In Turkey, a nation with 99% Muslim population, something unexpected is happening. The country's youth have started a social media trend that's raising serious questions about religious identity, ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week announced the merger of three state-owned Islamic banks, unveiling a restructuring plan aimed at expanding the role of participation banking within the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Outrage over a Quran-burning protest in Sweden produced a second day of protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. Some 250 people gathered outside the Swedish ...

On May 29, Turkey’s greatest city, Istanbul, became the stage for a major spectacle: the “Conquest Celebrations,” marking the ...

FILE - Protesters chant slogans as they hold posters and pictures of victims during a protest against China's brutal crackdown on ethnic group Uyghurs, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, ...

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs will hold a summit to bring Latin American Muslim leaders together in Istanbul from Nov.12-16. “The First Latin American Muslim Leaders Religious Summit” will ...

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PARIS (Reuters) - Abdullah Gul's election as Turkey's president is a victory for a strain of political Islam centered on promoting Muslim values democratically rather than imposing sharia, Islamic law ...

ANKARA, TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs in China’s western Xinjiang province and allow them to ...

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