The French government will enact a law next month to ban the burqa, or full-body veil.

A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.

Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.

Kiwi sportspeople scheduled to compete in India could be endangered after a chilling warning from al Qaeda.

Following the marriage of President Jacob Zuma to his fifth wife, the Independent looks at the arguments for and against polygamy.