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US State Department: International Religious Freedom Report 2009
The Constitution provides for freedom of belief and the practice of religious rites, although the Government places restrictions on these rights in practice. Islam is the official state religion, and the principles of Shari'a (Islamic law) are the primary source of legislation.
Islamists who want to destroy the state get £100,000
Members of a group regarded as an 'organisation of concern’ by the Home Office has secured large government grants for schools. ...
Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al Qaeda
LAHORE, Pakistan — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a visit meant to improve relations with Pakistan, strongly suggested Thursday that some Pakistani officials bore responsibility for allowing terrorists from Al Qaeda to operate from safe havens along this country’s frontier. ...
Dormant conscience
Days and the people standing insistence of various religion and sects and political groups and rich and poor, it happened behind the rarely comes along only every four years, is the next match with Algeria to select the team were promoted to World Cup...
Iran tells UN wants new atomic fuel first
Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it wants fresh nuclear fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it would agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said on Friday. ...
African-American Muslims question leader's death
The death of Luqman Ameen Abdullah – the Muslim leader shot dead Wednesday by FBI agents after he allegedly first opened fire – was mourned and criticized today by some African-American Muslims in metro Detroit and across the U.S....
Wife tried to kill husband over Muslim principles
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 37-year-old wife from New Brighton tried to slit her husband’s throat as he slept because he was not the devout Muslim she believed she married, and pressured her to eat pork and drink alcohol, authorities allege....
Muslim Father Arrested for Running Over 'Westernized' Daughter
A 10-day manhunt ended when police arrested an Iraqi immigrant accused of running over his 20-year-old daughter to punish her for becoming "too Westernized" and rebuffing the conservative ways he valued. ...
Boozy Breslin Clashes With Mosque
The much-hyped, soon-to-open Breslin restaurant, situated in the 12-story Ace Hotel on Broadway and 29th, is giving members of the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street some agita. “Five times a day, there’s a hundred cabs on the street—the good news is you can always get a cab,” co-owner Ken Friedman told the Transom the other evening. He said some mosque visitors “object to seeing people drink alcohol.”...
OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry
Established in 1969 to safeguard global Muslim interests, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental body after the UN. ...
Somali women beaten for violating Islamic law
Militants who control parts of Somalia's capital city are beating women in broad daylight for violating their radical brand of Islamic law, according to local officials and witnesses in Mogadishu....
4 Wounded in Clash between Jews, Arabs
Jews and Arabs clashed in Jerusalem on Friday over ownership of a home in the neighborhood of Beit Tzafafa. Four people were wounded. ...
'Hezbollah' dad tried to help thugs
Two men -- including a married father of two from Queens -- were hit with federal terrorism charges yesterday for trying to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, prosecutors said. ...
Son of Radical Islam Leader Killed Caught in Canada
One of three people sought by the FBI was captured in Canada Thursday and two were still on the loose after a federal raid and deadly shooting of a radical Islam leader whose goal authorities say was to take down the U.S. government....
Pakistan finds passport of 9/11 suspect
Pakistani forces found a passport of an Islamist militant linked to two hijackers involved in the Sept. 11 attacks during an offensive against Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border, a TV station said on Thursday. ...
Detroit Islamic group leader killed in FBI raid
A leader of a Muslim separatist group was shot and killed by authorities in the Detroit area early Thursday as they moved to arrest him on federal criminal charges, the FBI said in a statement....
Yemen seizes Qaeda suspect among six Somalis
Yemen has arrested six Somalis, one suspected of having links with al-Qaeda, the interior ministry announced on Thursday....
Gunman Wounds Two in Los Angeles Synagogue
Los Angeles police say two Jewish men in their 30s were shot in the legs as they were about to enter a synagogue in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles ...
Malaysia's Islamic party tells men to wed mums
Malaysia's conservative Islamic party has urged Muslim men to marry single mothers as additional wives instead of "young virgin girls", a state official said....
Malaysia hopes to create world halal standard
Malaysia hopes that Muslim countries can agree on which goods and products are halal, or acceptable to Muslims, a move that would boost the $2 trillion industry, although politics and interpretation of Islamic law may complicate the task....
Somalia is a haven for al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is using Somalia to train, regroup and plan further attacks, the Somali prime minister said Wednesday, warning it was also beginning to threaten regional stability....
PA has De Facto Control Parts of Capital
Israeli control over eastern Jerusalem is a "fiction” while the Palestinian Authority has a presence in many areas, a Jerusalem official charged. Municipal council member Yakir Shegev,...
Israel Must Understand Ankara's Mideast Role
Turkey's new ambassador to Israel has appealed for Jerusalem's "understanding" in his first statement to the media since taking the position earlier in the week. ...
UNESCO to host Rabin ceremony in Paris
Weeks after defeating Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to become director-general of the UN's premier cultural body, UNESCO, Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova is to attend a UNESCO memorial ceremony for the assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in Paris on November 4. ...
