Abedin was raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Muslim parents who ran the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.
France faces deep societal divisions over immigration and identity, with far-left and far-right factions gaining in recent elections, posing challenges to unity and stability.
The Muslim Vote campaign is advising voters to pick pro-Palestine candidates running as independents or from smaller parties like the left-wing Workers Party.
The name Mohammed (the name of the Islamic prophet) is the most popular in Israel overall and among Muslim boys in particular.
According to Singapore's Public Order Act, all protesters must obtain a police permit before holding a public assembly.
This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s first human milk bank in Karachi suspended operations after religious scholars deemed it haram. The Health Ministry is seeking further guidance from the Council of Islamic Ideology.
Most attacks on individuals consisted of verbal abuse and were aimed at women. There were also four attempted murders.
"Terrorist groups like Hamas and their backers, including Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), cannot be allowed to speak for all Muslims or Islam."
His statements of address during this year's Hajj echo his historical pattern of using the pilgrimage as a platform for political statements against Israel and the US.