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Hamas sponsors mass wedding in Gaza
SHEIKH ZAYED CITY, Gaza Strip — Nearly a thousand Palestinians celebrated marriage on Thursday night in a ceremony organised by Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip.
At least 27 dead in Baghdad mosque blasts
Five bombs went off near Shi'ite mosques across Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 59,...
Jewish, Not Arab, Roots in Judea and Samaria
US Pres. Obama’s demand that Israel not settle Jews in the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria ignores thoroughly-documented Jewish roots in the Land of Israel, and in Judea/Samaria in particular. ...
One Arafat Co-Terrorist Returns, Second Goes to Jail
Palestinian Authority media reported this week that senior Fatah terrorist Abu Maher Ghneim has been allowed to return to Judea and Samaria. Ghneim was barred entrance to the region in the 1960s due to his terrorist activities, and has since lived in Tunisia. ...
Muslim Converts to Christianity Targeted in Somalia
In some parts of the world it can be very dangerous to convert from Islam to Christianity, or any other faith. Sometimes Christians are killed by radical Muslims or sometimes by the state which sanctions death or prison....
Bomb warning causes emergency at Cairo airport
Paper note in Saudi plane warns a bomb would explode ...
Temple Altar Construction Begins on Day of Destruction
The Temple Institute began work on the sacrificial altar Thursday, Tisha B’av, the day the Second Temple was destroyed almost 2,000 years ago....
Christian Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers
A Christian woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in Sudan made a dramatic appearance in court yesterday to fight her case. ...
Sharia is the law of reference in North-West Frontier
Peshawar High Court reiterates that Islamic law remains operational in the districts of Malakand, Chitral, Upper Dir and Shangla in accordance with the agreement between the government and the Taliban. Meanwhile, on July 26 police arrested the head of the integralist movement Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammad. ...
Revenge of the ‘Shoe Bomber’
The terrorist sues to resume his jihad from prison. The Obama administration caves in. ...
Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria
Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists killed a pastor and razed five churches in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on July 27. The extremists also attacked two churches in the Nigerian city of Potiskum. ...
Palestinian tortured to death by father for 'honor'
A Palestinian woman was tortured and killed by her father for talking on her cell phone, according to two human rights organizations. She was on the phone with a non-relative male. ...
At least 14 soldiers killed in Algeria ambush
Islamist gunmen killed at least 14 Algerian soldiers in an ambush, Algerian media reported Thursday. ...
6 Iranians killed in Iraqi raid on exile camp
Iraqi authorities said six Iranians died in the past two days during clashes with Iraqi security forces at a camp north of Baghdad made up of an exiled Iranian opposition group. ...
Stone Vessel with 'Priestly Inscription' Uncovered In Jerusalem
A rare 2,000-year-old ritual earthenware vessel inscribed with 10 lines of text has been discovered in an excavation near the Zion Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is an unprecedented find, according to Dr. Shimon Gibson, the archaeologist who heads the University of North Carolina team conducting the dig....
More Honor Killings In The West, Yet No Outrage?
“The struggle for women’s equality continues in many aspects of American life,” said Barack Obama in Cairo in June, “and in countries around the world.” Too bad Obama wasn’t speaking about Islam. ...
Sikhs, Hindus dread Taliban tax in northwest Pakistan
When the Taliban gave Sikhs and Hindus an ultimatum — leave the land of your forefathers or pay an Islamic tax in protection money — Singh packed up and left his native Tirah valley for Peshawar....
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
When Western countries stop discrimination against Muslims?
In London, a huge mosque build given go-ahead....
Stap his waife 'in the name of Koran'
Munich police are questioning a 27-year-old Afghan man suspected of stabbing his former wife to death "in the name of the Koran,"...
Anti-Semitic, Anti-Christian Propaganda on Display at Caliphate Conference
While Hizb ut-Tahrir, a pro-jihadist group which met openly near Chicago last weekend, is surprisingly candid about its desire to re-establish an Islamic Caliphate, literature available at its conference shows the group also views Christians and Jews as untrustworthy enemies of God....
'Fatah has never recognized Israel'
Fatah has never recognized Israel's right to exist and it has no intention of ever doing so, a veteran senior leader of the Western-backed faction said on Wednesday. ...
'Record rise' in UK anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitic attacks in the UK doubled in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2008, according to new figures. ...
PA to Name Streets After Terrorists in Israeli Prisons
Dozens of streets in PA cities will be named for Arab terrorists in Israeli jails, commemorating their "heroic" actions....
