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Car bomb kills 11 in Pakistan's Lahore
A car bomb slammed into Pakistani offices used to interrogate suspected militants on Monday, destroying the building and killing 11 people in the latest attack to strike Lahore.
Ahmadinejad the ‘Hitler of the Middle East’
Pastor reaffirms unwavering support for the Jewish state and Jewish people during his group’s annual Night to Honor Israel in J'lem. ...
UN’s Weak Response to Muslim Slaughter of Christians
Hundreds of Christians were brutally slaughtered with axes and knives by a Muslim Nigerian mob on Sunday. ...
Israel's Options – Attack Iran or Accept Nuclear Power
Former United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton warned Sunday that Israel has just two choices:...
Allegations of Corruption in Hamas Leadership
A Palestinian Authority news agency has reported that senior Hamas terrorists are using their power in the organization for personal gain. ...
US-Born Al-Qaeda Terrorist Nabbed after Call for Attacks
American-born terrorist Adam Gadahn was recently arrested in Pakistan, according to senior officials in Islamabad....
PA Arabs Invade Yitzhar, Destroy Property
Palestinian Authority Arabs entered the Jewish village of Yitzhar in Samaria undetected on Sunday and managed to cause serious damage to property....
Turkish Police Accost Sabbath Worshipers in Synagogue
A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s. ...
Arabs, Foreign Anarchists Riot at Beit Jala Over Barrier
Dozens of Arabs and foreign anarchists rioted at the Beit Jala checkpoint near the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo on Sunday afternoon,...
Come Defend Jews in Historic Jerusalem
The National Union party called Friday for the public to come to historic Jerusalem on Saturday night to protect Jewish residents from Arab provocations....
PA Destroys 20 Tons of Plastic Made in 'Jewish Settlements'
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is continuing to enforce a boycott of goods made in the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. ...
Religion not a factor in wife beheading, judge rules
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The founder of an Islam-oriented television station who is accused of beheading his wife is due in a Buffalo courtroom for proceedings in advance of his murder trial. ...
US accuses Sudan of embargo violation in Darfur
United States Ambassador Susan Rice warned Thursday that recent fighting and "the blatant disregard" of a U.N. arms embargo in Darfur are undermining peace efforts in the region....
Global jihad creeping into Russia's insurgency
The Islamist insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus region appears to be mutating from a grassroots separatist movement towards global jihad or holy war, whose goals, propaganda and patronage point abroad. ...
West drafts weakened Iran sanctions
Russia, China oppose full banking embargo; Russia also opposes weapons embargo. ...
Egypt retrieves prehistoric artifacts from Britain
Britain has sent back to Egypt some 25,000 ancient artifacts from Britain, some dating as far back as the stone age, Egypt's culture minister said on Thursday. ...
Stop the Israeli escapade
In wake of east J'lem clashes, PA president again warns of religious war in ME. ...
Egypt completes restoration of Maimonides shul
Dignitaries from Israel and abroad fly in for Sunday’s rededication. ...
Two Israeli Missile Ships Pass Through Suez Canal
Two missile ships belonging to the Israeli Navy passed through the Suez Canal sometime during the last few weeks,...
Egyptian Sheikh: "Muslims Have Fewer Rights than Christians"
This is from Egyptian online magazine al-Youm al-Sabi'u (The Seventh Day), written on 9 February. In the article, high-ranking Egyptian Islamic Sheikh Khalid al-Jundi blasts Shi'ites and Baha'is, and rejects all relations with Israel--the usual stuff you'd expect from a Muslim Sheikh speaking freely in Arabic to his own....
German court jails Islamists for foiled U.S. attacks
Four Islamist militants who admitted planning "a monstrous bloodbath" with foiled car bomb attacks on U.S. targets in Germany were convicted on Thursday of conspiracy to murder. ...
Egypt court orders retrial of tycoon over murder
An Egyptian court accepted an appeal by property tycoon and politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa and ordered a retrial after he was sentenced to death for murdering a Lebanese singer....
Iran's Khamenei slams Israel, seeks Muslim unity
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Western powers were trying to widen differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict....
Pakistan kills 30 Taliban near Afghan border
Pakistani security forces killed 30 Taliban fighters on Thursday in a counter-offensive after coming under attack in a volatile tribal area on the Afghan border, military officials said. ...
Libya imposes economic embargo on Switzerland
Libya has decided to impose a "total" economic embargo on Switzerland, government spokesman Mohammed Baayou said on Wednesday, after Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi declared holy war on Bern....
Baghdad bomb kills 6 as early voting gets underway
Explosives hidden in garbage heap at entrance to market in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood. ...
Arabs may have targeted Mabhouh
Hamas man: Jordanian, Egyptian agents tracked terror chief before murder. ...
UN slams Egypt for killing African migrants
Rights chief Navi Pillay says pattern of deaths suggests a "shoot-to-kill policy." ...
Arab Resistance Key to Demise of World Powers
Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalil, says that Palestinian Authority resistance is the key to freedom for Muslims and the demise of western dominance. Jalil also is the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). ...
Attempted Army Coup Throws Turkey into Crisis
Turkey faces a deep crisis following the arrests by the Erdogan administration of top army commanders who allegedly plotted to bomb mosques and overthrow the increasingly Islamic-oriented government....
Iraqi Christians protest over killings
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians have taken part in protests calling for government action after a spate of killings. ...
Yemen clashes kill 3 policemen, Qaeda suspect
Yemeni security forces clashed on Monday with suspected rebels in the southerly Abyan province, where separatists are campaigning against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. ...
Hundreds feared dead in new Darfur clashes
Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in the turbulent Darfur region, a U.N. source said on Monday. ...
Iran Threatens To 'Freeze' Europe for Backing Sanctions
Brigadier-General Hossein Salami of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that Iran has the power to cut Europe's energy supply....
Arab Protesters Leave Temple Mount, Muslims Call for War
Twenty Arabs, who had barricaded themselves on a Temple Mount mosque since Saturday, left the holy site on Sunday after police took the unusual action of entering the controversial area....
Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party
A Labour minister says his party has been infiltrated by a fundamentalist Muslim group that wants to create an “Islamic social and political order” in Britain....
Hamas leader drugged & suffocated
A Hamas leader who was killed in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly by Mossad agents, was drugged and then suffocated to death, police said on Sunday. ...
IDF to distribute gas masks today
Amid growing tensions, Home Front Command begins pilot program in Or Yehuda. ...
Ahmadinejad Maneuvering Hizbullah and Israel into War?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly angling to start another war between Israel and the lebanese Hizbullah terrorist group in order to deflect attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. ...
Muslim Riots Reach Temple Mount
The riots that began in Hevron last week reached the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on the morning of the Purim holiday (Sunday). Four police officers were lightly hurt, as were at least 15 Arab rioters. ...
Abu Sayyaf militants raid Philippine village
Islamist militants have attacked a village in the southern Philippines, killing at least 11 people, military officials have said. ...
Opposition leader: A cult ruling Iran
Iran's opposition leader says a dictatorial cult is ruling Iran in the name of Islam. ...
Egypt court overturns freeze on Israel gas sales
An Egyptian court overturned on Saturday a ruling banning gas sales to Israel, the official news agency MENA reported. ...
Fatah Leaders Praise Mass Murderer
A Fatah conference held this week in Ramallah included a speech in praise of terrorists. A member of Fatah's central committee, ...
EU Court Opens Door to Customs on Judea and Samaria Products
The European Union High Court ruled Thursday that Judea and Samaria are not a part of Israel, and Israeli goods made there are therefore subject to EU import duties....
Liberia town hit by sectarian unrest
The United Nations has deployed peacekeepers to a northern Liberian town where sectarian violence has left at least three people dead and forced hundreds to flee. ...
Unnamed Christians Accused after Muslim Attack in Pakistan
Armed Islamic assault following fruit stand scuffle leads to police round-up of Christians....
Iran moves uranium above ground
Official: Teheran's strange move is akin to painting bull's-eye on stockpile. ...
Egypt's Soccer Coach only Wants Muslim Players
The coach of Egypt's national soccer team says he only wants players who observe Islam and the selection of his squad is based equally on religious piety and skill....
Switzerland Unruffled by Qaddafi’s Call for ‘Jihad’
The Swiss government reacted blandly on Friday to the latest rhetorical sally from the eccentric Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who called on Thursday for a “jihad” against Switzerland....
Sixteen killed in Taliban attacks in central Kabul
A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people, including four Indian nationals, and wounded 32 others near an upmarket shopping and hotel complex in the heart of Kabul on Friday, and police shot dead two other would-be attackers, officials said....
Egypt scholars demand Saudi cleric retract fatwa
Cleric said mixing of the sexes is punishable by death ...
We have DNA, fingerprints
Local police chief wants int'l team to investigate death of Hamas man Mabhouh. ...
Rally for religious freedom in Egypt set for Friday
A demonstration in support of Egypt's Christians and in opposition to religious discrimination is set for Friday, February 26, 2010 at 1pm, outside of the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC....
'Terror Trio' Meets to Talk Shop
Syrian President Bashar Assad hosted Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah as well as Iranian leader Ahmadinajad for dinner in Damascus on Thursday night....
Fourth Day of Rioting in Hevron
Dozens of Muslim youths rioted and hurled rocks at security forces in the city of Hevron Thursday,...
Stop Arab Provocations in Jerusalem
MK Aryeh Eldad called on Minister of Internal Security Yitzchak Aharonovich Thursday to put an end to Arab and leftist riots in Jerusalem. If the police do not act to restrain rioters, local Jews will be forced to take action, he warned....
Ahmadinajad Envisions Middle East "Free of Zionists"
At a press conference in Damascus on Wednesday, Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinajad and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad took turns threatening and taunting Israel. The former received more headlines, with his remark about a “New Middle East free of Zionists."...Egypt refuses to recognize Muslim born, Christian converts
Gregor Puppnick European Center for Law and Justice “He’s in hiding, and his family is in danger he’s not allowed to leave his country.” ...
Events postponement
Due to sever weather predicted for the North East of United States, Voice of the Copts regret to cancel the Press Conference of 02/25/10 as well as the protesting next to Egyptian embassy in Washington Dc scheduled on 02/26/10. ...
Somalia's Shabaab terrorizes fashionable youth
Armed with assault rifles and scissors, the Shabaab's religious police are imposing a reign of terror, as well as crew cuts and bushy beards, on Somalia's youth. ...
Israel Pays Price of World's "Double Moral Standard"
Meeting with foreign ambassadors in the Knesset on Tuesday, Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin (Likud) said, "If the trend doesn't change, ...
Wrong Words or Wrong Choice?
The Obama administration's special envoy to the Islamic world has been caught red-faced in a statement he previously denied having made, slamming the indictment of a Palestinian Authority terrorist as a “travesty of justice.” ...
Iran Exporting Radical Islam to Latin America
Latin American Jewish leaders are meeting with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein Tuesday night in the wake of growing Iranian influence and anti-Semitism in the region....
Hungary passes Holocaust denial bill
Current law may be unconstitutional, earlier attempts rejected by courts. ...
Fifth Christian killed in a week in north Iraq
Iraqi police said they found a Christian shopkeeper shot to death in the restive northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the fifth Christian killing in a week thought to be related to March elections....
Another Copt Killed in Egypt
Three men accused of killing six Coptic worshipers and a security guard pleaded not guilty on Saturday (Feb. 13) as the Coptic community mourned the loss of yet another victim of apparent anti-Christian violence....
Three Sikhs beheaded by Taliban in Pakistan
In what threatens to cast a shadow on the upcoming Indo-Pakistan talks scheduled for February 25, three Sikh youths were beheaded by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) region after they allegedly refused to convert to Islam. Their severed heads were dumped at a gurudwara in Peshawar. ...
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi living in luxury villa
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, no longer receives hospital treatment after ending the course of chemotherapy that he had been given after returning to his homeland last August. ...
White House affirms confidence in Islam envoy
The White House is expressing its confidence in a White House counsel’s office attorney President Barack Obama recently named as U.S. envoy to the Islamic Conference,...
French reconsider recognizing Palestine
Sarkozy, Kouchner stress state must be established in negotiations. ...
Pakistani Christian Beaten for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Brothers converted by Muslim cleric who raised them leave him for dead. ...
Dubai clears 5,000 embryos on religious grounds
A fertility clinic in Dubai orders disposing of about 5,000 human embryos on religious grounds, an Emirati newspaper reported on Monday. ...
PA Working Feverishly to Achieve State - without Negotiations
Palestinian Authority officials are working on several fronts to achieve a Palestinian state without negotiations over conditions for a peace agreement with Israel. These efforts include: ...
