Muslims took part in morning prayers on Friday for Eid al Fitr, the three-day festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The memorandum of understanding promises to establish a "framework of cooperation" that aims to create conditions for "voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable" repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
"The psychological pressure is enormous, when you have to criticise yourself, denounce your thinking," says Omir Bekali, a Kazakh Muslim, who had to disavow his Islamic beliefs while in detention in one of China's new indoctrination camps.
A manifesto by nearly 300 French personalities that urged prominent Muslims to obsolete anti-Jewish and anti-Christian references in the Quran has caused a furore in Turkey as well as in France.
The so-called war on terror has deformed the Ethiopian state and society. The social fabric as a result has been badly frayed with widespread extrajudicial killings and torture. Can anything be done to improve this?
The US says mass detentions in so-called political re-education centres paint a "disturbing picture" and calls on Chinese authorities to have a "more transparent" system.
Violent attacks against Muslims have been on the rise since 2012. Hardline Sinhalese Buddhist groups are widely believed to be responsible and social media has also played a role.
The US continues to fund the Israeli war machine with little regard for human life. Then it wonders why Palestinians, and supporters of Palestine, aren't fond of it.
Police are investigating whether ringleaders had out outside help, but as they do, Sri Lanka's Muslim community count the cost and fear more violence.
Buddhist mobs sweep through Muslim neighbourhoods in the country's central hills, destroying stores and setting homes on fire despite a curfew and a state of emergency.
Every president from Bill Clinton onward had pledged to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital but reneged on that promise in office.
Extrajudicial killings, broad legislation and trumped up allegations of “terrorism” mean Kenya’s Muslims are increasingly under siege. This climate is ushering in a new brutal breed of US-led colonialism on the continent.
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