Muslims: Copts, You are not permitted to pray
HUNDREDS of Egyptian Muslims tried on Friday to set on fire the home of a Coptic Christian in southern Egypt after he announced plans to turn it into a church, a security official said. ...
Pakistanis fighting the Taliban press for military backup
Islamabad and Peshawar, Pakistan – When villagers rose up against the Taliban in Dir district a month and a half ago, headlines cheered evidence of Pakistanis resisting militancy. But now, tribal elders say they are growing impatient that security forces haven't come to help, even as fresh waves of Taliban threaten to overwhelm their volunteer force....
London: Muslim woman's lover 'forced to drink acid'
A 16-year-old boy is being held in custody after the attempted murder of a man in an alleged 'honour' acid attack....
Egypt 57 Years Later (2)
The celebration of a false victory invented by Nasser after the stalemate of 1956’s war is a clear indication and key to understand the typical Arab’s mindset. One of the tenets of Islam is to lie to others. Over time, the liar will even accept the lie to be true. ...
Iraqi Security Forces are Building Trenches to Protect Christians
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iraqi Security forces are building trenches to protect Christians from further attacks following recent church bombings that killed four people and wounded several others. ...
Family held in canal deaths
MONTREAL–Police are investigating the death of three sisters found in their car at the bottom of the Rideau Canal in Kingston three weeks ago as a possible "honour" killing....
Iran threatens to strike Israel's atomic sites if attacked
Iran threatened Saturday to strike Israel's nuclear installations if it is attacked by the Jewish state, Reuters reported. ...
Israel Concerned Over Hamas Plans for Gaza Aid
Defense officials expressed concern this week over recent developments in Gaza, particularly reports that Hamas is intimidating humanitarian organizations, and has begun working more closely with the United Nations. ...
Christian Shot 8 Times for Refusing to Pay Protection Money
Washington - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian businessman was shot eight times in the legs while driving through Lahore, Pakistan on July 7 after refusing to pay protection money to a Muslim....
US man gave al-Qaida NYC subway information
NEW YORK – An American man charged with giving al-Qaida information on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan has been a secret witness in the fight against terror both here and overseas, authorities revealed Wednesday....
Osama bin Laden's son 'killed in US drone strike'
Osama bin Laden’s third-oldest son is thought to have been killed in a CIA air strike in Pakistan after finding himself "in the wrong place at the wrong time". ...
Christian Right Crusades for Israel
John Hagee, a leading Christian evangelist who heads the Christian United for Israel movement, told 4,000 followers in Washington Wednesday night that...
Canada's new Taliban-booster says good Muslims 'love death'
“Long live the Taliban” might seem an unlikely thing for a prominent anti-war figure to declare, but that’s today’s peace movement for you. ...
Egypt 57 years later (1)
This Thursday will mark the 57th anniversary of a sad hour of Egyptian history in the 20th century. ...
Lebanon arrests Islamists plotting attacks
The Lebanese army said on Tuesday it had uncovered a militant Islamist network that had been plotting to carry out attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon and the army itself....
Israel: education Minister Removes ‘Nakba’ From Curriculum
Education Minister Gideon Saar has instructed that Arab sector textbooks not teach that the establishment of the State of Israel was a catastrophe for Arabs....
Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burkas hit cities
The attacks in Gardez and Jalalabad came amid a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial elections on Aug 20....
Napolitano pick raised funds for terror supporter
Group labeled 9/11 attacks on U.S. a legitimate operation...
Indonesia hotel bomber: a graduate of jihad 'ivy league'
Latest developments reflect focus of investigation now turning to Islamic boarding school ...
Adulterous Saudi princess granted asylum in Britain
A Saudi princess who fell pregnant during an affair with a British man has been granted asylum in Britain after she claimed she could face the death penalty if she went home. ...
Mubarak in Paris to discuss Middle East and Mediterranean Union
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Paris on Monday ...
Two Measures and Two Scales in the Arab World
The recent murder of a Egyptian who was Muslim occurred couple of weeks ago in Dresden, Germany had made great news in Egypt and in the Arab world. The Germans handled the murder in the normal way that news of this sort is normally handled....
SOMALIA: CONVERT FROM ISLAM SHOT DEAD
Islamic extremist rebel group hunts down underground church leader....
Saudi man marries Filipino woman for kidney
Anti-trafficking law only allows relatives to donate organs...