Iran refuses to send all uranium abroad
Iran said it would not send all its uranium abroad but accepted the broad framework of a United Nations-brokered deal but wants "very important changes" in the plan, a state TV channel reported on Tuesday....
U.N. Demands Repeal of Counterterrorism Laws
In case you weren't sure, human gender is "changeable over time and contexts," sex slaves must not be "stigmatized" for their work, and it's important to recognize the role of "transgender and intersex individuals as stakeholders" in counterterrorism policy. ...
Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bombings
Islamic State in Iraq group claims deadly Baghdad blasts. A group linked to al-Qaeda said it carried out the twin suicide bombings that killed 155 people in Baghdad on Sunday and revived doubts about security in the run-up to Iraq's elections in January....
Indonesian district bans trousers for women-shorts for men
Muslim women in Indonesia's West Aceh district will be banned from wearing "tight" trousers or jeans under new regulations, an official said Tuesday....
Ambulance Driver Pelted With Stones as He Treats Arab
An Israeli ambulance driver who tried to help an Arab woman in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood Sunday found that his kindness was repaid with rocks, ...
'Human Rights' Includes Jews Worshipping on Mount
Jews have a right to worship freely on the Temple Mount, says Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, head of the Yeshivat Hesder in Petach Tikvah. ...
Yemen seizes weapons vessel with Iranian crew
Yemen's navy seized on Monday an Iranian ship loaded with anti-tank weapons off its north-west coast in the Red Sea, an Al Arabiya correspondent in Sanaa reported, citing informed government sources....
Israel too "weak" to attack nuclear site
Iran said on Monday it could deliver abroad some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded or buy the fuel directly as Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki blasted Israel as too "weak" to carry out any attack on Tehran's nuclear sites. ...
Israel could strike Iran
If world powers are not successful in efforts to contain the Iranian nuclear threat, an Israeli strike on Iran could become a reality, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said during a visit to Beirut, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday. ...
Death toll from Baghdad blasts up to 155
The death toll from Iraq's biggest attack in more than two years grew to 155 Monday as Iraqis buried the victims from the twin suicide bombings that took place at the heart of Baghdad....
Iran is Our Friend
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his country's increasingly close ties with Iran on Monday in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian. Of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Erdogan said, “There is no doubt he is our friend.”...
Objections to Muslim and Homosexual Practices to be Unlawful in Europe
If all goes as planned, the 27 member states of the European Union will soon have a common hate crime legislation, which will turn disapproval for Islamic practices or homosexual lifestyles into crimes....
BAR CONSTRUCTION IN MOSQUE INFURIATES MUSLIMS
ANKARA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's (KKTC) Directorate of Religious Affairs has applied to state offices in Greek Cyprus to stop the construction ...
PA Violating Water Accords as Israel Faces Crisis
The Water Authority rejects Amnesty International claims, to be released in a report on Tuesday, that Israelis whet their thirst at the expense of Palestinian Authority Arabs....
Somalis 'made to view executions'
Hundreds of people in Somalia have been forced to watch Islamist militants executing two people accused of spying. ...
Somali women haunted by rape, hunger & hyenas
Hyenas, rape, kidnappings -- there is no shortage of dangers for women in the grim refugee camps of northern Somalia. Refugee camps still better than life they left behind ...
Security tight as German "veil martyr" trial starts
A man accused of killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in court in a frenzied anti-Islam attack went on trial in Germany Monday in a case that inflamed tempers throughout the Muslim world....
We Will Last Longer than the Jews
A Knesset panel discussion erupted into a shouting match on Monday when it began discussing a bill that would ban schools and other government-funded institutions from organizing events marking the re-establishment of the State of Israel as a “catastrophe” (Nakba). ...
Hizbul Islam threaten Somalia journalists
A member of Hizbul Islam rebel faction that is fighting to topple Somalia's interim government has threatened Somali journalists and accused them of supporting the government, Radio Garowe reports. ...
Death toll reaches 132 in Baghdad bombings
Twin car bombs rocked two government buildings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday killing at least 132 people and wounding 600 others in the bloodiest attack the capital has seen in two months....
Beyonce gig violates Sharia law
Two weeks before American superstar Beyonce Knowles is scheduled to hold her first ever concert in Egypt, an Islamist MP publically blasted the government for accepting to host the event and accused the government of violating Sharia law. ...
Afghans accuse US troops of burning Quran
At least one thousand Afghans took to the streets of Kabul on Sunday to protest against what they said was the desecration of a copy of the Quran by foreign troops during a raid last week. ...
Death toll likely to rise in Egypt train collision
At least 25 people were killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drove full-speed into the back of another on Saturday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said....
