Ahmed al-Ghamdi says that the strict separation between the sexes that exists today did not exist at the time of Muhammad. Conservatives respond harshly: a fatwa says that he "must be killed." The official Saudi news agency reports his removal and a few hours later deletes the story. The issue also has economic implications.
On the eve of his terrorism trial, an American student who studied in London admitted Tuesday that he helped a friend deliver some protective clothing to an al-Qaida military commander fighting Americans in Afghanistan.
French anti-terror officers arrested five suspected Islamic extremists Tuesday after they allegedly posted comments on radical websites calling for Jihad or Muslim holy war.
Ahead of World Cup, groups ranging from Islamic to Afrikaans extremists place SA in precarious position.
Syria is helping Hizbullah stockpile “far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world,†U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday at a joint press conference with visiting Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
U.S. President Barack Obama began a two-day summit Monday bringing together entrepreneurs from dozens of countries, most of them primarily Muslim.
Eight Palestinian Authority factions meeting in Syria have rejected peace talks with Israel based on the “two-state solution,†according to Kuwaiti media. Among the factions were Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Hearing with the pronouncement of a judgement on the request of Egypt’s most well known convert, Mohamed Hegazy, to change his ID from “Muslim†to “Christianâ€
A British al-Qaeda commander planned to emulate the July 7 London suicide bombings with a coordinated attack on the New York subway system, it has emerged.
U.S. President Barack Obama will lay a key plank of his strategy to mend ties with the Islamic world on Monday when he hosts a summit to boost economic development in Muslim nations.