PA Mother Calls to Sacrifice Children as Martyrs
The Palestinian Authority continues to broadcast incitement against Israel and Jews, according to the watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch....
PA Demands: Give Us Land for Highway
“We’re building a highway, and we need some of the Israeli-controlled land.” This is the latest demand made upon Israel by the Palestinian Authority, following the start of construction on a new PA city in the heart of southern Shomron (Samaria)....
Arab Rioting Expands to Hevron
Some 100 Arabs threw rocks and rolled burning tires near the Jewish Community in Hevron on Monday. One soldier was wounded lightly in his hand....
Arabs Begin to Blame Their Own Leaders
Arabs who left Israel in the 1948 are are beginning to blame Arab countries for leaving them stateless after promising a quick return to “Palestine.”...
New Details on Hamas-Iran Ties Revealed
The Revolutionary Guards in Iran are training Hamas terrorists in ground-to-ground missiles in Sudan. The Lebanon-based Al-Qanat website reports,...
Taliban on the Defense in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Pakistani forces announced Sunday that counterterror operations had killed 30 Taliban fighters near the Afghanistan border. Many terrorists have sought cover near the border from an operation lead by by coalition troops in Afghanistan. ...
Egyptian Energy Ministry: No Deals with Israel
A spokesman for the Egyptian energy ministry has officially denied reports that Israel will be included in an Egyptian project to create a regional electricity grid....
20 Ships to Head for Clash in Gaza
The Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced that a fleet of 20 ships would be sent to break Israel’s embargo on Hamas-run Gaza two months from now....
Sudan Govt, Darfur Rebels Reach Peace Deal
The government of the African nation of Sudan has reached a peace deal with the mostly-Muslim Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels in Darfur after secret talks conducted late last week in Ndjamena,...
PA Agents Destroy 20,000 Shekels’ Worth of Jewish Products
A report in the Palestinian Authority press says that a multi-branch team of PA agents found an Arab-driven car carrying 20,000 shekels’ worth of cleaning products several days ago....
Syria warns: Next war will be ruinous
Syrian PM says if future conflict erupts it will affect "the region and beyond." ...
IDF opens fire on Gaza border cell
Palestinians say 6 wounded as army foils possible al-Qaida linked attack. ...
West will lose by helping Israel
Hamas official warns nations to stay out of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
Suicide bomber kills 13 in Iraq's Anbar province
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 21 others on Thursday in Iraq's increasingly turbulent western Anbar province, a senior Iraqi army official and police said....
Hizbullah tries to break out of resistance mold
Movement urges its followers: Heed traffic signs and pay your electric bills. ...
Assailant in Street Attack in Turkey Ordered Released
Court ignores ‘religious hostility’ of Turk who held knife to Christian’s throat....
Russia says S300 missile delivery to Iran delayed
The delivery of advanced Russian-made S-300 air defense missiles to Iran has been delayed for technical reasons, a senior Russian official told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday....
120 lashes for Saudi policeman with six wives
A Saudi court has sentenced an employee of the kingdom's religious police to 120 lashes for marrying six women....
US general accuses Iraqi politicians of Iran links
Pre-election controversy in Iraq over moves to ban candidates suspected of links to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party will fade as an issue, the U.S. military commander in Iraq said late Tuesday....
Iran warns powers will ‘regret’ new sanctions
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that any country which tried to impose new sanctions on Iran would regret its actions, and talks were still going on over a proposed nuclear fuel swap....
Facing death, freed Iraq detainees fight again
Many Iraqis released by U.S. forces after being detained for suspected links to Sunni insurgents have been killed by tribes seeking revenge or are being driven back into the arms of al-Qaeda....
Fatah Officer Killed in Inter-Group Fighting in Lebanon
A Fatah officer and a woman were killed Monday by members of an Islamist group at the main entrance of the Ain al-Helweh camp near Sidon, in southern Lebanon....
US Says It Captured Taliban's Military Commander
The United States confirmed to The New York Times that its forces have captured the number one commander of the Taliban terrorist forces, and the number two leader in the terrorist organization. ...
Dubai Police: 11 Agents Killed Hamas Terrorist
The Dubai Police held a news conference Monday in which they showed photographs of 11 people whom they suspect of assassinating Hamas agent Mahmoud al-Mabhouh...
Gaza Terrorists Arrest British Journalist
Hamas terrorists are holding a British journalist suspected of supporting a collaborator with Israel, nearly four years after terrorists in the Hamas-controlled region kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston and held him captive for nearly four months. ...
Lebanon Fires on Israeli Surveillance Planes
Lebanon, which has openly embraced Hizbullah both politically and militarily, fired on four Israeli surveillance planes Sunday, its military stated. No direct hits were reported. The Lebanese army rarely fires on Israel unless the planes come within range of their artillery guns. ...
Speakers criticise Valentine’s Day
Speakers at a seminar titled “Increasing Western influence on our Civilisation” have criticised the Valentine’s Day that has been introduced by the west through their agents in Pakistan to destroy the cultural and religious fibre of Pakistan. ...
Basant, Valentine's Day aliens' festivals
LAHORE - It is very strange we are showing enthusiasm to the festivals of the aliens at a time when the nation is besieged with manifold crises. ...
Scholars oppose Valentine's Day
RELIGIOUS leaders in Bahrain have attacked the annual Valentine's Day celebration, saying it has diluted Islamic principles and values....
Saudi religious police see red on Valentine’s Day
THE RELIGIOUS police in Saudi Arabia are seeing red in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been warned not to celebrate the day of lovers openly. ...
Indonesian Muslims told don't mark Valentine's Day
A senior religious cleric has told Indonesia's Muslims not to observe Valentine's Day because the romantic holiday stems from another faith. ...
Immigrants riot in Milan after Egyptian killed
Dozens of immigrants from North Africa rioted during the night in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Milan, smashing shop windows, overturning cars to protest the knifing death of an Egyptian, Italian police said on Sunday. ...
Eight people killed in Indian bomb attack
At least eight people were killed after a bomb blast ripped through a restaurant popular with foreign tourists in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday, police and Home Ministry officials said....
Fence Along the Egyptian-Israeli Border
The government is expected to pass today (Sunday) a proposal to build a border fence between Israel and Egypt, at a cost of 1.5 billion shekels (roughly $400 million)....
Jihadist attacks rise in Russia's Caucasus
An Islamist insurgency is now spreading beyond Chechyna to the entire patchwork of republics known as the north Caucasus. ...
Push for Islamic Courts in Kenya Alarms Christians
Emergence of Somali-related Islamic extremists puts authorities on high alert....
Terror Talk Growing Louder on the Web
Exclusive: U.S. Intel Officials Seeing Spike in al Qaeda-Linked Internet Chatter Focused on Ways to Thwart Airport Security...
Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader threatens polls violence
The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, threatened in an audio recording late on Friday to stop Iraqi parliamentary elections by "military means," the SITE monitoring service said....
Thousands demonstrate in Oslo prophet cartoon
About 3,000 people protested in Oslo on Friday over the printing of a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad as a pig by a Norwegian newspaper....
US attacks Taliban-held Afghan town
Combat operation is largest since Obama ordered 30,000 US reinforcements. ...
IDF foils stabbing attempt
Palestinian armed with knife dies after soldiers open fire; no troops hurt. ...
Airport Body Scanners Violate the Teachings of Islam, Says Muslim Group
A group of Muslim scholars says it supports airline safety, but it is "deeply concerned" about the use of airport scanners that show nude images of the human body....
More women recruited for Qaeda terrorist attacks
As al-Qaeda recruits more women for suicide bombings, the wife of a prominent operative in the terrorist organization says regrets joining the group as she lives alone in Yemen, according to press reports Wednesday. ...
Kenya Wants Israel's Help Against Jihadists
The Minister for Public Security, Yitzchak Aharonovich, met his Kenyan counterpart Prof. George Saitoti in Jerusalem Thursday, and the two discussed their countries' security and criminal problems....
IDF Kills Global Jihad Terrorist in Air Strike
A Global Jihad terrorist is dead and another was wounded in an air strike on a squad of terror operatives who were preparing to carry out a terror attack near the Karni humanitarian aid crossing in northern Gaza Thursday morning, ...
Arabs Say Museum Erected on Graveyard, Demand UN Halt Building
A group of Arabs joined by European human rights activists have joined forces to demand that the United Nations halt the building of a Jewish "Museum of Tolerance" on a plot of land they say is an ancient Muslim cemetery....
Terrorists Set Off Bomb Near IDF Patrol; No Soldiers Hurt
On a patrol of the Gaza border fence Friday morning, a Golani unit came across a group of four Gaza Arab terrorists who were placing an explosive device along the fence, apparently intending to detonate it when patrols passed by. The troops opened fire at the terrorists, who began running away – ...
Police attack Iran reformists on Revolution Day
Iran’s security forces attacked a number of reformist leaders, including Mehdi Karroubi and ex-president Mohammed Khatami on Thursday as Iranians mark the 31 anniversary of the Islamic revolution, opposition websites reported....
We can enrich uranium to 80 percent but we choose not to
At Teheran rally marking Islamic revolution anniversary, Ahmadinejad tells hundreds of thousands that Iran does not produce weapons-grade nuclear material because "we don't need it." ...
Goldstone analyst: Hamas only fired 2 rockets at Israel
Dore Gold: He can't be an analyst on any military issue and should not be employed by the United Nations. ...
IDF Kills Gaza Terrorist in Karni Firefight
One Gaza terrorist is dead and several others were wounded following an air strike near the Karni crossing Thursday morning, according to Gaza sources. The Karni Crossing houses the terminal through which a giant conveyor delivers tons of grain and animal feed to Gaza each week....
Palestinian Authority Police Officer Murderer of IDF Soldier
It has been released that the murderer of the IDF soldier on Wednesday was a a Palestinian Authority police officer and not a regular policeman as first announced....
Lebanese Gov't Officially Backs Hizbullah Terrorist Group
Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri warned that the Lebanese government would officially back the Hizbullah terrorists in the event of another war with Israel and claimed that the Jewish State was threatening both Lebanon and Syria. ...
Significant Sanctions against Iran 'in Weeks'
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the US and its allies are developing a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran, and that the international community was "unified around Iran's misbehavior in this area". ...
Arabs Attack Christian Evangelists in Samaria
Five Christian volunteers were lightly wounded by Arab rock-throwers in the fields of the Jewish town of Har Brachah in the Shomron; the town’s security officer was detained after he shot in the air. ...
IDF Strikes Again as Hamas Continues Rocket Attacks
The Israeli Air Force struck again in Gaza around midnight Tuesday in retaliation for continuing Gaza terrorists' rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli civilians. Military spokesman did not state what locations were targeted,...
Iranian Rioters Chant "Death to Berlusconi" at Italian Embassy
Chanting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi", about 100 Iranians hurled stones, eggs, and tomatoes at the Italian embassy in protest of Italy's decision to reduce dealings with an increasingly nuclear-capable Iran. ...
Jihad Culture of Death Promises 72 Dark-Eyed Virgins
Hamas television continues to exhort Arab youth to look forward to the day they can commit suicide for the purpose of murdering Jewish citizens of Israel. In a recent Friday Islamic sermon broadcast on Hamas TV,...
Traditional European Freedom at Stake, Wilders to INN
Geert Wilders, of the PVV (Party for Freedom) in the Netherlands, is on trial in his native Holland, charged with five counts of discrimination against Muslims and similar offenses. ...
Iran Heads for 'Stunning Punch' Against West
Iran has announced it will more than quintuple its enrichment level of uranium for atomic weapons – and Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will deliver a “stunning blow” to the West this week. ...
Muslim bus driver locks passengers aboard as he stops to pray
A Muslim bus driver knelt in the aisle to pray for five minutes leaving bemused and anxious passengers trapped in ther seats. ...
Iran leader says Israel’s destruction ‘imminent’
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the destruction of Israel was "imminent," and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state, state media reported. ...
Egypt organ transplant bill welcomed by WHO
A controversial organ transplant bill expected to become law in the next few weeks could regularize organ transplants and curb Egypt's booming illicit trade in human organs, experts say. ...
Iran begins to build unmanned planes
New missile air defense system also planned after Russian S-300 system not delivered. ...
Terrorist Rocket Hits Kibbutz
Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a short-range improvised rocket ('Kassam') at Israel Sunday morning....
Assassination in Dubai May Launch Hizbullah-Hamas Revenge Effort
Last month’s daring assassination of a Hamas senior terrorist in Dubai may spark a combined Hizbullah-Hamas revenge attack against Israel. ...
Iran Blames Jews, US for Protests
Iranian authorities have arrested seven people who are associated with the U.S.-funded Farsi language radio station that broadcasts from Washington and Prague....