Sudan rejects new US approach
Sudan "rejects" the new U.S. policy toward Khartoum although it acknowledges the importance of its ties with Washington, an advisor to President Omar al-Bashir said in remarks published on Saturday....
Rabbis slam Temple Mt. discrimination
Against the backdrop of heavy rioting on the Temple Mount and inside Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, a group of prominent rabbis and politicians on Sunday evening called upon the Jewish public to forge a stronger bond with the site, and to ascend the Temple Mount with increased vigor. ...
Barghouti Calls to Resume Terror
Palestinian Authority arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, often touted by Israel's left as a “moderate” PA leader, has called on the PA to resume its support for terrorist attacks on Israelis. His comments were printed last week in Al-Quds....
Egypt Muslims stone Coptic churches in sectarian clash
Muslims students stoned Coptic Christian churches and homes in a southern Egyptian village on Saturday after four Muslims suspected of killing a Copt were kept in custody, police said. ...
College Bars Muslim Student For Wearing Veil
A Muslim student says she is "emotionally traumatised" after her local college prevented her from enrolling because she wore a veil....
Boston terrorist is son of former Muslim American
Media reports on the Boston terror arrest have named three individuals as conspirators in the plot Ahmad Abousamra" to machine gun people in shopping malls and kill American officials.Two, Daniel Maldonado and Tareq Mehanna, are in custody. The third, however, Ahmad Abousamra, escaped to Syria after being questioned by the FBI in 2006. ...
Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack
Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them. ...
Taliban call for boycott of Afghan vote run-off
The Taliban called on Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's presidential election and threatened violence against anyone who participates....
Iran fails to endorse UN nuclear deal
Iran declined on Friday to endorse proposals by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to help reduce Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium. ...
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world. New multi-million-dollar fund is for Muslim nations ...
UN Report: 'War on Terror' Hurts Women, 'Transgendered'
The latest United Nations report by Rapporteur Martin Scheinin expresses concern that the war on terrorism harms women. Scheinin, whose position involves investigating counterterror efforts around the world, advises that nations fighting terrorism “abandon the use of a 'war paradigm'... because of the adverse impacts it has on gender equality.” ...
Somalia rebels threaten Uganda & Burundi
Somalia's hardline Shabaab insurgents said they will attack the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu....
Christian Parties Conference to End Blasphemy law
Pakistan Christian Congress PCC extended invitation to leaders and organizations which are struggling to repeal blasphemy law in Pakistan to participate in All Christian Parties Conference on October 25, 2009, at Rawalpindi Press Club....
Man Wanted For Threats Arrested In Chicago
A Minnesota man was arrested at O'Hare International Airport Thursday night after a customs official discovered he was wanted on a warrant for "terroristic threats." ...
Israel Plans Major Excavation at Western Wall
Israel is planning a major archaeological dig under the Western Wall (Kotel) plaza, opposite the Temple Mount, officials announced Thursday. The excavations will create an archaeological park directly underneath the area where worshippers currently stand while praying at the Kotel. ...
US Muslim Terrorist was a Teacher!
The arrest of a Massachusetts teacher of religion in a Muslim school for planning mass murders at malls and targeting American soldiers overseas has caused shock throughout the US....
Iran Buying Time with Shoddy Deal
Dr. Emily Landau, Head of Weapons Control Project at the Institute for National Security Studies, said in an interview with Arutz Sheva that the U.S., ...
UNESCO Awards an Egyptian Scientist
L’Oreal, the French science academy of UNESCO, chooses an Egyptian woman for best scientist out of top five, for the year 2010....
Massachusetts Man Accused of Plotting ‘Violent Jihad’
A Massachusetts man was charged with plotting terrorist attacks that included shooting up shopping malls and targeting two unidentified U.S. officials as part of a “violent jihad” against Americans. ...
Toronto imam preaching 'hate instead of harmony'
A Toronto-area imam is under fire for using derogatory language against Jews and Christians, calling for Allah to “destroy” the enemies of Islam from within and calling on God to “damn” the “infidels.”...
Supreme Court Confirms: Security Overrides Arab Travel Rights
A three-member Supreme Court panel ruled on Thursday that the authorities are permitted to impose travel restrictions upon Arabs in order to protect lives – but said other methods must be considered. ...
Iraqi runs down daughter for becoming too 'westernized'
Police seek suspect, vicitms hospitalized...
Time for Damage Control on Goldstone
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.N., Dore Gold, said Wednesday that Israel can do much to minimize the damage caused by the Goldstone report as it is transferred to the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council. ...
Protesters, but no incidents, greet anti-Islamist at Temple
Amid a firestorm of contention, several hundred people heard Geert Wilders, a controversial Dutch parliamentarian, speak last night at Temple University....
Rifqa Bary’s Family Risks Deportation
Last Tuesday there was yet another hearing for Rifqa Bary, the girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled to Florida from her family in Ohio after saying that her father threatened her life. ...
