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Two Charlie Hebdo journalists have rejected any suggestion of similarities between a deadly attack on the French satirical magazine and a failed armed assault on a Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.

• 05 мая 2015, 16:06

Afghanistan and Iran announced plans for enhanced security cooperation to combat threats from the Islamic State group, including possible joint military operations.

• 21 апреля 2015, 16:57

President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House and hailed the US-backed Iraqi forces' progress against the IS group.

• 15 апреля 2015, 15:25

Books on Islam are selling out in France after deadly extremist attacks in the capital raised uncomfortable questions about Europe's fastest-growing religion.

• 04 апреля 2015, 14:19

Protesters waving Australian flags and carrying signs such as "Yes Australia. No Sharia" rallied around the country.

• 04 апреля 2015, 12:30

The King of Jordan Abdullah II has been invited to the 5th Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• 26 марта 2015, 01:15

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about Islam, Orthodoxy and Protestantism during the XVI Congress of Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan party in Astana on March 11.

• 12 марта 2015, 17:45

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended Britain's security services after Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John" was unmasked as London graduate Mohammed Emwaziю

• 28 февраля 2015, 13:48

A worrying number of Australian women are heading to Iraq and Syria to become so-called Islamic State group "jihadi brides", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

• 26 февраля 2015, 15:12

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders nixed visas for three controversial imams planning to visit the Netherlands next month.

• 18 февраля 2015, 13:36

Kazakhstan's leader Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged not to associate terrorism with peace-loving Islam or with religion in general.

• 18 февраля 2015, 00:52

US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with Denmark after two shootings that shocked the Nordic nation.

• 17 февраля 2015, 13:56

Pope Francis expressed "profound sadness" over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya, saying they had been killed for their faith.

• 17 февраля 2015, 13:26

Saturday's twin attacks on a cultural centre and synagogue in Copenhagen left two people dead and five police officers wounded before the assailant himself was gunned down.

• 16 февраля 2015, 12:23

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly attacks in Copenhagen and called on society to stand up for tolerance and free expression.

• 16 февраля 2015, 12:16

The first protest in the Austrian city of Linz by Germany's "anti-Islamisation" movement PEGIDA drew just 150 supporters.

• 09 февраля 2015, 13:23

The UN Security Council plans to adopt a resolution next week aimed at halting funding to Islamic State militants from oil, antique trafficking and ransoms.

• 07 февраля 2015, 12:25

Russia is making a push at the United Nations for a new resolution to choke off funding from oil sales to the Islamic State group.

• 05 февраля 2015, 13:57

The UN Security Council demanded the immediate release of all hostages held by the Islamic State group.

• 02 февраля 2015, 14:19

A march by an emergent anti-Islamisation group in the German city of Leipzig failed to drum up much support, with first estimates showing turnout at below 1,000.

• 31 января 2015, 13:03