Jordanian Pressure Preventing Western Wall Walkway Construction
Jordanian pressure is preventing the completion of a walkway to the Temple Mount next to the Western Wall (Kotel), according to Nadav Shragai, senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. ...
Indonesian Constitutional Court, amendments to the blasphemy law
Jakarta, the Constitutional Court will consider amendments to the blasphemy ...
Muslim lawyers will "burn alive" anyone who defends murdered 12 year old Christian
No lawyer comes forward to defend Shazia Bashir, the servant girl murdered by her employer. The powerful association of lawyers in Lahore, arrayed in defence of the murderer, launches death threats and prevents access to the Court. Christian Association condemns this new form of terrorism. ...
Western powers reject Iran nuke proposal
Germany: Teheran is playing for time; US is losing patience, Gates says. ...
Syria: We're ready for peace or war
Lieberman: A red line was crossed. A direct threat to attack population centers. ...
Twin suicide bombs kill 25 in Pakistan's Karachi
Two suicide bombers on motorcycles struck a bus and hospital in Karachi on Friday, killing 25 people and targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital for the second time in six weeks. ...
UK troops lead major NATO Afghan assault
British troops have launched helicopter advances in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to prepare the battlefield for a major NATO operation, the British military said on Friday. ...
At least 27 killed in Iraq holy city bombings
At least 27 people were killed and 75 wounded on Friday when two car bombs blew up in Iraq's holy city of Karbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, hospital sources said....
Imprisoned Terrorists Studying at Hebrew University
The State of Israel continues to pay for the higher education of Arab terrorist prisoners, an advertisment by the “Prisoners' Club” in Ramallah shows....
Funding Terrorist Families
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has authorized a slew of benefits to keep the home fires burning for families of terrorists killed or injured during the "struggle against Israel" -- the euphemism for terror attacks against Israeli citizens, be they civilians or soldiers, men, women or children. ...
Rules of War Must be Changed
The Dean of the Netanya Law College says that the international rules of law must be adapted to the current war against terrorism....
Muslim chaplain 'smuggled' box-cutter blades into jail
A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility blades and a pair of scissors into a lower Manhattan jail, authorities said. ...
Teen girl buried alive in honor killing in Turkey
A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honor killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday....
If Syria provokes Israel, Assad will be out of power
Lieberman blasts Syrian president for claiming Israel leading Middle East towards war, says Assad made a "direct threat on Israel," calls on Damascus to give up demand for Golan Heights. ...
Free Speech on Trial
The free-speech trial of anti-Islamization Fitna movie-producer Geert Wilders has taken a break – after the court rejected 15 of Wilders’ requested witnesses....
Terror Groups: 'We Planted the Explosives Barrels'
A third barrel packed with explosives has been found - the latest one near the beach at Palmachim, some 15 km south of Tel Aviv. The barrel was discovered by security personnel who have been combing Israel's beaches since two explosive barrels washed up Monday to the beaches north of Gaza....
More Al-Qaeda Attacks in Store for U.S.?
The international al-Qaeda terrorist organization may seem dormant but isn't dead by a long shot, says a former senior CIA official, who claims the group is waiting to carry out another massive attack on the United States....
Barrels Contained 15-20 Kg Explosives Each
The barrels containing explosives that were discovered near the beaches of Ashkelon and Ashdod Monday contained 15 to 25 kilograms of explosives each, military sources said. ...
Muslim leader blasts gay lifestyle
PRESIDENT of the Islamic Council of Jamaica, Mustafa Muhammad, says he agrees with the Sharia law which prescribes death for people who openly flaunt homosexual behaviour. ...
ICC reconsiders Sudan's Bashir genocide charges
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday reversed a decision that prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence to charge Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide....
20 killed, 117 injured, in Iraq suicide attack
A suicide attacker driving a minibus on Wednesday killed 20 Shiite pilgrims, including women and children, travelling on foot to a shrine city in central Iraq, health and security officials said....
Turkish ID breaches religious freedom
Europe's top rights court ruled Tuesday that references to faith on Turkey's national identity cards breached freedom of religion laws....
Response to Hamas Rockets: IDF Strikes in Southern Gaza
In a joint operation of the IDF and the Shabak (Israel Security Agency), Israel Air Force craft attacked two Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza before dawn on Wednesday. ...
Iran successfully fires satellite rocket
Iran successfully fired on Wednesday a home-built satellite rocket, Kavoshgar 3, carrying an "experimental capsule," state-owned al-Alam television reported, giving no further details. ...
UN's Double Standard for Arab Refugees
An artist and poetess from the Negev has embarked on a personal campaign to prove that the story on which she was raised – that the Jews stole the land from Palestinians – is untrue. ...
Grégor PUPPINCK's speech at Cairo press conference
"It is a great honour and responsibility to work for such an historical case. This case will have a remarkable impact and affect every Egyptian who leaves Islam and converts to Christianity. ...
Voice of the Copts’ President speech at Cairo Press conference
Mr. Ashraf Edward held a press conference in Cairo concerning the filing of an application into United Nations for converted Muslim, herewith Ramelah’s speech...
We Share Values with West, But Must Fight
"Israel must make it clear that while we share a number of values with the West, there is a basic difference,” Deputy IDF Chief of staff Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz said Sunday at the Herzliya Conference....
ICC to extend time for Darfur rebels’ appearance
The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) would ask the court to extend the deadline set for two Darfur rebel leaders to appear voluntarily at The Hague for questioning over their alleged role in a 2007 massacre, well-placed sources told Al Arabiya on Monday....
Huge PLO Flag in Lod Disturbance
Hundreds of Arab residents of Lod marched through the mixed Arab-Israeli city Friday, chanting subversive slogans against the state of Israel and its institutions...
Two Jerusalem Arabs Nabbed for Terror Plot
Released for publication: Two Jerusalem Arabs were caught in Be’er Sheva preparing for terrorist attacks in Tel Aviv and elsewhere. They are being charged with espionage, aiding an enemy, and other crimes....
Public Warned to Stay Away from Israeli Beaches
Police warned the public to stay away from Israel's southern beaches Monday after barrels containing explosives washed up at two locations....
Police warn of Jihad training for children
Some young children in Britain are being indoctrinated to hate non-Muslims and champion a holy war, according to a new documentary....
Man who says he spied on mosques for FBI files lawsuit
Craig Monteilh says he lives in danger. He's been targeted for death by Islamic extremist groups, the Romanian and Mexican mafias and white supremacist groups. One fugitive now wants his head, he claims. ...
N. Africa Qaeda offers to help Nigerian Muslims
An al-Qaeda group in North Africa has offered to give Nigerian Muslims training and weapons to fight Christians in the West African country, where more than 460 people were killed in sectarian clashes last month....
Suicide bomber kills 41, injures 106 in Baghdad
Female suicide bomber blows herself up among Iraq pilgrims ...
Berlusconi 'dreams of Israeli joining EU'
Netanyahu: Glorious past of two cultures obligates cooperation today between the Israeli and Italian governments. ...
Egypt Foiled Attacks on Jewish Tourists, US Ships
Egyptian sources revealed on Sunday that two months ago its intelligence forces arrested approximately two dozen terrorists who planned to attack Jews visiting the tomb of the revered 19th century Rabbi Yaakov Abhatzeira....
Iranian Threat Tightens Israeli-US Ties, Says Security Advisor
The threat of a nuclear Iran has pushed Israel and the United States closer together, national security advisor Prof. Uzi Arad told the opening session of the 10th annual Herzliya Conference Sunday night. ...
Berlusconi Doubts Wisdom of Gaza Pullout
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi hinted in an interview published Sunday that the Gaza pullout ("Disengagement") was a mistake, noting that it ended in "burned synagogues" and missiles being fired into Israel....
Hamas Threatens Revenge on Jews Outside Israel
Hamas threatened to attack Jews outside of Israel in retaliation for Israel’s “changing the rules” and allegedly assassinating a Hamas co-founder and senior terrorist who was eliminated more than a week ago in Dubai. It also suggested that Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau used his recent visit to Dubai as a camouflage for the counterterrorist operation....
Fighting kills at least 12 in Somali capital
Fighting between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers continued on Friday killing at least 12 people in Somalia's capital, health services and witnesses said....
Iran may lash out at Israel
Obama's national security adviser: Teheran may use Hamas, Hizbullah as proxies. ...
Global swine flu death toll rises to 14,711
The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday....
Somalia Islamist group bans video games
Somalia's Islamist insurgents on Thursday banned video games, one of the last forms of entertainment left for local youth, arguing they were destroying the country's social fabric. ...
Egyptian Christian Framed in Sexual Assault Case
The drive-by shooting of Coptic Christians by extremist Muslims after celebrating the Orthodox Christmas Eve midnight Mass in the southern town of Nagaa Hammadi on January 6, causing the killing of 6 and wounding of 9, (AINA 1-7-2010) was condemned by public opinion worldwide....
Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety. ...
Israeli threats against Hezbollah target Lebanon
Hariri urges Arab solidarity with Beirut against "Israeli threats" ...
Hamas: Israel assassinated Izzadin Kassam member in Dubai
Group claims Mahmoud Mabhouh, who was suspected in murder of 2 IDF soldiers in 1988, was killed on Jan. 20 in UAE capital; abducted soldier's mother: I'm happy his death was avenged. ...
Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Strasbourg France
Anti-Semitic Vandalism at a Strasbourg Jewish cemetery was discovered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day....
French Mosque Raided by Islamic Radicals
The head of a mosque in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris, was targeted Monday by a gang of Islamic radicals who interrupted the services and threatened to “liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.” ...
Italy: Foreign minister rejects face veil
Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the face veil. Women wearing the garment pose security issues and symbolise "a refusal to integrate" by Muslim immigrants in a host country, he said. ...
Islamic Militants in Somalia Murder Christian Leader
Al Shabaab extremists threaten widow of slain pastor of underground church....
Christian Filipino migrants forced to convert to Islam
A Filipino nurse with ten years in Saudi Arabia talks about the dramatic situation of Christian workers, forced to embrace Islam just to keep their job. Despite abuses and violence, migrants still choose the Middle East because of the availability of work....
Bashir backs ex-rebel for south Sudan president
Sudan's ruling National Congress Party said late on Wednesday it would support former foe Salva Kiir for president of the semi-autonomous south in April elections in an attempt to revive a faltering partnership. ...
Egypt's Nile Delta falls prey to climate change
The Nile Delta, Egypt's bread basket since antiquity, is being turned into a salty wasteland by rising seawaters, forcing some farmers off their lands and others to import sand in a desperate bid to turn back the tide. ...
US readies new Iran sanctions at UN
Measures against Revolutionary Guards, financial firms to be debated....
Zionist Regime to be Annihilated
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised Wednesday at a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz that Israel would be annihilated soon....
J'lem will be Palestinian capital
Abbas: Peace talks can’t start until Israel stops Jerusalem construction. ...
Canada to Offer Shariah-Compliant Mortgages?
Shariah-compliant mortgage banking, in accordance with Islamic religious law, may soon become a reality in Canada, according to a report published Wednesday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)....
Saudi says achieved victory over Yemen rebels
Saudi Arabia declared victory over Yemeni Shiite rebels on Wednesday following a truce offer from the insurgents, who said they had withdrawn from all Saudi territory....
Jewish cemetery desecrated in France
At least 18 tombstones at Cronenbourg cemetery found marked with swastikas. ...
Egyptian Law Enforcement Attack Monastery and Monks
On January 24,2010, Egyptian law enforcement along with special units attacked a Coptic monastery known as St. Makarious located in “Wadi el rayan “el- Fayoum near Cairo. ...
Israel's Next Hizbullah War May Escalate Into Fight With Lebanon
If Israel and Hizbullah ever go to battle again, it may lead to a full-out war between the Jewish State and Lebanon. According to the Washington Post, Hizbullah's rearmament deep in northern Lebanon would force Israel to fight the terrorist army far past the border....
Yemen's Troubles Make it an Attractive Terrorism Center
Middle East security expert Yoel Guzansky says the West has not yet woken up to Yemen’s increasing role in nourishing Islamic terrorism. Without Western pressure, he says, the dangers will only grow....
One American, Two Britons, Arrested in Crete Synagogue Arsons
Greek police have arrested one American, two Britons and a local citizen for twice torching a 600-year-old synagogue that was recently restored. A second American is at-large, possibly in Italy....
Open Letter to Egyptian Parliament President and Members
President and members of the Egyptian Parliament; I am certain this letter will have no impact on you because you are hypocrites with no respect for the opinions of others....
French parliament report calls for burka ban
France was set to move one step closer to barring Muslim women from wearing the full Islamic veil with the release Tuesday of a report calling for a ban on the burka, also known as niqab, in public institutions....
