Ashraf Ramelah
Christian convert from Islam and family threatened with death
After Friday prayers a group of zealots attacked the house of William Gomes, a young Muslim who converted to Christianity and human rights activist. The police takes no steps to ensure his protection.
Zazi Pleads Not Guilty in Alleged US Terror Plot By Victoria Cavaliere
An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty in U.S. federal court on Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction....
Darfur refugees raped in Chad camps
Women who fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region are being regularly raped in refugee camps in neighboring Chad, despite the presence of U.N.-trained forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday....
Anti-Semitism Strikes Again in Edison Township, New Jersey
A New Jersey township was hit this week with its second ant-Semitic attack in two weeks, just a few hours after the end of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year....
IAF Pilots Destroy 3 Gaza Smuggler Tunnels
The "tit-for-tat war of attrition" has resumed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. ...
Lethal fight in Minya angers Copts
A Copt died and three others were injured in a fight in the village of Deir Mawas in Minya Governorate yesterday....
NYC Plot Operational, Not Just Aspirational
The man at the center of an alleged plot to blow up transportation targets in New York City appeared before a Brooklyn judge for the first time Tuesday. Najibullah Zazi is accused of plotting to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S. targets in what law enforcement officials say was the most serious terrorist threat against the U.S. since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. ...
Malaysian villagers amazed by "Allah meat"
A family of Malaysian villagers became the talk of the town after they found the word Allah, meaning God in Arabic, inscribed on meat bought from the local market, the country's press reported on Tuesday. ...
Poor Man, Mossad agents also involved in smear campaign!
Middle East specialists associated with the French Military said Israeli intelligence agents were involved in a secret campaign against Farouk Hosni’s bid to head UNESCO, according to French journalist Richard Apfier. ...
UK court rejects petition urging arrest warrant for Ehud Barak
Westminster Magistrates court in central London rejected on Tuesday a petition urging the issuance of an arrest warrant for Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed "war crimes" due his part in IDF Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, last January. ...
Egypt: Security services watch European Salafists
Many deeply religious students from Europe come to Egypt to learn Arabic. The question is: are these European Salafists coming to study the language of the Koran or to prepare terrorist attacks?...
Germany arrests 2 Islamist suspects after threats
German police have taken two suspected Islamists into custody after a series of al Qaeda videos last week threatened Germany with attacks after Sunday's election,...
Yemen Shiite rebel leader vows to fight on
The leader of Shiite rebels embroiled in a war with the Yemeni army accused the government on Sunday of discriminating against his group, the Zaidis, vowing to continue the fight against the state....
Yemen's Qaeda wing seeks donations in Saudi Arabia
Al Qaeda's Yemeni wing is targeting Saudi individuals to ask for donations to support its fight against the U.S.-allied government of Sanaa, Al Arabiya television reported on Sunday. ...
Suspect in Illinois Bomb Plot ‘Didn’t Like America Very Much’
The day before he was arrested Thursday on charges of plotting to blow up the federal building in Springfield, Michael C. Finton was working as a fry cook at Seals Fish & Chicken in this old factory town deep in the Illinois cornfields....
Iran given one last chance to talk on nuclear
Iran will be given one last chance to prove to the world it is serious about discussing its nuclear weapon ambitions at talks in Geneva on Thursday. ...
Attacks in Gaza, Jerusalem over Yom Kippur
Gaza terrorists fired three rockets at southern Israel over the course of the Yom Kippur holiday. One rocket landed within Gaza, while two others hit open areas in Israel. ...
Representatives of 50 states helped Chechens in Jihad against Russia
All terrorists in Chechnya would be soon eliminated, the Republic’s President Ramzan Kadyrov said in Grozny at his meeting with participants of the international conference. ...
Egypt, Muslim Convert to Christianity forbiddin From Leaving
Egyptian authorities have prevented Maher El-Gowhary, a Muslim-born Christian convert, from leaving the country. He was detained at Cairo Airport. His passport confiscated and he was advised that he is barred from traveling on orders from a 'higher authority'....
France aims to be EU center of Islamic finance
As France debates whether to ban the burqa, the government is leading a drive to attract billions in investment from Muslim countries by turning Paris into the European capital of Islamic finance....
Latest al Qaeda message eulogizes deceased leader
A purported audio message from Al Qaeda's second-in-command appeared on radical Islamist Web sites on Sunday eulogizing Baitullah Mehsud, the former leader of the Pakistani Taliban. ...
Christians tempted to emigrate as Lebanon grows increasingly 'Islamized'
BEIRUT: Christians are tempted to flee Lebanon as the country becomes increasingly “Islamized,” according to the founder of the Center for Arab Christian Research and Documentation (CEDRAC). ...
Swine flu fears hit Saudi religious tourism
Standing behind a wall of pearls and rosaries in a shop in Mecca, souvenir dealer Mohammad Hamdi says business has never been as bad....
