A local council in Victoria has created controversy by asking non-Islamic women to wear hijabs in a 'social experiment' to increase awareness and education.

Yazidi women released by Isis this week have given distressing accounts of their ordeals.

The mother of Mohammed Emwazi realised seven months ago that her son was the masked killer known as Jihadi John but failed to tell the authorities.

The decision to commit NZ military contingent to Iraq is a case of misguided foreign policy.

The police and intelligence agencies faced demands for an inquiry over how three young British schoolgirls were able to head for Syria.

When Isis took over Raqqa, a wave of black swept over the city. It's turned into a grim prison for residents - with no escape in sight.

Scotland Yard has warned of a growing trend of young women travelling to Syria after launching an urgent appeal to find three teenage schoolgirls.

Mohammed Sabaaneh's 'favourable' depiction of the Prophet saw him suspended from his job and under investigation. He tells Ben Lynfield in Ramallah that he just wanted to make people think.

Last June the US tried a bold rescue mission to gather hostages taken by Isis. It failed. All the hostages have since died. Was the White House to blame?

Sydney cafe siege survivors and families gathered solemnly as Australia's parliament honoured the victims.

A bank in the United Arab Emirates is trying to lure a rapidly rising number of working women - with a perfumed credit card.

'We were just left there.' Lindt Cafe siege survivor Marcia Mikhael has criticised the police operation, saying the army would've done a better job.

America's most unrepentant news network has issued a string of on-air apologies for broadcasting erroneous information, including an expression of regret.

The role of British female jihadists in inciting terrorism in the UK has been uncovered by the ICSR which has identified a group of around 30 female Britons based in northern

Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids and arrests of suspected Islamist militants.

Captured Yazidi girls in Iraq are killing themselves to escape rape and torture at the hands of Isis (Islamic State) militants holding them prisoner.

Horrifying pictures have emerged showing the Taliban gun squad who slaughtered 132 innocent children - as a new threat to kill schoolkids was revealed.

A New Zealand judge has made reference to the Sydney siege as “the elephant in the room” while sentencing a man who shouted jihadist slogans at a Muslim leader.

New Zealand Muslims were brought to tears by a social media display of solidarity in Sydney during the Lindt cafe siege.

Peter Kassig, the American aid worker murdered by Isis (Islamic State) in Syria, may have been killed by a gunshot wound rather than beheading, analysis has suggested.

One or two words can be enough to turn a hostage situation, so language and rapport is everything, a former New Zealand hostage negotiator says.

I was in Normandy, talking to the former neighbours of a French jihadist last seen slitting the throat of a Syrian captive in an Islamic State (Isis) militant video.

It ain't half cold here mum. My iPod has packed up. All I do is the washing-up.

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.