Sharia advancing in Najaf and Basra, for non-Muslims too
Alcohol sales and other activities contrary to Islam are banned in these cities. Mgr Sako, bishop of Kirkuk, says Iraq’s constitution is ambiguous because it respects religious freedom whilst banning laws contrary to the principles of Islam....
'Beijing opposes Goldstone Report referral to UNSC, ICC'
Beijing will oppose discussing the Goldstone Commission's report at the UN Security Council and allowing the document to serve as a basis for law suits against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Chinese members of parliament told a visiting delegation of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday. ...
IDF, US forces launch major joint drills
The US and Israeli militaries will launch their biggest joint missile defense drill yet on Wednesday, in the shadow of mounting missile threats from Iran, Hizbullah and Syria, and growing regional tension over Teheran's nuclear program. ...
Arabs Attack Jews in Eastern Jerusalem
Arabs cursed and attacked Jews in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood while police looked on, until they intervened by arresting Jews, eyewitnesses reported....
181 love messages = 70 flogs
The Arabic language is rich in synonyms. Perhaps that is what prompted the famous Egyptian writer, Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad, to call it the “poetic language.” There are of course other reasons for this name....
Temple allows Dutch speaker with anti-Islamic views
A controversial Dutch politician with anti-Islamic views will be allowed to speak at Temple University this evening despite calls by Muslims that he be prevented from giving an address on campus. ...
Yemen court sentences 10 Shiite rebels to death
A Yemeni court sentenced to death on Tuesday 10 members of a Shiite insurgency movement in the north that has displaced tens of thousands and raised doubts about the government's grip in the region. ...
Resignation crisis shows Egypt brotherhood rift
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood was swift in its rejection of reports that its leader resigned after a row with conservatives, but the crisis exposed a profound rift among the Islamists, analysts said....
Twin bombings rock Pakistan Islamic university
A double suicide bombing at a university campus in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday killed up to seven people, including the two bombers, an administration official said....
Brits Nixed Loan of 'King Cyrus Cylinder'
Citing political considerations, the British Museum has gone back on a pledge to send a famous cuneiform document from the time of King Cyrus to Iran,...
CHRISTIAN KILLED IN SOUTH EGYPT OVER SON'S AFFAIR
A Christian man was killed in southern Egypt by attackers who accused his son of having an affair with a Muslim girl, police said yesterday....
Dallas-area Muslims fear backlash from arrests tied to terror plot
North Texans were both angry and relieved last month when federal agents arrested a Jordanian teenager in a failed plot to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. ...
Somali rebels claim shooting down US drone
Insurgents of the Somali al-Shabaab group shot down a U.S. drone aircraft flying over the southern port of Kismayu on Monday and were searching for the wreckage, an insurgent spokesman said....
US vows tough sanctions in new Sudan strategy
United States President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new strategy on Sudan, offering incentives if the Khartoum government worked toward peace, but said it faced tougher steps if it failed to act. ...
Islamic preacher tells Queen: Turn Muslim
HATE preacher Anjem Choudary sparked fury yesterday after calling for the Queen to become Muslim. ...
Terrorist plot unravels at rural Oregon ranch
Oussama Kassir, a self-proclaimed al-Qaida tough guy, flew into a rage after his late-night arrival at a remote Oregon ranch. ...
Somalia's Shabaab destroy Mosque & Sufi grave
Hardline al-Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia after shooting in the air to drive away local protesters, residents said on Monday....
six world powers convene for second round of nuke talks
Iran's ability to break out of its peaceful nuclear program and make a weapon could be delayed at talks opening Monday that will test Teheran's willingness to make good on a tentative deal reached earlier this month. ...
Iran: US, UK, Pakistan behind bomb
The chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan of having links with the Sunni militants responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others. ...
Stoning, Caning Are Now the Law in Aceh
Banda Aceh. A controversial bill that includes a provision for the stoning to death of adulterers is now officially law, even without the signature of the Aceh governor, a local councilor said on Thursday. ...
Temple Muslim Students Attempts To Shut Down Wilders Event
The Temple Muslim Students Association is attempting to shut down the scheduled appearance of Geert Wilders on Oct. 20. As part of its Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, and its campaign to Stop the Campus War Against Israel and the Jews...
South Lebanon: Three Israeli spy devices exploded
Three suspected Israeli spy devices have exploded in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official said on Sunday....
Bomb kills five Revolutionary Guard commanders in Iran
A suicide bomber in southeastern Iran killed at least 20 people Sunday, including five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard, the country's official news agency reported. ...
PA: We Have No Hard Evidence of War Crimes
A Palestinian Authority official has admitted that while the PA has been urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue war crimes charges against IDF troops,...