Iran fires nuclear missile capable of hitting Israel and Europe
Iran has fired one of the longest-range missiles in its arsenal as part of testing it began ahead of a confrontation with foreign powers over a previously undisclosed secret nuclear facility later this week. ...
Three Muslims killed in restive Thai south: police
Suspected Islamic militants have shot dead three Muslims in separate attacks in Thailand's troubled south this weekend, local police said Sunday....
Gaddafi proposes Nato of the South
Colonel Gaddafi proposed an African-Latin American defence alliance yesterday at an intercontinental summit hosted by Venezuela. ...
All students in Pakistan’s schools required to study Islam
The Commission for Justice and Peace of the Church of Pakistan criticizes the new guidelines for public education. Concern for the civics books that offer only the Islamic point of view. ...
Pakistan discovers 'village' of white German al-Qaeda insurgents
Investigators have discovered a "Jihadi village" of white German al-Qaeda insurgents, including Muslim converts, in Pakistan's tribal areas close to the Afghan border. ...
Iran tests new short-range missiles in war games
Iran tested two short-range missiles as its elite Revolutionary Guards began several days of war games on Sunday, state television reported. ...
Jews, Muslims scuffle at Jerusalem holy site
Scuffles broke out between Jewish and Muslim faithful at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint site in the Old City revered by both faiths, prompting Israeli police to fire stun grenades....
Too Late to Stop Iran
A top official in the Obama Administration has at last admitted what intelligence agents and Israeli government officials have been warning about for years: Iran intends to build a nuclear arsenal. ...
Israeli Price Tag for PA Hypocrisy
Israel has informed the Palestinian Authority that it will not authorize the operation of a second cellular phone network until the PA withdraws its demand that the International Criminal Court in the Hague investigate alleged Israeli "war crimes," as documented in the Goldstone panel report on Operation Cast Lead. ...
Four Die in Shoot-Out as Russia Faces Jihadist Threat
Three insurgents and one policeman were killed in a gun battle in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, the latest in a wave of attacks rocking the predominantly Muslim North Caucasus region. ...
Taliban threatens Germany ahead of vote
German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, an official said Friday....
Yemen vows to fight rebels for "years" to come
Yemen's government is ready to fight Shiite rebels in the mountainous north for "years," the president vowed on Saturday, though he also said hostilities could end if the rebels agree a ceasefire....
US, Muslims gather outside Capitol Hill to pray
Thousands of Muslim men and women gathered Friday outside the United States Capitol in a "day of Islamic unity" to hold a mass prayer and show their religion was peaceful as a group of Christian protestors gathered to object to the event. ...
Her 'duty' is helping Muslim women heal after abuse
Toward the end of her marriage, Rabia Iqbal said she feared for her life....
Next court hearing for Zazi set for Tuesday
Prosecutors believe suspect intended to strike NY. Government says Zazi made numerous trips to Pakistan (Adds details; next hearing set for Tuesday in New York)...
Israel wouldn't dare attack Iran'
Israel would not "dare attack Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a press conference Friday, after new revelations surfaced that the country has been building a secret uranium enrichment plant. ...
IAF kills Kassam rocket cell air strike
An IAF strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed three members of a terrorist cell Friday evening, in the first such move since the end of Operation Cast Lead in January. ...
Iran admits building 2nd enrichment plant
The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reported Friday that Iran said it is building a second nuclear fuel enrichment plant and that the agency has asked for immediate inspection of the plant....
Ahamdinejad at UN evades nukes, poll crisis
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad steered away from his country’s nuclear program and the political crisis following last June’s elections, which he described as “glorious,” in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly late on Wednesday. ...
UN Security Council adopts nuclear resolution
The United Nations Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that envisaged a world without nuclear weapons....
General Praise for Netanyahu's Historic UN Speech
Rare wall-to-wall praise was heard in Israel and abroad for Netanyahu’s historic speech in the UN on Thursday - though Hamas didn't like it....
Joseph’s Era Coins Found in Egypt
An Egyptian paper claims that archaeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the Biblical Joseph. ...
Man accused of plotting to bomb Springfield courthouse
A Decatur man was charged today with plotting to blow up the federal courthouse in Springfield, but the charges make it clear that authorities were on to him from the start and that he was dealing with an undercover federal agent posing as an Al Qaeda operative....
Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper
DALLAS - Police arrested a man after he allegedly placed an inactive car bomb near Fountain Place at 1445 Ross Avenue in downtown Dallas. ...
Gaddafi defends Taliban
LIBYAN President Muammar Gaddafi launched a spirited defence of Afghanistan's hardline Taliban overnight in a rambling address to the UN General Assembly....
Eleven Countries Turn Back on Ahmadinejad’s Anti-Jewish Speech
Eleven countries, led by France and the United States, walked out Wednesday evening on a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that railed against Jews and Israel. ...