Let’s See if World Deals with Evil
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw a direct challenge on Monday at the world's handling of the growing Iranian threat to obtain nuclear weapons. “We shall see in the following weeks whether the international community deals with this evil before it spreads,” he said at the opening of an exhibition of the blueprints for the Auschwitz death camp....
Islamic Terrorists 'Made in Britain'
A Hamas website proudly reports on two young British citizens who have moved to Gaza to join the jihad against Israel....
ECLJ Welcomes European Parliament Resolution
In a letter transmitted to Voice of the Copts, ECLJ Welcomes European Parliament Resolution in Defense of Religious Freedom for Minority Christian Communities in Egypt and Malaysia...
Capital murder charge filed in Bellville massacre
A family dispute pushed Maron Thomas to go on a rampage marked by a fury so intense that he decapitated his 2-year-old niece with a machete after killing her and four other family members, Austin County investigators said Wednesday....
U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List
The leader of the United Nations mission here called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations’ list of terrorists, as a first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group....
At least 36 killed in Baghdad hotel bombings
At least 36 people were killed in a series of car bombings in central Baghdad on Monday, police said, ending a 6-week lull in coordinated assaults on the Iraqi capital as the country heads for national elections in March. ...
Iran will Have Nuclear Bomb This Year
A secret intelligence dossier currently being reviewed by US, Israeli, German, and Austrian governments reveals secret Iranian tests and hierarchies of power dedicated to the successful development of a nuclear bomb, and predicts that Iran will have a primitive nuclear bomb by year's end. ...
HATE PREACHER ANJEM CHOUDARY VOWS TO ESTABLISH SHARIA LAW ACROSS EUROPE
Following a recent ban by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, Choudary says his followers are already starting to move to the continent in a bid to spread their hardline Islamist message. ...
Egypt’s Mubarak defends Gaza border barrier
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday defended the construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip as a matter of national security and sovereignty....
Syria Calling Up Reserves
Tensions have escalated along the Israeli-Lebanese border and Syria has begun calling up troops from its Fourth Reserve, sources told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat. ...
Hezbollah's relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon's interior poses wider threat
With Iran backing and supplying Hezbollah and the United States backing and supplying Israel, "the battlefield is Lebanon," said Marwan Hamadeh,...
UK students recruited for Somali jihad
Young British Muslims are joining a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda that is blamed for hundreds of deaths in the African country ...
Three Yemeni soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack at a Yemeni checkpoint by suspected southern separatists, a government official said on Sunday, in a province where the state is also hunting a resurgent al-Qaeda. ...
Bin-Laden claims responsibility for failed Xmas Day bombing
Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks. ...
PA warns EU against legitimizing Hamas
The Palestinian Authority over the weekend expressed concern over Hamas's growing attempts to gain recognition from the international community and warned EU representatives against engaging in dialogue with the extreme Islamist movement. ...
Israel may act against Iran
French President Nicolas Sarkozy assessed that Israel "would not stand by while Iran develops nuclear weapons," Al Hayat quoted sources close to the French leader on Saturday. ...
Recent attacks on Christian communities - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2010 on recent attacks on Christian communities...
Trespasser carried knife into Tappan Zee Elementary
PIERMONT — A Connecticut man found trespassing Wednesday at a South Orangetown elementary school was arrested at a nearby store while carrying a knife, police said. ...
Britain raises terror threat level to "severe"
Britain raised its terrorism threat level to 'severe', the second highest level, on Friday, days before London hosts major international meetings on how to deal with militancy in Afghanistan and Yemen. ...
Mohamed Hegazy v/s Egyptian Government
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF Urgent Appeal Submitted by the European Centre for Law and Justice, an international non-profit law firm with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, on behalf of Mr. Mohammed Bishoy HEGAZY v. The Arab Republic of Egypt...
The Arab Cocoon by Tarek Heggy
King's College (KCL) of London university hosted the launch of Tarek Heggy's 26th book ...
Al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugee influx to infiltrate Israel
If the border with Egypt is not closed, then al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugees making their way into the country as cover to infiltrate and set up terrorist cells in Israel, senior IDF officials told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a tour on Thursday of two observation posts along the Sinai border. ...
India issues airplane hijacking alert
Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane. ...
Obama, I misjudged the will for peace
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met US Mideast envoy George Mitchell Thursday night, a few hours after Time magazine published an interview with US President Barack Obama in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too high expectations of a Middle East breakthrough. ...
Arab Rock Attack on Hershkowitz
Arabs in Kfar HaShiloach (Silwan or Siloam) threw rocks Thursday at the entourage of the Head of the Jewish Home party, Minister of Science and Technology Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz. No one was hurt and no damage reported....
Fighting Terrorism: Britain Ends Flights from Yemen
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday the immediate suspension of direct flights from Yemen to London – because of terrorism fears. ...
Iran vows to hit Western warships if attacked
Iran's defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked over its nuclear program, ...
Vatican to Study Christian Exodus from Middle East
The Christian exodus from PA-controlled territories continues, religious freedom under Moslem control is not expected – yet the Vatican issues a document blaming the “occupation.”...
Renewed Violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians
On January 6 -- Christmas Eve according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar -- six Coptic Christians and a policeman were killed in a drive-by shooting while exiting church in Naga Hammadi, Upper Egypt....
Mauritania begins dialogue with Qaeda prisoners
The Mauritanian government on Monday began a "spiritual dialogue" with Salafist prisoners, a first in a country that has been the victim of several attacks attributed to al-Qaeda. ...
Jordanian sources say Iran ordered attack on Israeli convoy
Last week's failed attempt on the lives of Israeli diplomats in Jordan was apparently carried out on instructions from Teheran, sources close to Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) revealed on Monday. ...
IDF Foils Major Terrorist Attack; Fatah Suspected
Soldiers from elite IDF units Sunday night arrested three Arabs who were planning a “significant” terrorist attack against Israelis. The soldiers confiscated three large pipe bombs, which sappers safely detonated without injury....
Computer Network Terrorism New World Threat
“A fleet of fighter planes is not necessary to attack a power station; a keyboard is sufficient, according to University of Haifa Dr. Yaniv Levyatan, an expert on information warfare. ...
Hezbollah trains on missiles
Syria has allowed Lebanese Hezbollah militants to train with advanced anti-aircraft missiles in its territory, a U.S. source says....
Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan
Still in intensive care, they were shot for refusing order to convert to Islam. ...
Deadly clashes rock Nigerian city
Authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Jos have imposed a dusk to dawn curfew after sectarian clashes that left at least 10 people dead....
Kabul "under control" after Taliban attack
Taliban gunmen launched a brazen assault on the center of Kabul on Monday, with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at several locations and militants battling security forces from inside a shopping centre engulfed in flames....
Saudi activists outraged as man marries 11 yr old
News of a Saudi octogenarian marrying an eleven-year-old girl has outraged human rights activists amid calls on the government to regulate the marriage of underage girls, local media reported Saturday. ...
US drone attack kills 20 militants in Pakistan
A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants on Sunday, Pakistani security officials said....
PA Defends Right to Publicly Honor Terrorists
The Palestinian Authority government is defending its practice of honoring terrorists who murder Israelis by naming public places and events in their honor. ...
Roadside Bomb Against Israel Embassy Staff
Unknown terrorists set off a roadside bomb Thursday against a convoy of cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan. No one was hurt. ...
Hamas City Bombs Anger Gazans
Hamas is preparing for war with Israel by placing large bomb-traps in densely-populated areas – angering local residents. So reports a Fatah website named Al-Ahad. ...
Malaysia mosque vandalized amid "Allah" row
A Malaysian mosque was vandalized following attacks on 11 churches, threatening to deepen a row over the use of the word "Allah" to refer to the Christian God in this mainly Muslim but multiracial country....
Six powers to discuss Iran's lack of cooperation on nuclear issue
Top diplomats from six key powers are scheduled to meet in New York on Saturday to discuss Iran's reaction to their proposal to defuse global fears over its nuclear program, with the United States pushing for new sanctions. ...
Yemen air strike kills al-Qaeda military leader
A Yemeni air strike on two cars killed at least six suspected al-Qaeda leaders in northern Yemen on Friday, including the leader of the armed wing, a Yemeni security official said....
Blast near Israeli diplomats in Jordan, none hurt
A bomb exploded near a car carrying three Israeli diplomats in Jordan on Thursday but none was hurt, Israeli media said. ...
PA Arabs Try to Knock Israeli Car off Highway 443
The decision to allow PA Arabs onto Route 443 to Jerusalem has not yet been implemented, and Arabs tried this morning to murder Jews there. They tried to run an Israeli car off the highway, but were unsuccessful - and soon arrested. ...
Yemen says tribesmen kill 10 Houthi rebels
Pro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 Houthi rebels in the Arab Gulf country after they tried to take up positions in homes in a northern town, the interior ministry said on Thursday....
Ayalon Apologizes to Turkish Ambassador
After a diplomatic standoff sparked by stage directions given by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister at a pre-meeting photo opportunity with Turkey's Ambassador to Israel,...
Turkish Ultimatum: Apologize by Midnight
Turkey’s president Abdullah Gul gave Israel until midnight to apologize for Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s behavior towards its ambassador or face the consequences of the envoy "taking the first flight tomorrow to go back home.”...
Upper Egypt, hundreds of Copts arrested
Egyptian State Security has intensified its intimidation of the Coptic Church and Christians in Nag Hammadi, and neighboring Bahgoura, by carrying out random arrests of Christian youth. ...
Islamists loot and burn protestant church in Algeria
Islamists looted and burned a Protestant church in Algeria, the congregation's leader said Monday, suggesting they were inspired by a recent wave of religious intolerance in the Arab and Muslim world. ...
Leader of Yemeni Qaeda cell killed by military
The leader of a Yemeni al-Qaeda cell has been killed in clashes with security forces, Yemen's state news agency reported on Wednesday....
Turkey Keeps Ayalon Crisis on Front Burner
Turkey continues to distance itself from Israel while warming up to Iran, Syria and Lebanon. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon implied he was wrong in trying to use the media to snub Ankara, but Turkey is demanding a full public apology. ...
Copts protest in Milan (Italy)
Hundreds of Copts resident in Milan, north of Italy protested against Egyptian regime. ...
Britain bans Islamist group after march row
Britain will outlaw an Islamist group that provoked anger with a plan to march through a town where British troops killed in Afghanistan are honored, the interior minister announced on Tuesday....
Taliban of Jewish Descent? Experts are Checking
Experts at the National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai, India believe a large group of Taliban Muslims might be descended of the lost Ten Tribes of Israel – and an Israeli rabbinical expert agrees....
Tehran Bomb Blast Kills Top Nuclear Scientist
A mysterious remote-control bomb killed a nuclear scientist in Iran Tuesday, and Iran said Israel may be responsible. ...
Egypt Rejects Proposed Alternative to Two-State Solution
Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland presented two alternatives to the two-state solution Monday, at a conference hosted by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Eiland's presentation was based on his new study "Regional Alternatives to the Two-State Solution.” ...
No-Fly to US to Protest Anti-Terrorist Checks
A noted Saudi preacher has called on Arabs to stop flying to the United States, in protest of “enhanced screening” procedures aimed at catching terrorists, the Dubai business website Zawya.com reported. ...
Dozens of Qaeda fighters in Yemen
Dozens of al-Qaeda militants are hiding out in a remote mountainous area of Yemen, a senior official said in comments published Sunday, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged them to lay down their arms....
IDF may take over Philadelphi in future conflict
The IDF is prepared for the possibility that in a future conflict with Hamas it will be ordered by the government to take over the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, which is lined with hundreds of weapons smuggling tunnels, defense officials said on Sunday. ...
The Egyptian Intellectual: Tarek Heggy
Vallentine-Mitchell Publishers in association with King's College (of London University) shall host the launch of a new book by "Tarek Heggy' : "The Arab Cocoon - Progress & Modernity in Arab Societies". ...
Egypt arrests Christians after arsons
Egyptian authorities have arrested 42 Christian and Muslim "troublemakers" after arsonists set fire to Christian-owned property in southern Egypt, police said on Sunday....
Bombing Message from Israel to Hamas
Gaza-based terrorists continued to test Israel’s determination to stop rocket and mortar shelling attacks and were met with another aerial strafing on Sunday following more strikes on the Western Negev. ...
Egyptian Border Fence Aimed at Flood of Illegal Immigrants
The Cabinet on Sunday approved the construction of two sections of fence at the Egyptian border aimed at preventing terrorist infiltration and a flood of illegal African immigrants...