UNESCO new chief wants to ban the burqa
Irina Bokova will be officially installed as UNESCO's new director today. It's the first time that the UN organisation for education and science and culture has had a woman, or an East European, in the top job. The new UNESCO Chief wants to encourage dialogue but isn't afraid to say what she thinks....
Schoolhouse Shariah
Multiculturalism: California's educrats have put out new rules for teaching Islamic studies to seventh-graders in public schools, and they are as biased as ever. They'll also likely spread eastward....
US To unveil new policy on Sudan
The Obama administration will unveil a Sudan policy on Monday that calls for pressure and incentives to encourage Khartoum to pursue peace in Darfur and resolve disputes in south Sudan, according to US newspaper reports reported....
Verdicts 'may spark attacks'
The brother of one of five Sydney men convicted of plotting a terror attack says the guilty verdicts will increase the threat of attacks in Australia....
Pakistan starts ground assault on Taliban bastion
Pakistan's army began on Saturday a ground operation against Taliban militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border after weeks of air and artillery strikes, a senior government official said....
Protesters meet Dutch far-right MP
Tension was high as angry protests greeted a visit to the UK by a Dutch far-right MP...
Five convicted in Australia of terror
Five men were convicted Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts in the country's longest-ever terror trial, court officials said. ...
Jordan's King warns Israel of Jerusalem red line
Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Israel of "disastrous repercussions" if it crosses a "red line" on Jerusalem, in talks on Friday with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...
Suicide bomb kills 15, injures 90 in Iraq mosque
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded 90 on Friday in a Sunni Muslim mosque in northern Iraq whose imam had criticized al-Qaeda, officials said....
Sudan rivals agree on independence process
Former enemies in north and south Sudan have reached agreement on details for a key referendum on the south’s full independence, a top southern official said on Friday....
Somali hardliners whip women for wearing bras
Somalia's hardline Islamist group al-Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a deception, north Mogadishu residents said on Friday....
Israel slams 'one-sided decision' on Goldstone report
Following the UN Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone Commission Report in Geneva on Friday, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem stated that Israel rejects the "one-sided decision" and calls on "all the responsible states" not to accept it. ...
UNHRC endorses Goldstone's Gaza report by large majority
Despite Israeli lobbying efforts against the Goldstone report, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva endorsed the document on Friday, a move that will send it on to more powerful UN bodies in New York for action. ...
Criticizing Islam? Sorry, You're Cancelled
Conservative warrior David Horowitz was scheduled to speak at St. Louis University this month. But he won’t be. University officials canceled his speech because of its title: “Islamo-Fascism Awareness and Civil Rights.”...
Left Wants African Workers to Destroy Israel
African illegal immigrants are a strategic problem of the first degree, according to Professor Arnon Sofer, an expert on demographics and the head of the the IDF's National Security College....
UN Human Rights Council Votes on Goldstone
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday is set to vote its approval of the Goldstone Report, which accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza last winter, and possible crimes against humanity. It may also vote to back a draft resolution condemning the Jewish State....
Suspect Contacted Top Al-Qaida Leader
The man arrested last month for allegedly plotting to blow up targets in New York contacted one of Osama bin Laden's right-hand men, U.S. intelligence officials say....
Allaha will be furious if women become governors
The appointment of women in such top jobs was against sharia law!...
Pakistan police ambushed as attacks kill 39
Militants unleashed coordinated attacks on Pakistani police in which 39 people died Thursday, storming offices in Lahore and bombing a northwest station to escalate 11 days of carnage. ...
Anti-Israel Attack Foiled in Turkey
As tensions flare between Israel and Turkey over a canceled joint exercise and a televised video series portraying Israeli soldiers as murderers, it has been announced that Turkish soldiers have arrested dozens of terrorists who were allegedly plotting to attack Israeli targets....
Arabs Default More on Taxes – Not Because of Nationalism
A research study conducted in Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva finds that Jews are three times as likely to pay property taxes than Arabs – and explains why....
UK MUSLIMS DEMAND: GIVE US FULL SHARIA LAW
A RADICAL Muslim group sparked outrage last night as it launched a massive campaign to impose sharia law on Britain....
House Republicans accuse Muslim group of trying to plant spies
Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have tried to plant “spies” within key national-security committees in order to shape legislative policy....
UN Human Rights Council starts discussions on Goldstone report
The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss Thursday and Friday a draft resolution condemning Israeli human rights violations in Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied West Bank....
Another Lebanese War on the Horizon?
The IDF Intelligence video released this week showing Hizbullah terrorists stockpiling long-range missiles is the proof that Israel needs to “take off its gloves” in the next round of warfare. So says long-time military analyst Yisrael Katzover, speaking with Arutz-7’s Hebrew newsmagazine. ...
Hizbullah Defies Map, Claims Blast Was Outside UNIFIL Zone
Hizbullah defied the maps Wednesday and claimed that the rocket explosion that reportedly killed five of its terrorists near Tyre two days ago occurred north of the Litani River, outside the zone where UNIFIL forces have authority. The claim was made by Hizbullah political leaders, according to Voice of Israel government radio....