Faulty Bomb Saved Israeli Tourists from Death
Terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula planned to blow up a bus full of Israeli tourists, and were stopped only by a mechanical failure in the bomb they were using. ...
World Relief' If Israel Bombs Iran Nukes
The head of Iran's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Selahi, said Wednesday that Israel lacks the military capability to attack his country's nuclear installations. On Tuesday he announced that his country had developed a new generation of centrifuges....
How Using Imam in Terror Inquiry Backfired on Police
A decision to enlist a Queens imam in an effort to develop information about the man at the center of a long-running cross-country terrorism investigation backfired earlier this month....
Egypt loses UNESCO's top job to Bulgaria
Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, who said last year he would burn Israeli books, failed in his bid on Tuesday to head the United Nations agency for culture and education, losing to a Bulgarian outsider....
Gaddafi finds Donald Trump's land to pitch his tent
Libya’s leader may have at last found a place to pitch his tent during his first visit to America — on land owned by the tycoon Donald Trump. ...
Holy Temple Mikveh Discovered Near Western Wall
A 2,000-year-old mikveh (ritual bath) has been uncovered just 20 meters from the Western Wall. ...
Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for Qaeda bomb-making materials
Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York, sources said....
Active Terror Cell Prepared NYC Attack
Authorities Believe After Three Arrests in Alleged Terror Plot, Others Still Out There ...
French police arrest migrants at "Jungle" camp
French riot police on Tuesday rounded up scores of mainly Afghan migrants and refugees during a dawn raid on a makeshift camp known as the "Jungle" used as a base to make risky attempts to reach Britain....
Anti-Semitism row clouds final round of UNESCO vote
Egypt, Bulgaria square off for UNESCO's top job...
All Options Open' on Iran
IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi politely warned Iran Monday that Israel is prepared to defend itself from any attack the Islamic Republic might consider launching against the Jewish State....
Imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects
The Queens imam arrested in the Denver terrorism probe is an FBI informant the feds say became a double agent - tipping suspects that they were in the government's crosshairs....
Raid kills more than 100 in S. Sudan
More than 100 people were killed when tribesmen raided a south Sudan village, burning buildings and attacking churchgoers, officials said on Monday, in a further escalation of violence in the oil-producing region. ...
Provocation in Nahal Oz: Gaza Terrorists Fire at Israelis
Gaza terrorists opened fire on Israeli civilian engineers Monday morning near the fuel terminal at the Nahal Oz crossing. ...
Israel Destroys Three Weapons Tunnels
The IDF bombed three Hamas arms-smuggling tunnels in Gaza overnight and reported precise hits....
Qaeda-linked extremists killed in Philippines
The Philippine military killed up to 17 al-Qaeda-linked extremists as it over-ran one of their main strongholds in the south of the country, a general said Monday....
Israel is not planning a strike on Iran
Israeli President Shimon Peres has given Russia assurances it is not planning a strike against Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with CNN released on Sunday in which he described such an attack as "the worst thing that can be imagined."...
IDF Kills Two Gaza Terrorists
IDF soldiers killed two terrorists in northern Gaza on Sunday afternoon as they attempted to plant a bomb along the Gaza security barrier. Three other terrorists were wounded....
Pakistani mosque forced to close
AN Islamic community must find a new place of worship after a controversial mosque was shown the red card....
The Gay Sons of Allah
In most Islamic countries, gay men and women are ostracized, persecuted and in some cases even murdered. Repressive regimes are often fanning the flames of hatred in a bid to outdo Islamists when it comes to spreading "moral panic."...
Colorado man, father arrested in terror probe
FBI agents arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot in the United States....
Terrorists rent truck in suspected Al Qaeda bomb plot
Investigators probed a failed Queens truck rental for ties to a possible Al Qaeda bomb plot yesterday as a chief terror suspect tried making a deal to save his skin....
INFIBULATION ON 11 YEAR-OLD, 1ST CHARGES BROUGHT
ROME - An Egyptian man has been charged with practicing female circumcision on an 11 year-old girl, reports the website of TV station Al Arabiya today. Ahmed Gad al-Karim, 69 year-old,...
Man in Terror Inquiry Halts Talks With Officials
AURORA, Colo. — After facing three days of questioning by F.B.I. agents, a Denver shuttle bus driver at the center of a federal terrorism investigation halted talks with investigators on Saturday to consult with his lawyer, a spokeswoman for the lawyer said. ...
British Government Funds Muslim Brotherhood-Related Organization
A British government funded organization has donated nearly £50,000 to a Muslim Brotherhood connected organization, according to a UK think tank. ...
World slams Ahmadinejad's new Holocaust slur
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that the Holocaust was "a myth" is "totally unacceptable," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday, echoing world powers, which united to slam Ahmadinejad's comments....
