Saudi Arabia signed a contract worth 30.8 billion riyals ($8.2 billion) on Saturday with a Spanish consortium to build a high-speed railway connecting Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, with the port city of Jeddah.
January 14, 2012 5:34
Investors were just coming to terms with the Muslim Brotherhood. But there are new forces in play as an Islamist-led government is set to replace Egypt's failed authoritarian secular government.
December 5, 2011 1:41
More than 1,000 candidates applied for popular Islamic reality TV show, indicating a strong potential for show advertisers to capture the more than 240 million Muslims in Southeast Asia.
April 19, 2011 3:51
A Malaysia-based group is drafting halal standards to give Muslim countries a framework to regulate a $2 trillion global industry ranging from food to finance.
April 5, 2011 12:09
It’s five years since bombs rocked London’s transport system. Preoccupied by two wars, has the British government overlooked a poisonous tide of anti-Muslim sentiment developing at home?
July 7, 2010 4:26
Is European legislation against the Islamic face covering merely a way of sidestepping some far more complex – and perhaps unsolvable – issues?
April 26, 2010 7:31
More and more ‘Islamic’ television stations are being launched. And despite strict rules on content, they are proving increasingly popular with advertisers.
March 31, 2010 5:17
With French lawmakers pushing for a burqa ban and Switzerland forbidding the construction of minarets, many Muslims in Europe have started questioning their place in society.
January 28, 2010 2:41
US President Barack Obama addresses Muslim countries, declaring that America wants to reach out to them and establish better relations. The American public agrees. Now that's a change.
April 8, 2009 12:36