Amman begins stripping state's Palestinians of citizenship
Jordanian authorities have started revoking the citizenship of thousands of Palestinians living in Jordan to avoid a situation in which they would be "resettled" permanently in the kingdom, Jordanian and Palestinian officials revealed on Monday. ...
Hamas rejects Fatah call for elections
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called on Hamas to accept an immediate general election to promote Palestinian unity. Hamas rejected Abbas’ proposal. ...
Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Shariah Takes Precedence over U.S. Constitution
Imam Promises to Fight "Until Islam Becomes Victorious or We Die in the Attempt"...
Somali Insurgents Ban Aid Agencies for "Anti-Islam" Activities
The Islamist group of Al-Shabaab in Somalia on Monday banned the operation of three UN agencies from operating in the war-torn Horn of African nation, accusing them of being "enemies of Islam and Muslims", a statement from the group said. ...
Rare meeting between PA official and Iran FM
Senior Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erakat met Iran's foreign minister in Egypt in the first such contact since the 1993 Oslo accords,...
Qatar Sheikh Funds Hamas to Buy Jerusalem Buildings
An Egyptian sheikh living in Qatar has given Hamas $21 million to buy buildings in eastern Jerusalem, where the outlawed terrorist organization as well as the Palestinian Authority are trying to establish a power base, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Yuval Diskin director told the Cabinet Sunday....
German Islamists heading to Pakistan training camps
German police monitor the so-called homegrown terrorists, mainly from the Turkish and Arab immigrant communities, who volunteer to fight on the Islamist side in Pakistan or Afghanistan....
Muslim world's rage missing over Uighurs' plight
Where are the fatwas? The angry marches in front of embassies, the indignant speeches? Where are al-Qaeda's videos? In short, what does China have that Denmark did not? China has been actively discriminating against Muslims, and recently a number of them have been killed in violent street riots. ...
Swat, Christian refugees excluded from government reconstruction fund
Christian activists denounce disparity in treatment for victims of the war between the army and the Taliban. Only Muslim families, registered in government centres, receive funding. Christians helped by relatives and friends, because chased from refugee camps and deprived of aid. ...
Christian teacher tells of race slurs by pupils aged 8
A teacher claims he has been sacked for reprimanding pupils who made racist remarks about his being a Christian. ...
Jemaah Islamiyah group behind Jakarta attacks
Indonesian police Sunday confirmed regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiyah as the culprits behind twin suicide blasts at Jakarta hotels, and said one of the bombers had been identified, Al Arabiya reported. ...
PA Drifting into Two States
Fatah-Hamas negotiations at an impasse, Abbas accused of ousting PLO veterans, January elections thus appear unlikely. Two states for one (PA) people?...
Netanyahu: Jerusalem is Ours, Not Up for Debate
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a sharp response Sunday to United States pressure to stop Jews from building in parts of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinian Authority. Israel's sovereignty in Jerusalem is “not up for debate,” Netanyahu said, and Jews are permitted to build in any part of the capital city, as are Arabs....
Lebanese Infiltrate Israel with Hizbullah Flags
Fifteen Lebanese crossed freely into Israeli territory shortly after noon Friday and raised Hizbullah and Lebanese flags before turning back after Israeli soldiers spotted them. ...
POLICE COLLUSION IN ATTACK ON CHURCH IN MINYA (EGYPT)
Strangely, officers arrest Copts; roof collapses after Muslim suspects set fire to church building. ...
Who are the fascists in Europe?
We write from time to time about European politicians and parties -- notably Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom in the Netherlands -- that are standing up against the Islamization of Europe...
Somali other foreigners aid worker kidnapped
Somali gunmen kidnapped three foreign aid workers Saturday in a raid on a Kenyan border town as Somali hijackers released a German ship and its crew after three month in exchange for a ransom, officials said. ...
Iran: Israel planned to assassinate Ahmadinejad
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie stated on Friday that Israel had planned to assassinate president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad around the time of last month's presidential election....
Christians in Sumatra: jilbab is to introduce Shariah
The Mayor of Pekanbaru has issued a directive requiring students to wear traditional Muslim clothing. The Islands’ Christians stress that the law is unconstitutional and an "abuse of power." Criticism from women: a burden on family budgets. ...
Tear gas breaks up new protests in Tehran
Iranian police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse thousands of demonstrators outside Tehran University today as a former President who is backing the opposition movement led Friday prayers for the first time since the disputed election. ...