Governor; the law on blasphemy should be abolished
Salman Taseer: "exploited" by extremists to target religious minorities, who instead should be "protected". Christian leaders: “important statements”. The cancellation of the norm is decided by the central government which must "inform" the citizens of the violence. The list of anti-Christian persecution in the Punjab. ...
Threats for breaking Morocco fast
A Moroccan man campaigning to change the law banning eating in public during the Muslim Ramadan fast says he has received 100 death threats this week. ...
UN Gaza report is unfair and too lenient with Hamas
The Obama administration sharply criticized a UN report Friday alleging that Israel committed multiple war crimes in Operation Cast Lead this year. The State Department statement ended nearly a week of muted reactions to findings already rejected by Israel...
Global network detects sign of atomic bomb testing
United Nations: Iran, Israel and the five nuclear powers that are permanent Security Council members are part of a global network to detect signs of testing of a new atomic bomb,...
Iranian president raises stakes against Israel
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised the stakes against Israel by describing the Holocaust as a lie, just as world powers are trying to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil....
Anti-Semitic remarks cloud Egypt's UNESCO bid
Egypt's controversial candidate for UNESCO director general failed to win an absolute majority in a ballot of world envoys on Friday, with the vote now set to head to a third round, a spokesman said....
Nasrallah: We'll never recognize Israel
The leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah vowed on Friday that his Shiite terror group will never recognize Israel and that no Arab state has the right to do so either. ...
White House slams Ahmadinejad speech
Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday that comments made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a rally in Teheran were "hateful." ...
Pakistan Grants Bail to 13 Muslims Carnage Christians
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 7, a Pakistani court granted bail to 13 Muslims, including radical clerics who incited mob attacks against Christians, that resulted in 11 Christians being killed and over 40 Christians homes being burned down in Gojra. ...
Muslim Man Rapes Christian Teenager for Two Days
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 15, a Muslim man kidnapped and raped an 8th grade Christian girl in Pakistan. ...
Egyptian Christian's murder sparks sectarian tension
Cairo - A large crowd of angry Coptic Christians gathered in front of a church Wednesday in the Egyptian town of Bagur, following the murder of a Christian shopkeeper and the stabbings of two others, police said....
Pakistan, Collusion between police and extremists
A human rights group expresses concern over “increasing incidents of violence” against religious minorities. Fanatics enjoy impunity thanks to complicitous prison guards....
Al Qaeda calls for foreign kidnappings in Afghanistan
Terror group’s document says kidnapping of US soldier earlier this year should serve as precedent in a campaign of abducting Western civilians to negotiate release of Taliban, Al Qaeda prisoners...
US won’t deprive Pakistan of direct aid
Envoy says US govt will continue to deliver assistance through a variety of long-standing vectors as required by American law to ensure transparency, accountability...
FBI unit set for more anti-terror raids
FBI agents with bomb-sniffing dogs Wednesday raided the Colorado apartment of an Afghan national linked to Al Qaeda and a plot to attack the New York City subway system....
Church Firebombed in Egypt
The Coptic Church of Saint Paul and Saint Peter in the town of Shebin el Kom, 60 kilometers northwest of Cairo, was burnt on 9/8/2009, ...
Indonesia: Islamic law may face Supreme Court review
Indonesia's home affairs minister Mardiyanto says the government will ask the Supreme Court to review a new Islamic law which condemns adulterers to death by stoning in the province of Aceh. ...
Al-Qaida planning India attack
The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the National Security Council issued a severe terror warning for India on Thursday. ...
All Iran Needs Now is a Nuke Delivery System
A "secret annex" to a report by the international nuclear energy watchdog says Iran is currently able to build a nuclear bomb, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Russia and America spar over a meeting with Iran to negotiate the issue. ...
US couples get jail for illegal Egypt adoptions
An Egyptian court sentenced two Egyptian-American couples on Thursday to two years in prison in a high profile illegal adoption case, a court source said. ...
Italy: Moroccan man accused of 'honour killing'
A Moroccan man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing his 18-year-old daughter to death for falling in love with an older man in a small northern Italian town. Sanaa Dafani was stabbed in the throat while she was sitting in a car with her 31-year-old boyfriend in Montereale Valcellina, northwest of Trieste, late Tuesday....
Allow public eating in Ramadan: Moroccan group
A call by a Moroccan group to allow people to eat and drink in public during the month of Ramadan has infuriated Muslim scholars and stirred the government into action. ...
US ‘Concerned’ over UN 'War Crimes' Report
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is "concerned by some of the conclusions” in the United Nations Human Rights Council report, which strongly condemned Israel for alleged "war crimes" in the Operation Cast Lead campaign against Hamas terror last January....