Indonesia: Cleric cleared of sex abuse over child bride
An Indonesian court has acquitted controversial Muslim cleric Pujiono Cahyo Widianto over child sexual molestation charges for marrying an underage girl, aged 12 last year....
Yemen rebels say ready to open UN aid corridors
Shiite Zaidi rebels said on Wednesday they are ready to open humanitarian corridors for the tens of thousands of civilians displaced by their deadly conflict with government forces in northern Yemen....
Syria: We held exercise with Turkey
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, meanwhile, revealed Tuesday that Turkey and Syria had held military Even as Israel sought to tamp down tension with Ankara over its decision to refuse IDF participation in a joint military exercise this week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of using phosphorous bombs on Gaza's children. ...
IDF Bombs Gaza Smuggling Tunnels After Attack on Kibbutz
The Israel Air Force and Hamas-controlled terrorists in Gaza fought another hit and run battle Tuesday night. A Kassam rocket hit kibbutz fields, several hundred yards from a wedding celebration,...
Religious Runaway To Be Sent To Ohio Foster Home
Rifqa Bary Say She Fled To Orlando To Escape Persecution...
policeman shot dead in Saudi
Two suspected members of al-Qaeda were killed and a third was arrested in a firefight in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that also resulted in the death of a policeman, the interior ministry said....
IDF Releases Video of Hizbullah Arms Smuggling
The IDF on Tuesday released video footage of Hizbullah terrorists smuggling missiles and other weaponry out of a warehouse where an explosion occurred Monday in the southern Lebanese town of Tayir Filsay. ...
Pakistan reels from fresh attack
At least 41 people have been killed in a suspected suicide car bombing in Pakistan's Swat valley, officials say. ...
Attempted terror attack against army barracks injures soldier
Italy - Milan, - An Italian soldier was injured on Monday after a Libyan man exploded a bomb hidden inside a toolbox at the entrance of the 'Santa Barbara' military barracks in the northern Italian city of Milan....
Four Sudan Islamists to hang for US diplomat murder
KHARTOUM — A Sudanese court sentenced four Islamists to death for a second time on Monday for the murder of a US diplomat and his driver in Khartoum last year....
Kuwaiti MP banned from entering Egypt
A Kuwaiti MP was taken by surprise when he arrived at Cairo Airport only to find out that he is on a list of people banned from entering the country for security reasons. ...
Hamas slams Egypt over death of jailed spokesman brother
Hamas blamed Egypt Tuesday of torturing to death one of his members, who had been held in one of its jails. Youssef Abu Zuhri, the brother and bodyguard of a senior Hamas spokesman, was detained on April 28 after crossing into Sinai from the Gaza Strip and was tortured while in custody of the security services, Hamas said....
Yemen's Iran hospital closed for backing rebels
The Iranian Hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa was sealed off by security forces on Tuesday amid allegations staff have been aiding Shiite rebels fighting the army in the north, an AFP reporter said. ...
Hizbullah Turning Lebanon into a 'Power Keg'
Hizbullah has turned Lebanon, formerly known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” into a “powder keg” of explosives, President Shimon Peres said a day after a “work accident’" that may have killed five members of the Iranian-sponsored militia, including a senior terrorist....
'Know Thy Enemy', Translate 'Anti-Zionist' Authors
Egypt is considering publishing stories by Israeli authors whom the country considers "opponents of Zionism."...
Goldstone Effect: PA in Turmoil over UN Delay
The Goldstone Report on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has led to political turmoil in the Palestinian Authority....
Ahmadinejad warns West over meeting failure
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday a meeting with world powers on Oct. 19 in Vienna over the country's disputed nuclear programme was a test for further "fruitful" cooperation, state television reported....
Netanyahu Tackles ‘Extremist’ Muslim ‘Lies’ over Temple Mount
Muslim "extremists” are “spreading lies” by alleging that Israel is digging underneath the Temple Mount to cause the collapse of the mosques, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Monday morning....
Jewish Settlements Are Suicide Bombs!
Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah leader in Gaza and a senior PA legislator, told Israeli Radio listeners Sunday that a Jewish presence in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria is equivalent to Arab terrorist suicide bombings....
Break Islamic Movement-Hamas-PA Terror Axis
Israel “will pay a heavy price" if it does not break the new axis between the Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and the Islamic Movement, whose northern branch is headed by Sheilkh Raad Salah, Industry,...
Muslim advocates charge NYPD is racial profiling in Queens
Recent terror raids in Queens have led to a spike in fear and racial profiling, Muslim advocates charge....
Toronto 18 ringleader confesses to_ 9/11-style bomb plot
Only one man knew all the details of a deadly explosives plot designed to cripple the economy and unleash mass carnage, terror and destruction in downtown Toronto. That was Zakaria Amara....