Eight dead in bomb blasts at Jakarta hotels
The shadow of terrorism fell across Indonesia again this morning when at least eight people, including some foreigners, were killed and at least 50 were injured in two large explosions at luxury hotels in Jakarta. ...
Erdogan: Xinjiang is "nearly genocide"
The Turkish premier wants to push the UN Security Council to address the crisis in Xinjiang. But Beijing could block it. The Turkish foreign minister calls for a boycott of Chinese goods. Demonstrations of Uyghurs in Istanbul, Canberra, Holland, Germany. Nothing new from the Organisation of Islamic Conferences or Iran. ...
Al Qaeda No. 2: U.S. a Grave Threat to Pakistan
CAIRO, Egypt — Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader warned the Pakistani people in a new audio message that the U.S. interference in their country's affairs poses a grave danger to Pakistan's future and very existence....
Indonesia: Muslim cleric re-arrested over child bride scandal
Semarang - Indonesian police have again arrested Muslim cleric, Pujiono Cahyono Widianto, in a continuing controversy over his marriage to a 12-year-old girl. Pujiono was rearrested for failing to cooperate following his marriage to Lutfiana Ulfa. ...
IDF: Hizbullah hiding rockets in homes
A day after an explosion uncovered a hidden Hizbullah arms cache in southern Lebanon, the IDF's Northern Command estimated that the group had turned hundreds of homes in the area into warehouses to store short- and medium-range Katyusha rockets. ...
Iran could have atomic bomb within 6 months
BERLIN - Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency believes Iran is capable of producing and testing an atomic bomb within six months, much sooner than most analysts estimate, according to a report in German weekly Stern. ...
PA Acts Like Boss in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Authority is resuming public moves to demonstrate sovereignty in Jerusalem. First it was an official reception for the Egyptian ambassador, and now it is the official opening of a new business center....
Iran hangs 13 members of rebel Sunni Muslim group
Tehran: Authorities in southeastern Iran on Tuesday hanged 13 members of a Sunni Muslim rebel group convicted of bombings and killings in the area, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. ...
Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousers
Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for wearing trousers in violation of the country's strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said. ...
Egyptian Government: Swine flu In Saudi, any plan?
Saudi Arabia reports 32 more cases of swine flu, including 20 in foreign school ...
Al-Qaeda vows revenge on China after riots
Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network has taken up the cause of China’s Muslim Uighur minority with a pledge to attack Chinese workers in northwestern Africa in retaliation for mistreatment by Beijing of its largest Muslim minority. ...
Interview with the president of Voice of the Copts
Tamar Yonah: Copts: Are there Moderate Moslem Regimes?...
Fatah Official: “Our Goal is Not Peace"
"Our goal has never been peace,” says a Fatah official in a PA TV panel. “Peace is a means; the goal is Palestine" – meaning the conquest of Israel....
The diffrence between Civile and Uncivilized
Israeli Research: Fighting Swine Flu Pandemic With Mathematics...
Saudi Religious Police Blamed In 'Honor' Killing Of Sisters
RIYADH - A Saudi women's group on Friday blamed the country's religious police in the "honor" killing of two sisters shot dead by their own brother after they were arrested for mixing with unrelated men. ...
IDF and Iran already Engaged in 'Cyber War'
While Israel has publicly refrained from striking Iran, a secret “cyber war” may have already begun, according to ABC's Simon McGregor-Wood. Clandestine computer battles are used both to gather information and to launch offensive strikes, he says....
Al Qaeda-Linked American Terrorist Condemns, Mocks Obama
An American who left the United States to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia is strongly condemning President Obama’s efforts to seek “a new beginning” with the Muslim world, mocking Obama's “magic of charisma” and warning of more attacks against U.S. interests....
Somali Islamist hardliners behead 7 "spies"
MOGADISHU - Somalia's hardline Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being "Christians" and "spies" in the latest imposition of strict sharia, Islamic law, by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, witnesses said....
Huge truck bomb kills 12 schoolchildren
Taleban militants detonated a huge truck bomb south of the capital Kabul this morning killing 25 people, including 12 primary school children, according to local officials. ...
'Barbarians' gang leader gets life in murder case
Youssouf Fofana, the leader of kidnap gang "The Barbarians", has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Ilan Halimi. The victim's family attorney has complained that the accomplices were treated too leniently. ...
TAKE IT EASY ON MUSLIM EXTREMISTS, POLICE TOLD
POLICE will be ordered not to charge Muslim extremists in many hate crime cases – to stop them becoming more militant....
