A Muslim man is calling on "souljahs of Allah" to make their way to Hawke's Bay and join him in forming the "Islamic State of Aotearoa".

The global halal industry excluding financial services is estimated to exceed $2 trillion and will grow 4 per cent to 5 per cent annually.

We've had reports of abuse by Kiwis who think all Muslims are terrorists. I say to those responsible: when you scream at them as you drive by, you are terrifying them.

The site in Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad is said to have been born is about to be "buried under marble" and replaced by a huge royal palace.

The Government has taken its time to decide New Zealand will not join Western allies in military action against the terrorist group that has taken over part of Iraq and Syria.

Three NZ Defence Force personnel have already left for the Middle East to scope out a role for New Zealand forces to help train Iraqi forces fight ISIS.

The possibility of NZ soldiers taken prisoner and appearing in beheading videos does not bear thinking about, let alone electorally, writes John Armstrong.

A "group of free thinkers" has been chosen to detect unseen threats to New Zealand's national security, advising the Prime Minister of danger before it arrives.

John Key says any NZ commitment to the campaign against Isis in the Middle East would be for a long time, pointing to the 10-year deployment of troops to Bamiyan.

A large-scale uprising by people living under the totalitarian regime of Isis (Islamic State) is the most likely trigger that will lead to the undoing of the self-declared caliphate.

Palestinian leaders accused Israel of an act of war in closing the sacred Temple Mount religious site after a dramatic rooftop ambush of an Arab accused of trying to kill a far-Right Jewish activist provoked rioting.

It is arguably the greatest security challenge of the modern age - how to prevent "lone wolf" fanatics from committing devastating acts of terrorism.

Terrorism is an affront to our freedom, human dignity and right to life.

Islamic State (Isis) jihadists separated virgin women from the Yazidi minority sect in Iraq to take as sex slaves, according to a group that monitors Isis in Syria.

Police in London have arrested a fifth British man on suspicion of Islamist-linked terrorism, after saying earlier they had managed to avert a "significant plot".

Established as the world's most glamorous plane with top-end carriers such as Dubai-based Emirates, Airbus sees a new niche for the industry's biggest jetliner.

Victoria's Islamic community has received threats less than 24 hours after a Muslim youth stabbed two police officers and was shot dead.

A London student has been banned from school for wearing an Islamic niqab, sparking protests.

Jihadist fighters have begun preparing defences against American air strikes and a feared land-based counter-offensive in Iraq and Syria, residents living under their rule say.

Few experts disagree with David Cameron and Barack Obama's assertion that by paying ransoms Western governments end up bankrolling the very terrorism groups they seek to combat.

Islamic radicals returning from Iraq and Syria will be forced on to "deradicalisation" programmes to reverse any brainwashing.

Obama undeterred as air strikes continue even though jihadists say they will execute more US journalists

Hundreds of Yazidi women who were captured by Islamic extremists are being subjected to deliberate attempts to co-opt them into service as the wives of fighters.

An Australian jihadist has tweeted a photo of his young son holding up a severed head of a dead Syrian soldier.