Muslims Murder Six Christians in Egyptian Religious Warfare
Egyptian Muslims gunned down six members of the Coptic Christian community last week, setting off riots that resulted in the bloodiest religious clashes in ten years. ...
Coptic woman killed in Upper Egypt
Less than 72 hours of Christmas Eve Massacre in Nagh Hammadi, Upper Egypt, a Coptic woman was killed in Bahgurah. ...
Rockets hit US consulate site in west Afghanistan
KABUL - Rockets fired at a building that will house the US consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat damaged two floors but caused no casualties, an Afghan official said Sunday. ...
Christians furious after Egypt arson attacks
Residents of a southern Egypt village were furious on Saturday after houses and shops owned by Coptic Christians were burnt as sectarian tensions flared in the wake of a deadly drive-by shooting....
Somaliland forces say attack on mosque foiled
Security forces in Somalia's northern breakaway enclave of Somaliland said on Saturday they had foiled an attack on a mosque in Hargeisa where the imam had spoken out against militant suicide bombings....
Another war with Hamas is inevitable
Just over a year after IDF Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip , former OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yom Tov Samia on Sunday predicted that another war with Hamas was practically inevitable and would take place in the near future. ...
Netanyahu, We’ll Respond Strongly to Every Rocket
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks before today’s Cabinet meeting focused on the recent rocket attacks from Gaza: ...
Zarein Ahmedzay pleads not guilty to Zazi terror plot
A Queens cab driver pleaded not guilty Friday to being part of a thwarted Al Qaeda plot to bomb New York City last year around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. ...
Iran won't genuflect before the world
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed defiance of the threat of new sanctions on his country on Saturday, saying the Islamic Republic will not be deterred from pursuing its nuclear program. ...
Hizbullah Earning Millions Off European Drug Trade
A report in the German magazine Der Spiegel over the weekend says that one way Hizbullah has been earning money for its terror activities is by selling drugs in Europe....
London police storm Dubai-bound plane, 3 held
Armed officers stormed a plane at London's Heathrow airport as it was about to depart for Dubai and arrested three men on suspicion of making a bomb threat, police said Saturday....
Malaysian churches firebombed over “Allah” row
A Malaysian church was firebombed Saturday, police and church officials said, the fourth such attack in two days as a row escalated over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims....
French draft bill to fine Burka-wearing women
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750-euro ($1,000) fine, according to a draft bill unveiled Thursday by the leader of the parliamentary majority. ...
Egyptian imams launch attack on Hamas
Mosques across Egypt have launched scathing attacks on Hamas in the wake of the killing of an Egyptian border guard by a Palestinian gunman earlier in the week, the London-based- Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported Saturday. ...
Israel trying to provoke us to renew violence
A spokesperson from Al-Quds Brigades warned early Saturday morning that armed Palestinian groups would not hesitate to confront Israel if strikes on the Gaza Strip continue. ...
Egypt: Galloway persona non grata
Egypt on Friday declared renegade British lawmaker George Galloway persona non grata, accusing him of incitement after his harsh criticism of Cairo over delays in an aid convoy's entry into Gaza, the foreign ministry said Friday. ...
IDF’s Strongest Retaliation in Gaza
The IDF Thursday night bombed terrorist targets in Gaza, including near Gaza City, in the strongest retaliation against mortar and rocket attacks on Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead a year ago. At least two terrorists were killed, and three tunnels and a weapons factory were successfully targeted. Hamas officials said four other terrorists are missing...
Gaza Terrorists Fire Rocket at Ashkelon, None Hurt
Gaza terrorists fired a rocket in the direction of the coastal city of Ashkelon Thursday evening. The rocket apparently exploded in agricultural fields south of Ashkelon. There were no reports of casualties or damage. ...
Volley of Mortar Attacks on Western Negev
Gaza terrorists fired a series of ten mortar shells at the western Negev on Thursday in an escalation of terrorist violence aimed at southern Israel. ...
Al Qaeda in Gaza Teaching Terrorism
Gaza’s ruling Hamas regime issued an official statement on Wednesday that there are no Al Qaeda operatives in the region. A spokesman for the Hamas-run Interior Ministry expressed fury at rumors making the rounds in Israel of a gradual takeover in Gaza by the international Al Qaeda terrorist organization. ...
Plane bomb suspect joined al-Qaeda in London
A Nigerian man accused of the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound plane on Christmas Day was recruited by al-Qaeda in London and met a radical American Muslim cleric in Yemen, a top Yemeni official said on Thursday....
At least 140 killed in south Sudan violence
At least 140 people were killed in a remote region of south Sudan, a U.N. official said on Thursday as aid agencies warned of a new civil war on the eve of the anniversary of a fragile peace deal between north and south....
Bomber's wife "proud" husband killed CIA agents
The wife of a double agent who killed seven CIA officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan said on Thursday her husband regarded the United States as an enemy and she was proud of his mission....
Hamas and Egypt on Collision Course
The clashes at Rafiah between Hamas-controlled mobs and Egyptian security forces will lead to a larger conflict between the two entities,...
Arab Shouts 'Kill Jews' on Miami Plane
An Arab airline passenger in Miami shouted "I want to kill all the Jews!" before police forced him off a Northwest Airlines plane in Florida Wednesday night, the Associated Press reported. ...
IDF to Southern Israel: 'Get Ready for Action'
GOC Southern Command chief Gen. Yoav Galant warned southern regional council heads Wednesday that Negev residents should “prepare themselves for another round of fighting.” The comments came during a tour of the regional council areas, as officials marked the first anniversary of the IDF’s counterterrorism Operation Cast Lead in Gaza....
Egypt, Arab Countries Sign Massive Arms Deals With U.S.
US airplane manufacturer Lockheed Martin has been given permission by the US government to sell 24 F-16 jet fighters to Egypt in a $3.2 billion deal. Congress was notified of the deal in October, according to a spokesperson for Lockheed Martin....
Coptic’s Christmas feast turned in mourning rituals
Nag Hammadi: January 7, 2010. (PCP) The Egyptian Coptic Christian’s Christmas feast turned in mourning rituals when gunmen opened fire on worshipers after midnight services in town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt. ...
Police clash in southern Egypt
Clashes broke out Thursday in southern Egypt between more than 2,000 Christian Copts and police after the Christmas Eve killing of six Copts in a drive-by shooting, police officials said. ...
Gunmen kill 7 after Christmas Mass in Egypt
Worshippers sprayed with bullets while leaving church service, officials say ...
Yemen security forces capture key Qaeda leader
Yemeni security forces, under U.S. pressure to rein in extremists, Wednesday captured a key al-Qaeda leader believed behind threats that saw foreign embassies in Sana’a hastily bolting their doors, police said....
Egyptian border guard shot dead in clash with Gazans
Egyptian security forces and Palestinians clashed at the Gaza border on Wednesday over the delay of an international aid convoy, killing one Egyptian border guard and wounding 10 Palestinians. ...
Syria will back Hizbullah against IDF
If Israel were to attack Hizbullah in Lebanon, Syria would respond and not sit idly by, the Katari Al Watan newspaper quoted Syrian sources as saying in a report published Wednesday. ...
Exchange of terrorist for Israel new Building
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ghumuriya reports a new initiative proposed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, based on the premise that allowing Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria would be an Arab “concession.” ...
Iraq sue Israel for Bombing of Nuclear Site
Iraq plans to use United Nations channels to seek billions of dollars in damages from Israel for the 1981 surprise strike on its nuclear facility at Osarik, according to Iraqi legislator Mohammed Naji Mohammed. ...
Air Force Strafes Rocket Terrorists
The Israeli Air Force on Tuesday bombed a rocket launching cell that was preparing to launch a missile on southern Israel following an earlier Kassam rocket attack several hours earlier. One terrorist was killed and three others were wounded, one of them critically. ...
Sweatshirt Sparks School Controversy
DEARBORN, Mich. -- About 15 Arab-American students at Edsel Ford High School are in trouble over a sweatshirt they had made over the holiday break. ...
Yemen sends thousands of troops to fight Qaeda
Yemen has sent thousands of security forces to take part in a campaign against al-Qaeda in three provinces, and authorities have detained five suspected fighters from the group, a security source said on Tuesday. ...
UK to launch airport body scanners in few weeks
Britain will introduce its first full-body scanners at London's Heathrow airport in about three weeks' time in the wake of the failed Detroit plane bombing, a minister said Tuesday. ...
Terror on UK Campus Islamic Fundamentalism, Times blame
Islamic fundamentalism rife on British university campuses may be responsible for the attempted terror attack on the Detroit-bound flight targeted on December 25....
Two Coptic priests and Five Coptic Christians Jailed!
Seven Coptic Christians, including two priests, were sentenced to prison for allegedly being involved in a brawl in connection with a dispute over the purchase of a property by the Coptic Orthodox Bishopric of Delga and Deir Mawas, 270 KM from Cairo. ...
Abused woman sends SOS from Saudi Arabia
MIRI: A woman married to a Saudi Arabian has sent an SOS to her family in Ulu Baram, claiming she is being abused and ill-treated by her husband there....
Arab Fired for Spreading Anti-Israel Disinformation At Work
A recent interview of three Arab employees of Israeli institutions revealed that the men use their positions to slam Israel, against their employers' knowledge. One has already been fired. ...
Jerusalem Must be up for Negotiation
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu there would be no Arab-Israeli negotiations without Jerusalem on the table. ...
PA Rejected Request to Arrest Fugitive Before He Murdered Rabbi
Shortly before the murder of Rabbi Meir Chai ten days ago, the Palestinian Authority rejected a request by Israel's security forces to re-arrest Fatah terrorist Anan Subuh, who later participated in the murder. ...
5 US suspects in Pakistan defend 'jihad' plans
SARGODHA, Pakistan – Five Americans detained in Pakistan told a court Monday they intended to cross the border into Afghanistan to wage jihad against Western forces but denied any links to al-Qaida or plans to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan....
Somali threats against Swedish illustrator
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia. ...
Bomber at CIA base was a double agent
The suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in Afghanistan was a Jordan-born terrorist double agent who was invited to the base because he claimed to have information targeting Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, a former senior US intelligence official and a foreign government official confirmed Monday. ...
US imposes extra security checks on air passengers from 14 countries
Everyone flying into US from or through countries including Nigeria and Yemen to face 'enhanced screening' at airports...
Two Qaeda militants killed in Yemen
Two al-Qaeda militants were killed and one injured in clashes with government forces in Yemen, a Yemeni security official told Reuters on Monday, while the United States and Britain kept their embassies in Yemen closed for a second day....
France rejects Iran's nuclear counter-proposal
France rejects Iran's latest move to set a new deadline to end the standoff over its contested nuclear program, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday....
Egypt bypasses face veil ban with flu masks
An Egyptian student filed a complaint Sunday for being forced to remove a flu mask she wore as a way of circumventing a recent ban on the face veil on university grounds....
Cleric among 10 held in vani case
MANSEHRA: Police have arrested 10 people including a cleric for being part of a jirga that declared two girls vani in Siran valley, an official said on Sunday....
Roadside bomb kills former Pakistan minister
A bomb attack in northwest Pakistan killed a former minister on Sunday, officials said, keeping up pressure on a government struggling to contain a raging Taliban insurgency and stabilize the country....
Islamic march plan sparks row in UK military town
A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain on Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honoring dead soldiers. ...
Video shows Iranian arms deals method
Footage released by the CIA shows a man conducting a clandestine arms deal in a Tbilisi, Georgia hotel, allegedly procuring parts of weapons and other military systems for use in Iran. ...
Britain, US close embassies in Yemen
Both the US and Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen, with American officials citing threats by the al-Qaida group linked to the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. ...
New UN Sanctions on Iran in 30 Days, Says Deputy Minister
Israel and Iran have traded warnings as the Islamic Republic plans another massive military exercise against a possible attack by...
Gaza Women Face Increased Violence Since Hamas Takeover
A new study by the Gaza-based Palestinian Women’s Information and Media Center (PWIMC) has found that local women have suffered increased violence since June 2007, when the Hamas terrorist group seized control of the region....
Jordan, PA Claim Dead Sea Scrolls
The London-based Globe and Mail reports that Jordan has asked Canada to seize Israel's 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls that are currently on display in Toronto. The scrolls are on display untill Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum. ...
PA Confiscating Israeli Snack Foods
The Palestinian Authority has confiscated from Arab shopkeepers in its jurisdiction thousands of shekels' worth of snacks which were produced in neighboring Jewish communities. ...
93 killed in Pakistan volleyball game suicide blast
A suicide bomber in a vehicle blew himself up at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 93 people, officials said, the latest in a long series of deadly attacks by al-Qaeda-linked militants....
West has 1 month, or we'll make our own nuclear fuel
Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Teheran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own. ...