Egyptian Regime’s allegedly behind Violence against Copts
In less than two weeks, Muslim mobs carried out collective punishment on Copts in three villages stretching from Upper Egypt to the Nile Delta. ...
Dutch to pay for Chinese embassy repairs
The Dutch government said Tuesday it will pay for repairs to China's embassy in The Hague, which was damaged in a protest against Beijing's crackdown on separatists in Xinjiang province....
UN takes firm stand on women's rights in Afghanistan
Widespread violence against women in Afghanistan is being ignored in a culture of impunity that neither challenges nor condemns this violence, says the United Nations in a new report calling for an end to the prevailing abuse. ...
May murder of cabbie to be terror attack
Shin Bet, Lachish Subdistrict Police arrest two Palestinians in Gan Yavne murder case of 56-year-old Gregory Rabinowitz. Suspects confess act, say it was payback for death of Islamic Jihad operative killed by IDF in 2007 ...
Egypt arrests 25 in 'Suez plot'
Egyptian officials say 25 militants suspected of having al-Qaeda links have been arrested for plotting attacks on ships in the Suez Canal. ...
"Mainstream" Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech and Hezbollah Defense
A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah....
Hindu Activists Assault Christian Teachers in India
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Hindu activists assaulted staff of the Good Shepherd School in Andhra Pradesh, India, on May 29th. ...
Surrender or face prosecution by Shariah courts
Somali Islamist Group Gives Government Five Days to Surrender ...
Hamas tries to detain woman walking with man
An attempt by Hamas police to detain a young woman walking with a man along the Gaza beach has raised alarms that the Islamic militant group is seeking to match its political control of the coastal territory with a strict enforcement of Islamic law....
US to Re-Settle 1,350 ‘PA Refugees’ from Iraq
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it will grant asylum to 1,350 Arabs in Iraq who claim to have the right to live in Israel based on ancestry. ...
Hebrew U admits Female Students Harassed by Local Arabs
Female students at the Har Hatzofim (Mount Scopus) campus of Hebrew University have complained of repeated sexual harassment by Arabs from nearby Isawiya. ...
Fatah Forces Jews out of Jerusalem Home
Arabs destroyed a Jewish home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem last week after forcing a Jewish contractor to leave. ...
Philippines church bomb blast kills five
Islamist militants have been blamed for a bomb blast in the Philippines today which killed at least five people and wounded dozens more. ...
Government claims it expelled 20 suspected French Islamists
An Egyptian security official said on Saturday that the country had expelled about 20 French Muslims over the last month who were believed to be connected with an attack on Cairo's Kah al-Khalili bazaar in February. ...
PA Chief Abbas: We Left Galilee on Our Own
Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas says the Arabs of the Galilee city of Tzfat left in 1948 not because they were driven out, but on their own volition....
Europeans Affiliated With Al-Qaeda Were Trained by PA Factions
Several Europeans, involved in an Egypt-based terror cell affiliated with al-Qaeda, received training in Gaza by Palestinian Authority factions. ...
China blames Muslims for Xinjiang unrest
At least 156 people have been killed in the worst case of ethnic unrest the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang has seen in years, prompting the government to shut down the Internet Monday and blame exiled Muslim separatists....
Iran warns Western
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western countries on Monday against interfering in Iranian affairs as the United Kingdom confirmed that the Islamic Republic had released an eighth British embassy staff member, leaving one still in detention....
Cairo moves to overturn anti-Israeli ruling
The Egyptian government has contested an administrative court ruling that strips male citizens married to Israeli women of their nationality, local press reported Sunday....
Al Jazeera to Broadcast in Canada
Al Jazeera English, the international spinoff of the Qatar-based Arabic-language news network of the same name, will likely be cleared for Canadian broadcasting this summer following months of debate and opposition....
Israel has a right to deal with nuclear Iran
Official says Iran would respond in a "very decisive" way ...
Saudis Would Allow Israel to Attack Iran
Saudi Arabia would turn the other cheek and allow Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports. According to the report, Mossad chief Meir Dagan has told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Syria has hinted to the move....
Never surrender. Never submit. Never be silenced
on this Independence Day join us in our fight for freedom and independence forever...
Saudi terror awareness campaign for imams
Riyadh: As part of the Saudi government's comprehensive national strategy to fight terrorism, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has launched an awareness campaign for imams and preachers....
