Prophet's picture in UP book raises storm
A book titled, 'Udayimaan Bhartiya Samaj Mein Shikshak' (Teachers in Emerging India), has raised hackles of Uttar Pradesh's political
Egypt scholars OK mosques built by showbiz $
Several actors and singers build their own mosques
American Jihadist Cell Planned Attacks in Israel, Jordan, Kosovo
Eight men, including seven living in North Carolina, were indicted Monday by a U.S. Federal Grand Jury for planning to carry out jihad-inspired terrorist attacks in Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Egypt 57 Years later (3)
In my previous two articles, I had emphasized what is one of the main Arab characteristics - the art of lying otherwise known as Taqia. Â
As Muslim women suffer, feminists avert their gaze
Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, an angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan, has started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment:
Hamas: Gaza women to wear head covering
Senior Hamas officials had claimed, in the wake of Hamas' June 2007 Gaza takeover, that the organization did not have any intention to turn the Sharia, Islamic religious law into official state regulations. Two years later, however, it seems that the Hamas government is slowly introducing more and more regulations in the spirit of the Islamic decrees.
Muslim mob targets Christians for building church
Mosque blamed for igniting Islamic crowds to torch property
Egyptian man-turned-woman sues al-Azhar
An Egyptian man-turned-woman has filed a lawsuit with the prosecutor general against the president of al-Azhar University for refusing to re-admit her after the sex-change operation.
Nigeria: Islamist attacks spread to second northern state
Islamist militants have attacked Nigerian police in two northern states, the Nigerian daily Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. So-called "Taliban" militants clashed with police in Nigeria's Borno state after at least 200 people were killed in clashes between Islamic militants and police on Sunday in neighbouring Bauchi state.
U.S. Transfers $200 Million in Aid to Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who spoke after returning from a visit to India and Thailand, says the money has been transferred directly to the Palestinian Authority.