IAF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels
IAF planes attacked three targets in Gaza overnight Friday, a day after Grad-type rockets were fired at Netivot from the Strip. ...
Mousavi: I am 'ready for martyrdom'
Iran's opposition leader on Friday pledged to remain defiant in the face of new threats - including calls by hard-liners for his execution - and said he would sacrifice his life in defense of the people's right to protest peacefully against the government. ...
Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist
A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard -- known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad -- on Saturday, police said....
IAF pounds Gaza one day after rocket attacks
One day after Grad-type rockets landed in Netivot, the IAF attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip friday night. ...
The Loss of a Great Coptic Leader
Voice of the Copts presents its condolences to the family of a great Coptic leader Eng. Adley Abadeer....
Finland Mall Rampage: Gunman's Body Found
Police have found the body of a gunman who killed five people in a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki....
Somalia's Shabab pledges to help Yemen’s Qaeda
Somalia's hard-line Shabab insurgents Friday said they will send fighters to Yemen to help al-Qaeda there in its fight against government forces, as the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appealed for reason from those who joined the terror network. ...
Iranian authorities vow "no mercy" to opponents
Iranian authorities accused opposition leaders on Thursday of links to "foreign enemies" and warned they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course. ...
'Grad' Rockets Fired at Netivot
Gaza terrorists fired two Russian-made 'Grad' rockets at the southern Israeli town of Netivot Thursday night. There are no reports of casualties. Residents said that they heard two explosions. There was no warning siren before the rockets struck. ...
Hamas is Harming Sick Gazans for Propaganda
The Fatah-Hamas rivalry continues. Fatah sources in the Palestinian Authority accuse the Hamas government in Gaza of inventing a supposed “medicine shortage” and preventing sick patients from receiving treatment abroad....
U.S. Probes Cleric's Tie to Jetliner Bomb Plot
WASHINGTON -- Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born Yemeni cleric who has surfaced in multiple terror probes, is emerging as a central part of the Christmas Day airline bomber investigation, as authorities focus attention on a network of extremists in Yemen who may have helped radicalize the young Nigerian accused in the failed plot....
Afghan blasts kill 8 CIA agents and 5 Canadians
Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and Western forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them, U.S. and NATO said on Thursday. ...
Iranian Mullah: Kill the Protesters
In a television appearance shocking in its candidness, a leading Iranian ayatollah says that it would be far better for the Islamic Republic to simply murder those protesting against the regime, rather than arrest and beat them. Meanwhile, an unknown group claiming to represent Iranian soldiers threatens to take up arms against the regime. ...
Christians Rally to Support Greek Jews
A week before what is arguably the most lucrative and religiously important event in the Christian calendar, hundreds of Christians in a small Greek town turned out in the winter cold to express support for their Jewish neighbors....
MOROCCO: FIVE FOREIGN EVANGELISTS EXPELLED
RABAT - Five Evangelist foreigners (two South Africans, two Swiss and one Guatemalan) ...
Religious mayhem claims 30 in Bauchi
NO fewer than 30 persons, including four soldiers from the 33 Field Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, may have been killed in a fresh clash between members of an Islamic sect called kala-kato and security personnel in the Zango area of Bauchi Metropolis in the early hours of yesterday. ...
Iraqi governor escapes attack that killed 30
The governor of Iraq's Anbar province survived twin suicide attacks that killed 30 people and injured more than 100 on Wednesday, police said....
Somali arrested at airport with chems
A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. ...
PA, Abbas Bless Rabbi’s Murderers as ‘Martyrs’
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas publicly proclaimed three terrorists who murdered a Jewish father of seven children to be “shaheeds” – holy martyrs, according to a report by the PA media watchdog, Palestinian Media Watch....
Foiled US Plane Bombing Explodes Myth of Poverty-Terror Link
The would-be bomber of the airplane en route to Detroit, Michigan last Friday is from a wealthy family and stayed in Yemen in an area heavily populated by the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, which said it was behind the bombing. ...
Terror Victim's Son's Message to Youth
As the family of terrorism victim Rabbi Meir Chai continues to “sit shiva” – during which they remain at home for seven days while friends and family visit and try to console them or listen to their pain – a recording of the funeral tribute delivered by his 16-year-old son Eliyahu has been publicized. ...
French Mosque’s Symbolism Varies With Beholder
MARSEILLE, France — The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will disturb the neighborhood with the call to prayer. Instead, the minaret will flash a beam of light for a couple of minutes, five times a day. ...
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for failed terror attack
Romulus, Michigan (CNN) -- Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack on a plane about to land in the United States, saying it was in retaliation for alleged U.S. strikes on Yemeni soil....
’Regular’ Attack Cannot Hit Iran’s Nuclear Plant
The recently-revealed Qom nuclear plant in Iran is buried so deep under concrete that a “regular” military attack would not affect it, ...
Police protect girls forced to convert to Islam
Extremist Muslims who force vulnerable teenage girls to convert to Islam are being targeted by police, Met chief Sir Ian Blair has revealed. ...
Malaysia - Anger over pork mixed with Halal meat
A Malaysian government-backed campaign to popularise a well-known ethnic Chinese soup by making a version that avoids pork and fulfills Islamic dietary rules sparked criticism by activists who fear it will confuse Muslims....
Pakistan braces for blasts as Shiites mark Ashura
Millions of Pakistani Shiites commemorated Ashura on Monday, with security forces braced for possible sectarian clashes and militant bombings after a suicide attack killed seven people at a mosque....
Mousavi's nephew shot dead during Iran protests
Iran security forces killed several protesters including opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew on Sunday as officers arrested 300 people during mass anti-government demonstrations to mark the Shiite ritual of Ashura. ...
US Wants Clarifications on Counterterrorist Operation
The United States has demanded clarifications from Israel after IDF special forces killed three terrorists Saturday who murdered a civilian, Rabbi Meir Chai, on Thursday. ...
Hezbollah chief calls on Egypt to stop Gaza wall
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday called on Egypt to stop its construction of a steel wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it could obstruct tunnels which provide a lifeline for the enclave, blockaded by Cairo and Israel. ...
UK fails to halt female genital mutilation
Hundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays as experts warn the practice continues to flourish across the country....
Islamists claim killing of Russian priest
MOSCOW — An Islamist militant group based in Russia's North Caucases has claimed the killing last month of an Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam....
Al-Shabaab Seize Islands Near Kenya
The Al-qaeda inspired Al-shabasb militants in Somalia have on seized five islands near the Kenyan coast, the group’s spokesman in the southern Jubba regions told reporters on Wednesday....
U.S. Eyes Yemen Al-Qaida Tie to Terror Suspect
U.S. agencies are looking into whether al-Qaida extremists in Yemen directed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and provided him with the explosives used in the failed bombing of Northwest Flight 253, senior administration officials tell NBC News....
Terrorists Targeted in Beirut Car Bombing
A bomb killed several terrorists in Beirut on Saturday night, but it is not clear to what organization they belonged. ...
Suspect Charged in Thwarted Terror Plot Aboard Detroit-Bound Jet
A federal judge has told a Nigerian man that he is charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day....
Iran police, protesters clash during Shiite rituals
A reformist website said Iranian riot police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who used a Shiite religious mourning ceremony on Saturday to try to revive anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic. ...
Europe tightens security after foiled US attack
Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. ...
Radical cleric is said to be alive after Yemen airstrikes
Friends and relatives of Anwar al Awlaki say he may not have even attended the meeting of suspected Al Qaeda operatives targeted in the attack....
Cash-strapped Indonesians sell organs online
Cash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local laws and fueling a dangerous and illegal trade in human body parts. ...
Spate of attacks kill 18 in Iraq despite security
Eighteen people including six Shiite worshippers were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Friday, despite ramped up security for Christmas Day and Shiite Ashura rituals. ...
Passenger tries to blow up US airplane
An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. ...
Pakistani Christians fearful this Christmas
GOJRA, Pakistan – Christmas in Gojra, where a tent camp houses Christians who lost their homes to a rampaging Muslim mob, will be celebrated not with decorations and cheer but with fear of another attack. ...
Hamas, Leftists Target Egypt over Steel Wall
Hamas and leftist groups are livid over reports that Egypt is constructing an underground steel wall to stymie attempts to dig smuggling tunnels into Gaza....
Significant Quantities of Oil Discovered in Center of Israel
An everlasting hope of finding significant amounts of oil in Israel may have been realized with the announcement Thursday that “significant quantities” of oil were found in a well in the area of Rosh HaAyin, a city located east of Tel Aviv on the western edge of Samaria....
Muslim leaders criticized for meeting Ahmadinejad
Several politicians in Denmark have criticized local Muslim clerics for meeting with...
Hundreds to worship outside churches amid tight security
Fifteen police officers backed up by soldiers and local residents will guard every church across West Java during Christmas celebrations to prevent possible attacks, police said....
Yemen says kills 30 Qaeda members in airstrike
Thirty-four suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in an air raid launched at dawn Thursday by the Yemeni army against a meeting place of the terror group in Shabwa province east of Sanaa, a security official said. ...
Suicide bomber kills four in Pakistan’s Peshawar
A suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint in Pakistan's Peshawar on Thursday, killing four people in the second such attack in as many days in the flashpoint northwestern city. ...
Mosul attacks on two Christian churches, three dead and several injured
The Chaldean Church of St. George and Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Thomas hit. One bomb was hidden in a cart carrying vegetables. The explosion kills a Chaldean Christian and two Muslim. Archbishop of Kirkuk: "disturbing message" to two days before Christmas. ...
Egypt court upholds 4-year sentence for blogger
An Egyptian court confirmed the four-year jail sentence imposed on an Egyptian student blogger for posting writings critical of Islam and the government, the state news agency MENA said. ...
Hasan Asked Awlaki If It Was Okay to Kill American Soldiers
al-Qaeda Recruiter Mocks U.S. Intelligence, Says Accused Shooter Asked for Guidance About Shooting In 2008...
US group uses Times Square to promote Islam
An American Muslim advocacy group launched a massive advertisement in New York City's infamous Times Square on Tuesday in a bid to present to millions of Americans a "fair" and "accurate" portrayal of Islam. ...
Lebanon Says Hizbullah Will Defend Country from Israel
The Lebanese Defense Minister has made official what Israel long has charged, saying that Hizbullah will help defend the country even though United Nations resolutions call for disarming the terrorist organization....
Sudan passes bill for south independence vote
Sudan's parliament on Tuesday passed a long-awaited bill setting out the conditions in which a January 2011 referendum on independence for the country's oil-producing south would be considered to be valid....
December is very real deadline for Iran
December is "a very real deadline" for the international community ahead of possible new sanctions on Iran and its nuclear program, the United States warned Tuesday, prompting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to set a deadline for West to correct its attitude. ...
Jerusalem must be Palestinian capital
The UAE supports the Palestinian cause and their right to have Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, the minister of foreign affairs said on Tuesday, as he discussed several issues plaguing the region, including Saudi Arabia's war with the Yemeni Houthi rebels. ...
Israel Stands Up to Arab Incitement
Provocative Islamic Movement-Northern Branch leader Sheikh Raah Salah will not be permitted to enter Jerusalem for the coming three weeks, and possibly for six months....
No Christmas celebrations in Basra
Christians in Basra decided not to celebrate Christmas explicitly as it coincides this year with a sad memorial for Shiite ...
Girl sold in open auction
JACOBABAD – A 20-year-old girl was auctioned at village Badani Bhutto of Taluka Kashmore in consideration of Rs2,70,000 on Saturday. ...
Aceh Sharia forbids Chinese dance of the lions
The provincial authorities say it is alien to local culture and violates religious harmony. The descendants of Chinese respond that is only "a cultural show" to remember the victims of the tsunami. For decades the community - mostly Christian - is victim of discrimination and violence for religious or economic reasons. ...
Iran dismisses US deadline for nuke deal
Iran's president has dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration for Teheran to accept a UN-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. ...
Jihadists Call for Attacks Over Egyptian Security Fence
Jihadist chatter of recent weeks has been focusing on Egypt and its construction of a security fence along its border with the Palestinian Authority. Al-Qaeda, meanwhile, calls the Palestinian Authority itself "sinful". ...
Iran running out clock on US
The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran’s brief seizure of an Iraqi oil well is part of an orchestrated plan in Tehran to threaten its neighbors. ...
Sudan passes security law despite protests
Sudan's parliament passed controversial national security reforms on Sunday in the face protests by the opposition and from southerners that they grant agents sweeping powers and could damage elections next year. ...
Most Czechs, Slovaks would ban construction of minarets
Most people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia would ban a possible construction of minarets, the daily Lidove noviny (LN) reports Wednesday, referring to a poll conducted by the NMS agency simultaneously in both countries. The poll has...
European Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Turkish Church
In a decision many hope will lead to greater religious freedom in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that a Turkish court ruling barring a church from starting a foundation violated the congregation’s right to freedom of association....
Snipers Aim as Egyptians Build Gaza's Iron Curtain
Palestinian Authority terrorists over the weekend attacked workers building an underground “Iron Curtain” between Egypt and Gaza as Cairo tightens security at the border in an effort to end the weapons and drug smuggling into Gaza....
Muslim police chef defeated in bacon roll
A Muslim chef who lost a claim of religious discrimination against Scotland Yard after complaining he was forced to cook sausages and bacon faces a legal bill of more than £75,000....
Police expect Mumbai-style terror attack on City of London
Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. ...
US arrests three Africans in 'al-Qaeda cocaine sting'
A court in the US has for the first time charged suspected members of al-Qaeda with plotting to traffic cocaine in order to fund terrorism. ...
Turks Threaten to Kill Priest over Swiss Minaret Decision
Slap to religious freedom in Switzerland leads to threat over church bell tower in Turkey....
Wife of Qaeda number 2 urges women not to join jihad
The wife of Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has appealed to Muslim women not to join the jihad themselves but to support their menfolk in holy war, US monitoring groups said on Thursday....
N.Korean Arms Cache 'Bound for Sudan'
A Georgian cargo plane carrying North Korean weapons that was intercepted in Thailand last Saturday was bound for Sudan, reports say. ...
Somali rebels force men to grow beards
Somalia's Islamist al-Shabaab rebels on Saturday ordered men to grow long beards, shave their moustaches and wear their trousers above the ankle. ...
Woman opens first bank account in Lebanon
A Lebanese woman opened a bank account in the name of her underage children on Thursday, setting a precedent in a country where females often face legal discrimination. ...
A thousand Muslims storm a Church near Jakarta
The building was near completion and was to be used for Christmas Mass. Local Catholics are afraid that more attacks could take place during the festive season. Police and local authorities urge Catholics to celebrate the service ...
Muslim revival brings polygamy, camels to Chechnya
Adam, 52, keeps his three wives in different towns to stop them squabbling, but the white-bearded Chechen adds he might soon take a fourth....
Funding for jihad troubling, scholar says
More than 35 percent of Egyptians and Saudis interviewed in a recent survey considered it their duty to back regional mujahedin financially, a scholar notes. ...
Iraq on alert over Christian Christmas threats
The Iraqi army has been put on alert because of threats against the country's Christian minority over the coming Christmas holidays, the defense ministry spokesman said on Friday....
Muslim penetration Even At The Pentagoncy
The internal threat from Muslim extremists in the military extends to high-level Defense Department aides who have undermined military policy. In fact, one top Muslim adviser pushed out an intelligence analyst who warned of the sudden jihad syndrome that led to the Fort Hood terrorist attack. ...
French halal restaurants try gourmet cuisine
In a stylishly decorated restaurant in the heart of Paris, tucked between Bastille and Place de la Nation, Sophia Tabet is perusing a typical French menu, including foie gras, beef fillet and duck confit....
Egypt's Gaza barrier a "sovereign right"
A state-owned Cairo daily confirmed on Thursday that Egypt is building an underground barrier with Gaza and said it was a "sovereign right" that would increase pressure on the enclave's Hamas rulers....
Egypt paper promotes polygamy for women
An article promoting polygamy for women published in an independent Egyptian newspaper has caused a stir as one MP filed a lawsuit calling for a trial and several lawyers lobby the government to ban a television series about the same topic....
Iran: New centrifuges being developed
Iran's nuclear chief said Friday the country has started making more efficient centrifuge models that it plans to put in use by early 2011 - a statement that underscores Teheran's defiance and adds to international concerns over its nuclear ambitions. ...
Ethnic cleansing against Christians under way in Mosul
The archbishop of Kirkuk says security measures will be strengthened during Christmas for fear of new attacks. ...
Daughter, 15, murdered by father in honour killing 'was pregnant'
A schoolgirl believed to be pregnant was murdered by her 'psychotic' father in an honour killing after police repeatedly ignored her pleas for help....
Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing U.S. Diplomats
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Parts of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are mounting what American officials here describe as a campaign to harass American diplomats, fraying relations at a critical moment when the Obama administration is demanding more help to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda. ...
Pakistan Muslim Employers Poison And Kill Christians
A Christian sanitation worker was struggling for his life Wednesday, December 16, in a hospital of Pakistan's Punjab province after two Christian co-workers already died because Muslim employers apparently poisoned them, police and family confirmed....
Yemen foils al-Qaeda plot, kills 34, arrests 17
Yemeni security forces have killed 34 al-Qaeda militants and arrested 17 others in foiling a planned series of suicide bomb attacks, a security source said on Thursday....
Goat flu breaks out in Netherlands and kills 6
A virus called goat flu, or Q-fever, has appeared in the Netherlands, raising concerns over the possibility of an outbreak of a new global pandemic while the world is still trying to curb swine flu that has killed thousands, press reports said Wednesday. ...
Iran missle test weakens trust in program
The White House said on Wednesday that Iran's test of an upgraded missile undermines its insistence of peaceful intentions and will be looked upon seriously by the world. ...
Terrorists Fired on Sderot with Russian-Made Rockets
Two rockets exploded in the Gaza Belt city of Sderot Wednesday night but both landed in open areas. No one was injured and no damage was reported in the attack. ...
We Will Sue Terrorists in Britain
The Almagor terror victims group says it will file charges in Britain for the arrest of Arab terrorists who visit the country, under the same laws used to take aim at Knesset Member Tzipi Livni of the Kadima party....
Chicago suspect knew of Mumbai attack
WASHINGTON — A Chicago terrorism suspect knew in advance about the deadly Mumbai terror attacks — and offered congratulations to the killers, federal prosecutors charged Monday. ...
Lebanon must halt arms that threaten Israel
United States President Barack Obama early Tuesday asked Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in White House talks to take action against arms smuggling into Lebanon, which he said threatened Israeli security. ...
Muslim youth need manners
A French government minister drew angry reactions on Tuesday for saying young Muslims should not speak slang or wear their caps back to front, a general trademark of youth across the world who consider themselves "hip." ...
Iran says it successfully tested upgraded Sajjil-2 missile
Iran has successfully tested an upgraded version of its longest-range solid-fuel missile, according to an Iranian State TV report on Wednesday, which did not provide details on the Sajjil-2 missile test. ...
US Congress approves Iranian sanctions
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions against Iran, as the US as lawmakers expressed doubt about the Islamic Republic's willingness to respond to diplomatic efforts to curtail its purported nuclear arms program. ...
IDF Generals Deliver Sobering Chanukah Messages
Three of the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) top commanders delivered sobering warnings of the country's vulnerability to attack in public lectures and Chanukah ceremonies. ...
Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty
The Taliban can be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to one another, the new bishop for the Armed Forces has claimed. ...
Iran president slammed for Mahdi comments
Political and religious Iranian figures slammed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his repeated comments about the Mahdi, or who Muslims's believe is mankind's savior, and warned him about the consequences of rumors that he converses with the holy imam. ...
Arabs Stone Chief Rabbi at Village of Torched Mosque
Arabs hurled stones at Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Yona Metzger Monday after he visited their village to condemn the torching of a local mosque by a Jew. Neither he nor his escorts were injured....
Secret Documents Reveal Iran’s Smoking Gun’ for Nuclear Bomb
Secret documents obtained and translated by the Times of London reveal that Iran has been working for two years on a plan to test a nuclear bomb component that triggers an explosion. ...
Islamists flee Philippines prison after militants' raid
The jail in Isabela city where the inmates were freed...
Iran will always stand by Palestinian resistance
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reiterated his support for Hamas, during a visit by the Palestinian group's Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashaal, according to Iran's official news agency. ...
Christian hoteliers received violent threats over Muslim guest 'insult'
Christian hoteliers Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang received hate mail after they were accused of insulting a Muslim guest because of her faith. ...
Political Correctness: Iran leader says opposition protests "anti-Islam"
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned opposition leaders on Sunday to distance themselves from protesters whom he accused of acting "against Islam" as he labeled the June presidential election legal and said the case was closed....
Sudan police kill 15 accused of MP murder
Fifteen gunmen accused of involvement in the assassination of an MP in the western Sudanese region of Darfur were killed in clashes with security forces on Saturday, a local police chief told AFP. ...
France hands back fragments of Egyptian murals
France handed back four fragments of an ancient tomb mural to Egyptian antiquities authorities on Friday and President Nicolas Sarkozy will return the fifth piece next week, the French culture ministry said....
Muslim Relatives of Sudanese Christian Woman Pursue Her, Son
Native of Khartoum lives in seclusion in Egypt as brother, ex-husband hunt for her....
Hamas disinters Christians in Gaza
Every three minutes a Christian is being tortured in the Muslim world, and in 2009 more than 165,000 Christians will have been killed because of their faith...
Arab Terrorist Stabs Jewish Woman at Gush Etzion
An Arab terrorist stabbed a young Jewish woman in her back late Saturday night and escaped by foot to the direction of the nearby Al Aroob village. A second person had fled before the attacker could strike....
Bomb-sniffing dogs on Vancouver transit worry Muslim leader
Specially trained bomb-sniffing dogs might soon be patrolling Metro Vancouver's buses and SkyTrains just in time for the Olympics, but that has some Muslims concerned....
Turkey building confiscated from the Orthodox
The new headquarters of the Secretariat for entry into the European Union is an old school of the minority Orthodox in Ortakoy, seized in '90. Embarrassment of Erdogan government and Europe. ...
Iran men don veil in protest against government
Five days after renewed student protests across Iran showed that the dispute over the country’s presidential elections is from over, hundreds of Iranian men posted pictures of themselves wearing the Islamic headscarf on social networking website Facebook in solidarity with a detained student leader....
Iran, Syria sign defense pact against 'foreign aggression'
Iran and Syria signed a defense agreement on Friday, according to an Iranian Press TV report, just as Iran is coming under strong international pressure to clarify aspects of its nuclear program. ...
Egypt denies anti-smuggling wall
Egypt has denied accusations that it is building an underground steel barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip in order to seal off smuggling tunnels, Al-Jazeera reported on Friday. ...
December 10, 2009 – Human Rights Day Remarks
December 10, 1948 was an important date in the history of humanity. On that day, the nations of the world came together amidst the global crimes against humanity during World War II,...
Suppression of Christian religious minorities in Egypt
Christians of Egypt, also known as Copts, have been living under discrimination, oppression and persecution for almost 1430 years. ...
Protection of religious minorities is major theme of 2009 Human Rights
DC-based human rights activists and advocates commemorated Human Rights Day 2009 with a well-attended Human Rights News Conference sponsored by Responsible for Equality And Liberty (REAL) at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. ...
Somalia suicide bomber 'was from Denmark'
A suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a graduation in Somalia was brought up in Denmark, officials say. ...
Taliban warns S.Korea after "breaking promise"
The Taliban on Thursday accused South Korea of breaking a promise not to send troops to Afghanistan after it released 19 Korean hostages two years ago, warning its forces to face the consequences....
Iran bought nuclear tech via Taiwan
Teheran has recently managed to secretly acquire 100 pressure transducers as part of efforts to import sophisticated technology for the Iranian nuclear program, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday night, quoting Western intelligence officials. ...
Sarkozy warns against religious
President Nicolas Sarkozy warned French believers to refrain from religious "ostentation and provocation" on Tuesday after the Swiss vote to ban minarets stoked debate about Islam in France. ...
Saudi slams Iran's claims about nuke scientist
Saudi Arabia slammed Tehran's allegations that it had handed over Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, to the United States after he disappeared in the kingdom in May, a London-based Saudi newspaper reported Wednesday....
Egyptian Wall Won't Stop Smuggling
Egypt is building an underground iron wall to stop smuggling into Gaza. One commentator says everyone, except Israel, will benefit - especially the smugglers....
Honour crime up by 40% due to rising fundamentalism
Police have seen 'honour' crime surge by 40 per cent due to rising fundamentalism, new figures show....
Copts turning trash into treasure to keep Cairo green
After slaughtering over than 600,000 pigs that ate Egypt's garbage ...
112 killed, 197 injured in Baghdad bomb attacks
At least 112 people were killed and 197 others wounded when four or more large car bombs shook Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest high-profile blasts apparently aimed at sensitive Iraqi government buildings, Al Arabiya reporter and police officials said. ...
Also makeup is against Islam, Iran women told
TEHRAN: Women appearing in television programmes will not be allowed to wear make-up because it is against Islamic law, or sharia, media today quoted the head of state television as saying. ...
