrested. 

Left-wing Islamic activist Linda Sarsour has ties to the father of the man arrested for allegedly training children to carry out school shootings on a New Mexico compound.

The father of a missing three-year-old boy in Georgia trained children at a New Mexico compound to carry out school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.

A Muslim faith leader in Nottinghamshire was found guilty of three counts of indecently assaulting a young teen boy in the mosque where he preached and taught children the Quran.

TEL AVIV — Jewish leaders refused to accept the apology of a Houston, Texas imam who said Judgment Day would arrive when the Muslims fight the Jews “in Palestine.”