PA Woos Jerusalem Arabs
The Palestinian Authority is reaching out to Jerusalem Arabs with a string of gifts aimed at raising political support in Israel's capital city....
young Christian man accused of blasphemy killed in prison
Fanish, 20, was arrested last Saturday. His death was “judicial murder” according to human rights activist. The day before a Muslim mob attacked members of the dead man’s Christian community, setting fire to their church. Pakistani extremists are funded by Saudi “charities...
US to Call Arab Bluff and Force Abbas to Talk
The Obama administration will use the “Iranian card” to help call the “Arab bluff” and force Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to resume suspended discussions with Israel towards establishing a new Arab state within Israel’s current borders, TIME magazine predicts....
Somali Qaeda group vows to avenge US raid
Somalia's hardline Shabaab Islamist group on Tuesday vowed to avenge the death of a top regional Al Qaeda leader during a lightning U.S. military operation on Somali territory....
Al-Qaeda Continues Attacking Israel From Lebanon
An Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Lebanon claimed to have launched the Katyusha rockets that struck Israeli territory on Friday. The action was not the first by the Al-Qaeda loyalists and they promise it won't be the last. ...
California Public Schools Ban Ave Maria but Allow Islamic Prayers
Bill O’Reilly often discusses attacks on America’s Judeo-Christian traditions as crucial battles in the larger culture wars that are going on in this country. ...
Thousands of Christians gathered to pray for equality
Around 7,000 Coptic Christians gathered at the Father Kyrillos church on the outskirts of Cairo to pray for an end to "discriminaton" during the celebration of the Egyptian Coptic New Year this weekend....
Aceh passes adultery stoning law
Indonesia's province of Aceh has passed a new law making adultery punishable by stoning to death, a member of the province's parliament has said. ...
UK Muslims get life for major plane bomb plot
Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail for plotting a "terrorist outrage" to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks expected to be on the same scale as the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks....
Paradise Hotel Bomber Among Dead in Somalia
Wanted Al-Qaeda terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed Monday in an airstrike in southern Somalia, local civilians have reported. Nabhan is wanted for multiple terrorist attacks, including a 2002 hotel bombing and attempted attack on an airplane that targeted Israeli citizens....
Qaeda-linked group claims Israel rocket attacks
A militant group claiming links to al-Qaeda said on Monday it was behind the firing of rockets into northern Israel last week....
Al-Qaeda Blames 9/11 on US Support for Israel
American support for Israel was the reason for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, according to an audio message purported to be from Osama bin Laden, the leader of the international ...
Second Temple Pilgrimage Route Uncovered
Archaeologists have uncovered a section of a stone-paved street with stairs which connected the Temple Mount with the Pool of Shiloach (Siloam)....
Street Used by Pilgrims on Way to Temple Mount
Archeologists have uncovered a street that was a central thoroughfare for pilgrims who 2,000 years ago walked from the Shiloach Pool to the Second Temple, approximately 550 meters (1,800 feet) to the north. The street was previously known to archeologists....
UNESCO, Farouk Hosni No Thanks
In order to cement the refusal to have the Egyptian Minister of Cultural to lead one of United Nations' organization, a few points do need to be emphasized; ...
Punjab, Muslim extremists burn church over alleged blasphemy case
The call to hunt Christians launched at local mosque after the Friday prayers. The mob stormed and set fire to the church, ransacked two houses. Muslims accuse a young Christian had desecrated the Koran. In reality the young man is involved with a Muslim girl. ...
Rapist praised by judge for converting to Islam
A judge lambasted a rapist for claiming his victim was a liar - then commended him for becoming a muslim....
Iraqi refugees in Syria worry as govt's dispute
Despite recent meetings between the foreign ministers of Syria and Iraq, no steps have been taken in solving the problem of the ever growing population of Iraqi refugees in Syria, where the majority of refugees seem to be just fine. ...
Yemeni child bride dies while giving birth
A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, has died during a difficult delivery in which her baby also died, a children’s rights organization said on Sunday. ...
More Brits heading to Somalia for 'jihad'
More and more young Britons are travelling to war-torn Somalia for “jihad training,” prompting British intelligence chiefs to warn that the country is becoming a more popular “holy war” training ground, a local newspaper reported Sunday....
Tension in London flares in mosque stand-off
Britain needs new policies to tackle issues that racists exploit, the communities secretary said Saturday, following ugly scenes outside a London mosque. ...
Settlers, soldiers clash as IDF chief praises army-settler ties
Settlers and security forces clashed during enforcement operations by the Civil Administration on Sunday morning, Israel Radio reported. The clashes erupted as the IDF's top commander was raising a New Year's toast in the Central Command , and praising the settlers' cooperation with the military. ...
1 injured, 18 arrested at Egypt-Israel border
Rafah: Egyptian officials said border guards have wounded an African migrant woman and arrested 18 men from Ethiopia and Eritrea trying to cross illegally into Israel. ...
