Living in the West, Muslims face different challenges in their attempt to hold on to their Islamic identity. They live in an environment where the hostility towards Islam and Muslims is an everyday battle.

On the 6th of January, the New York Times published an article entitled, “Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders’ Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move”. It stated that while the Egyptian government was publicly criticising President Trump’s announcement last month that the U.S. would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of ‘Israel’, an Egyptian intelligence officer was asking several influential TV hosts in the country to persuade Egyptians to accept the decision

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said on Sunday that his government has removed the restriction on Muslim women from performing Haj alone, following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage, Times of India reported.

The adviser of President Beji Caid Essebsi, Saida Garrach, is not parted from claiming to advocate women and their issues, and she continues to lead the fierce media campaigns to promote the marriage of Muslim women to non-Muslims and pushes towards an illusionary equality in inheritance (contrary to the explicit Quran)