Gadaffi rocked by talk of affair with African queen
As Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the leader of Libya, hosted an African Union summit last week, his name was romantically linked in a court case with the queen mother of an ancestral Ugandan kingdom. ...
Obama Turns to Pope to Back Mideast Plan
U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the Pope to back his vision of a new Arab state on all of Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. ...
Arabs: Jerusalem is No Home for Jews and Christians
A poll released this week showed that PA Arabs are reluctant to grant rights to Jews or Christians within areas demanded for a PA state. A survey conducted by the Arab World for Research and Development among 1,200 Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza found that did not feel Jerusalem should be shared with Jews and Christians....
7/7, victims' relatives call for a proper inquiry
Today almost four years on, the images of that dreadful morning are etched into our minds: the woman in the haunting white burns mask being helped to safety; the shell-shocked businessman in a suit with his hair and shirt matted with blood; the crippled No 30 bus with its roof blown off; the mangled wreckage of smouldering Tube trains. ...
Israel's Ambassador: Iranian nuke could wipe off Israel
Recently appointed ambassador to the United States Michael Oren warned over the weekend that an Iranian atomic bomb can "wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds," and that the Iranians could "accomplish in a matter of seconds what they denied Hitler did, and kill 6 million Jews, literally." ...
Obama to Morocco: End Israel's isolation
US President Barack Obama called Saturday n Arab nations to embrace the Saudi peace initiative and end the isolation of Israel in the Middle East. ...
'Calling the Arab's bluff'
One of President Barack Obama's earliest backers, US Representative Robert Wexler, was in Jerusalem this week trying to persuade Israelis that a settlement freeze would be a win-win proposition. ...
Christian tortured and detained on false charges of blasphemy
He is accused of having burned pages of the Koran. Charges invented by Muslims in the area, envious of the successful business done by the shop owned by the couple. Director of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue warns of a "wave of anti-Christian extremism" in the country. ...
Slight Shift in Obama Policies Detected
Arab intransigence and the realization that Iran nukes might be more important than Jewish houses are leading the Obama administration to a slight shift in policy....
PA Arabs in Response to Obama: No, We Can't
A poll released this week showed that PA Arabs are reluctant to grant rights to Jews or Christians within areas demanded for a PA state....
TWO CHURCH BUILDINGS BURNED DOWN IN ZANZIBAR "TANZANIA"
Young radical Muslims suspected in attacks on island off coast of East Africa....
Muslim dentist 'tried to force patients to wear Hijab'
A Muslim NHS dentist faces being struck off after a tribunal ruled he tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress before treating them. ...
SOMALIA: ISLAMISTS BEHEAD TWO SONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADER
Father refuses to give al Shabaab extremists information about house church pastor....
Christian families in Kasur hide from angry mobs
Christians say blasphemy charges result of misunderstanding, argument between two boys . DCO ‘apologises’ to Christians ...
Bolton: The Only ‘Iranian Option’ Is an Israeli Attack
U.S. President Barack Obama’s policies have left an Israeli attack on Iran the only option in preventing the Muslim country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton wrote in The Washington Post Thursday....
Rumors of Mubarak resignation resurface
Rumors of the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 28-year tenure as president have recently resurfaced in the Arabic media. ...
Simultaneous Fires in Northern Israel are ‘Arab Arson’
Fire fighters in northern Israel fought dozens of blazes that broke out during the day Wednesday, most of them around noontime. ...
Muslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan
Riot Incited via Mosque Loudspeakers; Mob Throws Acid on Women and Children...
Ahmadinejad: Obama Has Removed His Mask
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranians that U.S. President Barack Obama has “removed his mask” and has revealed “the real face of the American people.” He charged that President Obama offered to negotiate with Iran but has not kept true to his word....
Egypt wants S-400 to counter Iran
In a sign of mounting concern about Teheran's missile capability, the Egyptian military recently expressed interest in purchasing the Russian-made, advanced S-300 and S-400 air defense systems. ...
Peres Challenges Saudi King to Visit Jerusalem
President Shimon Peres, speaking at an interfaith conference in Kazakhstan, challenged Saudi Arabian King Abdullah to visit Jerusalem, which Muslims claim as their third holiest city....
'One Word by Pope Could Reveal Thousands of Jews'
A top anti-assimilation organization says the Pope’s recent consent to “consider” revealing the names of hidden Holocaust Jewish children has led to a “flood” of requests on the topic....Author info
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