Obama marks 9/11, vows to defeat Qaeda
President Barack Obama vowed Friday the United States would never falter in its battle against al-Qaeda and called for new national resolve on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001....
Silwan archaeological tunnel extended'
The extension of an archaeological tunnel under the City of David has caused upset among Palestinians,...
Twin bomb attack near Baghdad shrine kills 3 people
Double bombings near a Shiite shrine in Baghdad killed at least three people and left dozens of others wounded on Saturday, security officials said. ...
Hizbullah Attacks Galilee with Two Katyusha Rockets
Hizbullah terrorists attacked the northern Galilee for at least the third time this year, striking near Narhariya on the northwestern Mediterranean Coast....
Fearing Taliban, Pak Hindus take Thar Express to India
JAISALMER: In the past four years, some 5,000 Hindus may have crossed over from Pakistan, never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their homes, sometimes even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban. ...
Pakistan arrests Swat chief Taliban spokesman
Pakistan said Friday it arrested the chief spokesman and a commander of Taliban militants in Swat, capturing the first most-wanted ring leaders behind a devastating two-year insurgency....
Egypt, Jordan Join Arab League in Resisting Normalization
Recently, the Arab League declared that Arab countries would not normalize ties with Israel until Israel gives in to Arab demands. Senior officials in Egypt and Jordan have made it clear that their countries – both of which have signed peace deals with Israel – would resist normalization as well....
Ramadan Arrests Is Unconstitutional
An Egyptian clampdown on religiously prohibited eating and drinking during Ramadan is producing human rights abuses, advocates say....
Sudan's ex-foes fail to agree in US envoy talks
Former enemies from north and south Sudan failed on Thursday to reach an agreement on a key referendum law at the break of the latest round of talks with U.S. special envoy Scott Gration....
Schulte: Syria may have more nuke sites
Syria may be operating more nuclear sites, apart from the reactor at Deir Azour which was bombed by Israel on September 6 2007 in what came to be known as Operation Orchard, former US envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Gregory Schulte told Channel 10 Thursday evening. ...
Military Action May Not Halt Regional Nuclear Proliferation
A former Mossad director says only military action can halt Iranian nuclear weapons development at this point, but the French chief of staff says that it is already too late for that. Meanwhile, ...
Hamas Escalates Attacks on IDF
Gaza terrorists continued to escalate attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers Wednesday afternoon. The IDF neutralized several roadside bombs but did not respond to three shooting attacks on civilians carrying out maintenance work at the Gaza separation fence and at soldiers patrolling the areas....
Scores killed and wounded in north Iraq attacks
A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a Kurdish village in north Iraq before dawn on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 25, ...
Nigeria's Ramadan 'hunters' track bachelor prey
For a couple of days until the end of Ramandan unmarried men in northern Nigeria's mainly-Muslim city of Kano will be on the run to escape capture and ridicule from a roaming "bachelors' hunter."...
Somali Islamists chop off hands of Mogadishu 'thieves'
MOGADISHU — Somali Islamists publicly chopped off the right hands of two men in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a sign the hardline Shebab militia is imposing Sharia law in areas of the capital under its control....
Iran nearing atom bomb capability
The United States warned Wednesday that Iran is close to having the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon and urged Teheran to join in fresh talks with key allies about its disputed intentions. ...
Several Dead in Somali Clashes, Possibly Including U.S. Jihadist
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fierce fighting exploded in this capital city on Friday night and Saturday morning, and witnesses said at least 10 people had been killed in the past two days, possibly including a Somali-American who had joined the insurgents....
Yemen seizes 4 with explosives near US embassy
Four Yemenis with grenades, guns detained near US embassy ...
Egypt cracks down on breaking Ramadan fast
Fines and arrests follow in footsteps of Gulf states. A bite and a sip can now land you in jail in Egypt. Egyptians who eat or drink in public during Ramadan are being arrested as part of a new government campaign that has human rights organizations crying foul....
Egyptian forces kill four Africans at Israel border
Egyptian policemen shot dead four African migrants as they tried to infiltrate into Israel on Wednesday,...
US: ‘Secret’ Obama Plan for PA State is ‘Nonsense”
United States government sources quoted by Politico.com dismissed as “fiction” and “nonsense” a continuing claim by a senior Palestinian Authority legislator that U.S. President Barack Obama has dictated terms for a new PA state....
Saudi cleric urges prayer reform
A leading Saudi cleric has called on Muslims not to pray for the destruction of unbelievers. ...
Mohamed ElBaradei left out evidence of Iran bomb
This is Mohamed ElBaradei’s last year addressing the annual conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ...
Report Warned: Oslo Will Lead to Rockets on Ashkelon
A secret IDF Intelligence (AMAN) assessment warned as early as 1993 that the Oslo Accords would likely end with rocket attacks on Ashkelon, according to former AMAN Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror....