Despite Plot, NYC's Terror Funds Slashed
Plan To Put Radiological Sensors Within 50-Mile Radius Of City On Hold After Dept. Of Homeland Security Nixes Cash...
Sudanese on trail for US murder dismiss defense
Four Sudanese who face the death penalty for killing a U.S. diplomat dismissed their defense team on Sunday, denounced the trial as political and labeled the United States murderers of Muslims....
Egypt Islamists sue top Sheikh over burka ban
A group of MPs and an Islamist lawyer waged an unprecedented legal battle against one of Egypt's top Imams on Saturday after he issued a ban on women wearing the burka, or face veil, at any schools affiliated to al-Azhar, the world's top Sunni Islam institution. ...
Turkey & Armenia sign historic peace agreement
Turkey and Armenia signed agreements on Saturday to establish diplomatic ties and open borders after a century of hostility over the alleged mass killing of Armenians in World War One....
We won't wait for Iran forever
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said the world "will not wait indefinitely" for Iran to live up to its international obligations regarding its nuclear program. ...
Turkey drops joint drill because of IAF
In another sign of continued tensions between Ankara and Jerusalem, the Turkish military canceled a planned joint exercise with the Israel scheduled for this week, The Jerusalem Post has learned. ...
Yemen's rebel leader ready for truce talks
Yemen's leader of the Zaidi Shiite rebels, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said on Saturday he is ready for a "dialogue" proposed by opposition leaders after two months of bloody battles with government troops in the northern province of Saada. ...
Taliban take 10 to 15 Pakistan officers hostage
Taliban gunmen who tried to storm Pakistan's army headquarters Saturday have taken 10 to 15 hostages after a firefight that left six soldiers and four attackers dead, officials said....
Explosion at Syracuse Islamic school
Maybe it was just a faulty gas jet. Maybe it was just a wiring problem...
Gaza militants say Hamas stops their rocket fire
A Palestinian armed group accused the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Saturday of preventing its men from firing rockets at Israel, a sensitive allegation for the Islamist faction as it pursues mediated deals with the Jewish state....
Worshippers quit church after council noise ban
They praised the Lord by singing their hearts out and chanting prayers at packed services....
'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker held
France has arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) for suspected links with al-Qaeda, officials have said. ...
France to return stolen relics to Egypt
France decided Friday to return to Egypt five relics stolen from Luxor's Valley of the Kings and sold to the Louvre, two days after Cairo severed ties with the Paris museum in protest....
Child Dies in School Bus Shooting
A number of students from the Israeli-Arab town of Kfar Kassem were shot Thursday after gunmen engaged in a shooting spree aimed at their school bus. The attack took place near the village of Kfar Bara....
Barack Obama adviser says Sharia Law is misunderstood
President Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law. ...
DC Security Scare Becomes Federal Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A man who was arrested in a security scare in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday night threatened to blow up the Friendship Heights Metro station, according to a criminal complaint in the case....
At least 50 killed in Pakistan market bombing
A suspected suicide car-bomber killed 49 people on Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in an attack that the government said underscored the need for an all-out offensive against the Pakistani Taliban....
Iran Threatens Israel: We'll Blast Your Heart Out
A high-ranking Iranian government official says Iran will respond to either an American or Israeli attack by "blowing up the heart of the State of Israel."...
Temple Mount, Fatah, Hamas Call Muslims to Act
Thousands of police officers have deployed in Jerusalem Friday in advance of Muslim prayers on the Temple Mount. ...
Islamists Attack Pakistani Christian Family For Refusing to Convert
International Christian Concern has learned that on September 28, Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family for refusing to convert to Islam in Murree, a town near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. ...
Indian embassy blast kills 17 in Afghan capital
A large bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in central Kabul on Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding 76, in the latest of a series of militant attacks on diplomatic and government buildings in the capital....
Go to jail or join jihad against India
NEW DELHI: In a new shift in tactics, Pakistan is planning to push as many as 60 "surrendered" Taliban into Jammu and Kashmir to become part of the "jihad" against India. The ISI is said to have offered the extremists the ...
UN Security Council Compromises with Libya for Goldstone-Report
The United Nations Security Council has moved up its regular monthly meeting on the Middle East as a compromise response to Libya's request to convene a special session on the Goldstone Report. ...
Hamas bans women on motorcycles in Gaza Strip
Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip say safety concerns and social traditions, not Islamic religious values, are the main reason behind a decision to ban women from riding motorbikes and scooters....
French Muslim football team refuses to play gays
Say playing would go against their religious beliefs ...
Revoke Raad Salah's Citizenship and Expel Him
MK Yariv Levin (Likud) said Wednesday that the way the authorities dealt with the Arab rioting on the Temple Mount is an example of the mistaken approach that the Jewish people have adopted towards the problem of the Arab citizens of Israel, and in the matter of the Temple Mount especially....
