"Playing a role in getting Qur'an desecrators humiliated/blocked is a great feeling and I thank Allah SWT for giving us this win.

"Like it or not, 5Pillars is a Muslim platform which gets BIG results (with Allah's permission). Alhamdulillah.

"We rarely boast, but confronting Qur'an desecrators is something I take huge pride in. Well done team 5P."

Robert Carter, 5Pillars.

A coalition of Muslim civil rights organisations in the US have called for the urgent release of a Palestinian Muslim community leader and US resident for over 32 years, Salah Sarsour, who is currently being held in ICE detention.

https://5pillarsuk.com/2026/04/21/us-muslim-groups-call-for-urgent-release-of-palestinian-community-leader-from-ice-custody/

An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed that 12 British universities paid a firm led by former military intelligence officials to monitor pro-Palestine student protesters and academics, using social media intelligence reports to track campus activism.

https://5pillarsuk.com/2026/04/21/uk-universities-paid-security-firm-to-spy-on-pro-palestine-students-and-academics/

US military veterans occupied the Cannon Building at the Capitol as an act of protest against the US/Israeli war on Iran.

60+ veterans, including disabled veterans and military family members, were arrested in Washington, D.C. during the peaceful sit-in demanding an end to the war.

The veterans wore T-shirts with the slogan “Veterans Against Fascism.”

Polls show that the war is very unpopular amongst the US public.

Pro-Palestine activists outside Birmingham Crown Court were ordered by police to remove a banner which depicted blood stained baby clothes with the words “I want to grow up not be blown up” written on them on Monday April 20.

The officers claimed that the banner could cause offence to passers by.

The activists were expressing opposition to the fact Israel has been killing large numbers of children in Gaza since 2023.

Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa watched a western-style dance performance in Damascus yesterday during the opening of a new sports arena.

Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, has said his country will honour the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity and war crimes, was scheduled to visit Budapest later this year.

Hungary’s previous nationalist leader, Viktor Orbán, announced last year that the country would withdraw from the ICC after a meeting with Netanyahu in Budapest.

The withdrawal was due to take effect by June 2 this year, but Magyar has made clear he intends to reverse the decision.

A 32-year-old man has admitted religiously aggravated assault after raping a Sikh woman in her home, spewing anti-Muslim abuse during the attack as he targeted her because he believed she was Muslim.

https://5pillarsuk.com/2026/04/21/man-admits-raping-sikh-woman-after-mistaking-her-for-a-muslim/

Is a political earthquake about to happen in Birmingham at the local elections on May 7?

Will the Gaza independents destroy Labour’s hold on Britain's second city?

Ahead of the local elections, 5Pillars spoke with several Muslim candidates, endorsed by the Independent Alliance, who are polling strongly ahead of voting day.

They are campaigning heavily on an anti-Labour, pro-Palestine ticket, hoping to further punish Labour amid anger over the party’s stance on Gaza, local failure and appeasment of the far-right.

We asked 5Pillars readers and viewers what they thought of the Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif.

Based on around 800 responses, only 3% said they approved, whilst the overwhelming majority, 86%, said they disapproved.

ISRAEL BOMBS LEBANON MOSQUE

Israel violated the ceasefire agreement by bombing the Sheikh Ragheb Harb Mosque in the southern Lebanese town of Jibchit on Tuesday.

The mosque suffered heavy damage, with copies of the Qur’an found beneath the rubble.

"A reminder of the crime they committed 2,000 years ago. "

Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem react to the recent desecration of a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon by Invading Israeli Zionists.

Palestinian children in Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, were blocked from reaching school by razor wire put up by Israeli settlers, as well as IDF soldiers enforcing restrictions.

So the children sat down and studied right in front of them.

“The UK is infected with Islamophobia, and it’s getting worse — but why?”

Catch the latest episode of the Muslims Uncensored podcast, out now on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUOQ9s4U1U

The destruction of a Jesus statue by IDF soldiers in Lebanon has sparked outrage among Christians worldwide and reignited interest in why Judaism has historically rejected Jesus despite Israel’s modern alliance with Christian Zionists.

https://5pillarsuk.com/2026/04/22/what-do-jews-really-think-about-jesus/

"Shocked at the 1% of 5Pillars readership that support and approve of Mohammed bin Zayed."

Dilly Hussain, 5Pillars.