PA Calls Building for Jews ‘Incitement’
The Palestinian Authority official who oversees the “settlement portfolio” has charged that Israeli building of homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria is “incitement” and is like “fire under embers” that may spark renewed Arab violence....
French Muslims want freedom to wear burka
Muslim women in France see face veil as basic right. According to Interior Ministry statistics the number of French women that wear the burka is 367!...
Egypt warns mobile operators on Ramadan deals
Minister threatens to freeze new lines if prices not raised!...
Al-Qaeda Targeting Germany for 'Next 9/11' - Within Weeks
Jihadists close to al-Qaeda explicitly warned in new communications that Germany will be the target of the next 9/11-scale terrorist attack. The timing of the strike, they say, will be within the next few weeks. ...
Rain of Terrorist Mortar and Rock Attacks against Jews
Gaza terrorists fired on southern Israel twice on Monday. On Monday evening, terrorists fired a mortar shell at the Eshkol region. No injuries were reported in the attack. ...
Libya rules out payments to IRA victims' families
Libya will not pay compensation to the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives, the son of the north African country's leader Muammar Gaddafi said....
No lashes, just $200 fines, for wearing pants
A Sudanese woman journalist who faced flogging for wearing pants was given a $200 fine Monday instead of physical punishment. ...
The Coptic cause is not for sale
Lately I noticed that many self proclaimed Coptic leaders are acting suspiciously. In order to clarify facts to our readers and Copts,...
Malaysia transsexuals struggle for acceptance
With her tight jeans, elaborate make-up and flowing hair, Tasha looks for all the world like a striking young woman. But her all-important Malaysian ID card declares she is a Muslim man....
Yemen army in heavy fighitng with rebels
Heavy clashes erupted between Yemeni troops and Shiite rebels in the rugged mountainous north on Sunday, military officials and witnesses said, as humanitarian conditions worsened further in the impoverished country....
Arab League: Shun Israel, or Else
Arab League head Amr Moussa issued a warning Sunday to Arab countries to avoid normalizing ties with Israel until Israel gives in to the League's demands, which include a complete building freeze in Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and much of Jerusalem. ...
Shiites in Saudi Arabia discriminated against as "non-believers"
A report by HRW traces the marginalization of Shias in schools, courts, mosques, military, government, labour. Similarly (and perhaps worse) Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, etc are discriminated against. ...
Islamic activists trying to have it both ways
You might be following the story of Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Ohio girl who claims that her father wants to have her killed for converting from Islam to Christianity....
Hamas Training Camps in the Judean Desert
A complex network of caves embedded in the hills of the Judean Desert have become the latest venue for individualized Hamas terrorist training programs....
London Mayor Recommends Ramadan Fast for All
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has recommended that non-Muslims take the opportunity of the month of Ramadan to fast, along with their Muslim neighbors, in order to promote "understanding between cultures." ...
Lockerbie bomber's release was linked to oil
Jack Straw has reignited the row over the release of the Lockerbie bomber by admitting for the first time that trade and oil were an essential part of the Government’s decision to include him in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya. ...
Clarksville mayor defends e-mail that blasts Muslim stamp
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper is being criticized by local and national Muslims for forwarding an anti-Islamic e-mail Friday morning....
Some Somali rebels to join government
Somalia's embattled government is negotiating with Islamist rebels and has persuaded some of them to join its administration to try to end a deadly spiral of violence, the foreign minister said on Saturday. ...
Twenty-five killed in south Sudan fighting
Twenty-five people have been killed and several more wounded in clashes in the tense oil-rich Upper Nile region of south Sudan, a military spokesman said on Saturday. ...
Obama's remarks at White House iftar - [TRANSCRIPT]
THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody have a seat. Thank you. Well, it is my great pleasure to host all of you here at the White House to mark this special occasion -- Ramadan Kareem. ...
US president holds Ramadan iftar at White House
Obama highlights Muslims' contributions at iftar dinner . Ambassadors, high-ranking officials and leading Congress members were greeted by a fig centerpiece and gathered around tables draped in green at the White House’s annual Ramadan iftar, the meal that breaks the day-long fast during the Muslim holy month, Tuesday night....
Abbas: No use to meet Netanyahu
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he sees no use in meeting Benjamin Netanyahu if the latter approves further West Bank settlements construction before declaring a freeze....
No abuse found, says attorney for runaway Christian teen
ORLANDO — The attorney for the mother of Ohio religious runaway Rifqa Bary said in court here Thursday that results of a critical investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had come back "very favorable" and "with no evidence whatsoever" of alleged abuse or threats of death made by the girl's parents. ...
Iran: US 'forged' documents on bomb
Iran accused the US on Friday of using "forged documents" and relying on subterfuge to make its case that Teheran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, according to a confidential letter obtained by The Associated Press. ...