Outlaw Islamic Movement!
Following the brief arrest on Tuesday of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement Northern Branch, for incitement, at least two government ministers say that Salah’s entire movement should be outlawed. ...
Terrorist cell found in Hamburg where 9/11 attacks conceived
An Islamic terrorist cell has been discovered in Hamburg, the city where the 9/11 attacks were planned eight years ago. ...
UN council mulls emergency meet on Gaza report
The United Nations Security Council will hold closed-door consultations on Wednesday to consider whether to accept a Libyan request for a meeting mainly to discuss a U.N. report that accused Israel and Palestinian fighters of war crimes during Israel's assault of Gaza, diplomats said....
Abbas is Not a Palestinian
Leaders of Hamas, the terror organization that rules Gaza, launched on Monday an unprecedented verbal salvo against Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas,...
IDF Strikes Back at Gaza Terrorists Linked to al-Qaeda
Sources in Gaza said Tuesday night that the IDF fired seven mortar shells into the Sage'a neighborhood in central Gaza, injuring several Gaza Arabs....
luring girls online and forcing them to convert to Islam
The High Court of Kerala asks the state police and the Interior Minister in New Delhi to investigate the forced conversion campaign dubbed "Love Jihad" and "Romeo Jihad." Young people attracted by promises of marriage end up in the hands of Islamic organizations. It is feared that there are over 4 thousand cases. For the boys who act as bait there is a reward of 100 thousand rupees. ...
Anarchists Incite Arab-Jewish Clashes
The current olive harvest season in Judea and Samaria has raised the possibility of clashes between Arabs and Jews in groves adjacent to Jewish communities. ...
Jewish Purchases in Jerusalem Fuel PA Fears
Jewish efforts and successes in spurring on the historic process of the national return to Jerusalem have the Palestinian Authority concerned....
Riots in Jerusalem Guided by Global Jihad
Amnon Lin, a former Knesset Member and authority on the Middle East, told Israel National News' Hebrew-language radio that a segment of the Arab-Israeli community is taking its orders from global jihadist organizations, such as Hizbullah and Hamas. ...
Israelis Come Up With 2 New Ways to Produce Electricity
Two new Israeli methods for the production of electricity are on the table: Car-travel on highways, and a micro-turbine home system....
Taliban claim deadly UN office blast in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a blast at a United Nations office in the capital which left five aid workers dead, a spokesman for the insurgents told AFP. ...
Top Egyptian cleric bans burka in schools
Egypt's top Islamic school, al-Azhar, banned women from wearing the burka, or face veil, inside all its affiliate schools on Monday as a top cleric said the burka was only a tradition and not necessary in Islam. ...
We Will Help You Combat Goldstone's Report
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Monday that his country is prepared to defend the Israeli position rejecting the United Nation's Goldstone Report, which accused Israel of war crimes....
Could Israel Face 'Third Intifada'?
MK Moshe Matalon of Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) warned Monday night that Israel could be facing a “third Intifada,” as evidenced by recent violence in Jerusalem. ...
Germany: New Al-Qaeda message threatens October attack
A message purportedly by Al-Qaeda, and threatening terror attacks against Germany this month has been posted to the the jihadist 'al-Fallujah' website....
Israel Seeks to Quell Riots, PA escalate Fight
The Palestinian Authority issued a call Monday night for Muslims in the Jerusalem area to continue clashing with Israel's security forces, in order to “protect Al-Aksa” and “prevent the Judaizing of Jerusalem.”...
Muslim Riots on Temple Mount were Planned in Advance
Police revealed Monday that officers had discovered wheelbarrows filled with bricks and heavy rocks on the Temple Mount on Sunday....
New Shar'iah Charity Fund
A new global Islamic charity fund set to launch in early 2010 may become the vehicle to support something entirely different, according to...
Palestinian extremism 'pure fiction' - Aynayn
SIDON: All reports about extremist groups in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are pure fiction, said Fatah central committee member Sultan Abu al-Aynayn ...
Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.
Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN....
Suicide bomb at Pakistani UN food agency kills 3
A suicide bomber attacked the United Nations World Food Program office in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing three people and wounding several, a senior police official said....
Jews Again Barred from Temple Mount
The Temple Mount was closed to Jews Monday morning for the second day in a row during this holiday week of Sukkot, following an incident in which a group of some 50 Chassidim attempted to reach the Mount of Olives and were attacked by a mob of Arabs....
UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief: Israel ‘Dangerous Threat’
The outgoing head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has called Israel’s alleged nuclear capability the most serious threat facing the Middle East....
UK to release 30 top jihadis early to cut terror risk
More are being freed in the wake of a ruling by Britain’s most senior judges that long sentences for terrorist crimes could “inflame” rather than deter extremism. ...Author info
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