Gaddafi okayed Lockerbie bombing
Adding more heat to the boiling controversy in the US and UK over Britain's recent release to Libya of the only man ever convicted in the Lockerbie bombing,...
Yemen truce collapses
The Shiite rebels have violated a decision by the Yemeni government to suspend military operations in Saada province and some parts of Amran province, north of Yemen, an official source in the Supreme Security Committee said on Saturday....
Egyptian Regime protecting drug dealers and abusers
Voice of the Copts received the following information from an Egyptian citizen. CHRISTIAN MAN UNDER ATTACK FROM EGYPT NEED HELP URGENT ( minority rights ) ( human right ) urgent ... help ......
IDF Bombs a ‘Kidnap Tunnel’ Second Time in One Week
The Israeli Air Force late Thursday night bombed a northern Gaza tunnel designed to smuggle terrorists and weapons into the Western Negev and to be used to stage an attack on Israelis and kidnapping of citizens or soldiers. It was the second such strike in a week....
Hizbullah Chemical War on Israel, New Threat?
A Kuwaiti report Thursday said that a mysterious explosion in a Hizbullah weapons warehouse six weeks ago involved chemical weapons, adding to the mounting evidence that the terrorist organization is preparing for chemical warfare against Israel....
Arabs Condemn Madonna for Raising Israeli Flag
Arabs are livid at pop singer Madonna for wrapping herself with an Israeli flag at the end of her concert in Tel Aviv Wednesday night. ...
50,000 Muslims to Descend on Capitol Hill
A massive Islamic prayer service will be held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at the end of this month – and 50,000 Muslims are expected to take part....
US Foils Plot to Supply Fighter Jet Parts to Iran
A Belgian national and resident of France, suspected of international arms dealing for decades, was arrested on charges alleging that he conspired to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the United States to Iran, ...
UNRWA Has Never Helped, and Never Will
More than 1,500 Arab refugees from Iraq, descendants of Arabs who fled pre-state Israel in the 1940s, have recently been welcomed into the United States and Chile....
The investigation of the NOOR center
The primary concern for Rifqa's wellbeing deals with the terror tied NOOR Islamic Center: the fact that her parents joined the most radical mosque (the furthest away from her home). Meetings for the NOOR were held at Rifqa's home....
Finally, Rifqa gets a chance to tell her story
As Modernist pointed out in the comment section, Rifqa has never changed her story, while her father has changed his story continually....
Arab League chief calls for dialogue with Iran
Arab League chief Amr Mussa has accused Tehran of meddling in Arab affairs and called for an Arab dialogue with Iran to resolve differences....
Hamas Terrorists Dead in Blast, Israel Blamed
Two Hamas terrorists were killed on Tuesday in an explosion in northern Gaza. Hamas accused Israel of killing the two with tank fire....
Arabs angry at Israel's "judaization" of schools
Israel has yet again outraged its Arab citizens and is being accused of trying to wipe out the Palestinian identity as its ministry of education takes several steps to "judaize" the syllabus in Arab schools....
Islam Allows Raping, Torturing Prisoners
A highly influential Shi'a religious leader, with whom Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regularly consults, apparently told followers last month that coercion by means of rape, torture and drugs is acceptable against all opponents of the Islamic regime...
US Trains Oil-Rich Arab F-16 Pilots
While the United States is talking up tough sanctions against Iran, it is training United Arab Emirates pilots on F-16 planes in the U.S. for the first time ever, to help the Arab nations prepare for war with Iran....
Pakistani Police Arrest Two Christians for Eating During Ramadan
Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 25, police in Pakistan arrested two Christians for eating during the Islamic fasting season of Ramadan in the city of Silanwali. ...
Yemeni government rejects rebels' truce offer
The Yemeni government rejected a truce offer by Shiite rebels in the north of the Arabian Peninsula country late on Monday, after accusing Iranian media of stoking the conflict....
Egypt imam criticizes listening to Quran in public
A top Egyptian scholar stirred controversy this week after he issued a fatwa restricting the places that Muslims can listen to the Quran, which had been vehemently rejected by the government in Cairo. ...
Ahmadinejad plans to speak at UN General Assembly meeting
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to address this month's UN General Assembly meeting, an aide was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday. An appearance by Ahmadinejad at the UN would be his first trip to the West since his disputed re-election in June. ...
Jihadists Discuss Attacking UN Troops in Lebanon, Syria
New jihadist chatter focuses on the vulnerability of United Nations personnel in Syria and Lebanon, as well as Westerners in Saudi Arabia. The online discussion is over whether opening a new jihad front against "Crusaders" in relatively peaceful Muslim countries is advisable at this time. ...
Second Generation Teenage Terrorist Killed in Attack
A teenage terrorist, son of a senior member of the Al Aqsa Brigades terrorist branch of the Fatah party, was killed and two others were wounded in an attack near Beit El in Samaria late Monday night. No Israelis were wounded....Author info
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