Russia to teach Arabic culture in schools
Russia's Ministry of Education has added Arabic language and culture to next year's school curriculum in an unprecedented move welcomed by families who said they look forward to introducing their children to Arab culture. ...
US charges American for role in Mumbai attack
United States prosecutors on Monday charged an American man in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, including charges that he aided and abetted the murder of six Americans, weeks after Italy said it had detained two Pakistanis in connection with the attacks. ...
The Entire Regime is Our Goal
It was a day of renewed pro-democracy protests in Iran on Monday, despite the Islamist regime's preemptive crackdown in recent weeks. Iranian dissidents told Israel National News that, even under the heavy blows of the slamic Republic's. ...
Swiss inviting Qaeda hits
TRIPOLI - LIBYAN leader Moamer Kadhafi said the Swiss referendum banning the building of new minarets was an invitation for Al-Qaeda to launch attacks in Europe, the official news agency JANA reported on Sunday....
Saudi scholars slam Swiss minaret ban
Scholars said that this is another evidence of the West’s antagonism towards Islam and such moves details the serious initiatives being undertaken for holding dialogue among followers of various religions in different parts of the world....
Iran police fire tear gas at student protesters
Police fired tear gas Monday at Iranian protesters gathered in central Tehran chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said, as the nation marked Students Day....
Angry protesters torch Sudan ruling party offices
Opposition figures arrested as Sudan bans rally ...
Hamas Terrorists Attack with Russian Anti-Tank Missiles
Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza escalated attacks against Israel Sunday and fired Russian-made anti-tank missiles for the first time. ...
Muslim and Anti-Semitic Attacks in NY-NJ Area
A Saudi Arabian graduate student murdered a Middle Eastern Studies professor on Friday in the latter’s Binghamton University office in New York State....
Arab League rejects EU J'lem proposal
The Arab League responded negatively Sunday to last week's Swedish proposal that the European Union recognize east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. ...
Iran: Internet limited ahead of protests
Iranian authorities have moved to limit Internet access ahead of expected anti-government protests to deny the opposition a vital means of communication, Teheran residents said Sunday. ...
Arab-Israeli conflict rooted in Islamic law
The Arab-Israeli conflict will not be resolved unless the Middle East stops enforcing restrictive Islamic Laws on society, a writer and human rights activist said....
Call to Tear Down Illegal Arab 'Castles'
The Regavim Movement for safeguarding national lands appealed to the Minister of Defense Friday and demanded the immediate destruction of illegal mansions built by Arabs near Hussan and El Hadr, west of Bethlehem. ...
US Marines launch major south Afghan assault
United States Marines pressed into a remote Taliban stronghold on Saturday with their first major assault in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama earmarked 30,000 more troops to try to turn the tide on the Taliban insurgency....
UK's new Political Correctness: Don’t call extremists 'extremists'
MINISTERS have been BANNED from using words like Islamist and fundamentalist - in case they offend Muslims. ...
Iran's nuclear official: We need 20 more enrichment sites
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization and previously Iran's representative has previously served as Iranian Representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran needs to establish 20 additional uranium enrichment sites to fuel the country's nuclear reactors, Israel Radio reported. ...
Explosion kills 101 in Russian nightclub
An explosion and fire apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing 101 people, according to news reports. ...
ICC vows to charge those denying Darfur crimes
Sudanese officials who deny and deceive the world about crimes committed in Sudan's western Darfur region might face criminal charges, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Friday. ...
Three Somali ministers killed in Mogadishu blast
The African Union said an explosion at a Mogadishu hotel on Thursday was caused by a suicide bomber and that 19 civilians had been killed. ...
Iran says it won't work with UN nuke agency beyond minimum
Teheran will not answer to the UN nuclear watchdog beyond the barest minimum required under the international nonproliferation treaty, an Iranian nuclear official said Friday. ...
Nuclear detector set up on Iran border
Israeli officials believe the international community is "starting to come to the understanding that Iran has been lying to everybody" about its nuclear intentions, a senior Israeli diplomatic official told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. ...
26 dead in Pakistan mosque attack
At least 26 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a mosque outside the capital. ...
Ramadan used as defence by cabbie groper
A DISGRACED Muslim taxi driver tried to use the holy time of Ramadan as his defence against allegations he repeatedly grabbed the breast of a disabled female passenger. ...
Italy: Moroccan would-be convert 'hangs himself'
Prosecutors are probing the death of a 22-year-old Moroccan immigrant who wanted to convert from Islam to Catholicism. Said Bouidra was found hanged in the central Italian port city of Civitavecchia outside Rome late Wednesday. ...
How is it that only Western nations are accused of “defaming” religion?
America, like so many countries in the West, laments its strained relations with the Islamic world. In June, Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Cairo to speak against the “fear and mistrust” that exist between the West and Islam. Yet Muslim governments demand respect for Islam while refusing to offer similar respect for religious minorities within their own borders....
Iran building terror network in South America
The Argentinean prosecutor who ferreted out Iranian links to Argentina's largest terror attack warned Wednesday of Teheran's growing terror network in Latin America. ...
Israel, the West 'Can't Do a Damn Thing' to Stop Us
For the third time this week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made it clear that his country will not curb its nuclear program regardless of international opposition. ...
Lebanese cabinet endorses Hizbullah's right to keep arms
Lebanon's new government Wednesday endorsed Hizbullah's right to keep its weapons, the latest sign that the group has no intention of meeting a UN resolution calling for it to disarm....
Kidnapping proves lucrative for N African Qaeda
Kidnapping has become a lucrative business for al-Qaeda's north African branch, experts said Tuesday after a French national and three Spaniards were abducted in the Sahel within days of each other. ...
El Baradei's failure
As of yesterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, has a new director-general, the understated Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano. Mr. Amano has his work cut out for him. ...
Indian Security Service Blocks 25 Million Cell Phone Users
Indian security services have determined that cellular phones not containing a special code when making calls were used in every recent organized militant attack, and the country has decided to block all cell phone devices without the codes...
Ahmadinejad: Nuclear issue resolved, no need for talks
Iran continued snubbing the world Tuesday, two days after defiantly announcing a decision to build ten uranium enrichment facilities in the face of international condemnation of its lack of transparency in dealing with the IAEA. ...
Hezbollah blames U.S. for all terrorism
Hezbollah's chief on Monday announced the group's new "manifesto," which calls on all countries to "liberate Jerusalem" and declares the United States a threat to the world. ...
Copts Refuse to Open Stores After Muslim Riot
Egyptian Christian shop owners in the eastern town of Farshoot where a Muslim riot recently occurred refused to reopen their stores until the government compensated them for damages....
Canadian court frees Egyptian terrorist
A federal court on Monday ordered the release of an Egyptian man convicted of terrorism in his home country and who was later detained in Canada for eight years as a possible national security threat. ...
EU Joins PA’s Diplomatic War on Jerusalem
The Foreign Ministry warned Tuesday morning that a Swedish-led attempt to have the European Union recognize eastern Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian Authority will backfire. ...
The West Begins Fighting Back
Swiss voters' clear decision on Sunday to ban the construction of minarets has generated a wide range of emotions...
Dutch call for anti-minaret referendum
Dutch MP Geert Wilders' Freedom Party has said it wants a referendum on the building of minarets similar to the one held in Switzerland on Sunday....
Say goodbye to Dubai
Israel was barely touched by the financial debacle in Dubai, where financial markets crashed 10 percent on Monday following reports of Dubai World’s debt crisis....
Al-Shabaab rebels seize town close to Kenyan border
Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents have captured a key town close to the border with Kenya. The al Qaeda linked rebels are said to have driven out combatants of Hizbu-IslSheikh Hassan Yakoub Ali,...
IRANIAN ATHEIST RISKS DEATH PENALTY IF REPATRIATED
Turkish authorities will be announcing their decision in the coming days over whether or not to repatriate an Iranian citizen who -...
Hamas Bans Women Dancers, Scooter Riders in Gaza
The Islamic Hamas movement banned girls last month from riding behind men on motor scooters and forbade women from dancing at the opening of a folk museum. Girls in some public schools must wear headscarves and cloaks....
Hamas approves law to execute drug dealers
The Islamist Hamas-run government ruling Gaza has approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, its attorney general said on Monday. ...
Egypt mufti says Swiss minaret ban insults Muslims
Egypt's Mufti Ali Gomaa denounced a vote to ban new minarets in Switzerland on Sunday as an "insult" to Muslims across the world, while calling on Muslims not to be provoked by the move. ...
Honor killings' in USA raise concerns
Muslim immigrant men have been accused of six "honor killings" in the United States in the past two years, prompting concerns that the Muslim community and police need to do more to stop such crimes. ...
Iran expands naval clout in strategic Gulf
Iran has restructured its naval forces to give an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards full responsibility for operations in the strategic Gulf in the event of a conflict, according to a new U.S. intelligence study....
Fear and Loathing in PA over Temple Mount
An Arab university lecturer and writer is hiding underground out of fear for his life after shocking the Palestinian Authority with a book that links Jews with the Temple Mount....
Pak Sikh thrashed for not converting
AMRITSAR: A Sikh advocate in Pakistan was reportedly thrashed and threatened with dire consequences recently if he did not convert to Islam, forcing his family to run for safety to a gurdwara in Hassanabdal near Rawalpindi ...
Air strike kills 30 Taliban in Afghanistan
About 30 Taliban insurgents were killed in a NATO-led air strike in eastern Afghanistan after they attacked an Afghan police post, a police official and the alliance said on Sunday. ...
Russia train disaster was terrorist attack
A train disaster that killed more than 39 people and injured 100 was caused by a bomb, indicating it was a terrorist attack, the head of Russia's FSB domestic intelligence service said on Saturday. ...
Iran Plans to Build 10 New Uranium Plants
Iran and the United States traded diplomatic punches Sunday night, with the Islamic Republic announcing it will build 10 more uranium enrichment plants and the United States responding that it risks breaking international law....
Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets
Switzerland’s political right on Sunday scored a surprising victory in a referendum on banning construction of minarets, denting the nation’s cherished image as a bastion of tolerance and threatening to set it at odds with international law and the Muslim world....
Iran grants $20m. to terrorist groups
Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support terrorist groups opposing the West and investigate alleged US and British plots against the Islamic Republic. ...
Teheran threatens to cut ties with IAEA
Two days after the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution censuring Iran, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani issued a warning of his own that Teheran may cut cooperation with the UN nuclear agency watchdog...
Minarets, Yes or No?
Switzerland is holding a referendum Sunday on a proposal to legally ban the construction of minarets – the towers that are built atop Muslim mosques, from which the calls to prayer are sounded. ...
How Hamas is Islamicizing Gaza
A report by the Shin Bet (Shabak, Israel’s secret security force) describes how Hamas has instituted Islamic law and thought in all areas of Gaza life since its violent takeover of the area. ...
Iran takes Nobel peace prize winners medal
Iran summoned Norway's ambassador on Friday over accusations made by Oslo that Iranian authorities had confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights campaigner Shirin Ebadi in 2003. ...
Israel aims to wipe out Palestinians
In a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday night, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused Israel of aiming to "exterminate" the Palestinians. ...
Christian girl, 16, gets 50 lashes in Sudan
A 16-year-old Sudanese girl was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was indecent, her family said today. ...
Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art from the Gandhara period
Archaeologists and experts sound the alarm. The ancient Indo-Hellenistic heritage of the country could go the way of the Bamiyan Buddhas, in neighbouring Afghanistan. Digging and research have stopped; tourists are nowhere to be seen because of attacks and violence....
CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies. ...
Death toll from Saudi floods rises to 83
More bodies have been recovered in the western Saudi city of Jeddah, gateway for Muslim pilgrims headed to Mecca, pushing the death toll from Wednesday's flash flood to 83, reports said on Friday. ...
Majority of IAEA board votes to censure Iran's nuclear
The UN nuclear agency's board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution that demands Teheran immediately mothball its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed UN Security Council resolutions calling on it to stop uranium enrichment. ...
New Holocaust Museum Focuses on Jewish Youth Uprising
A new museum, named for the commander of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Mordechai Anilewicz, has been established to memorialize the youths who rebelled against the Nazis during the Holocaust....
Denmark: Antisemitism widespread among Muslim immigrants
Distrust and prejudice against Jews in Denmark doesn't thrive only in extremist groups. Up to 75% of immigrants from five different countries and 20% of ethnic Danes have anti-Jewish attitudes....
Gaza Terrorists Fire Five Mortars, No One Hurt
Terrorists fired five mortar shells at Israel Thursday afternoon. They exploded in open, unpopulated areas within the jurisdiction of the Eshkol Regional Council. No one was hurt....
Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions
After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number....
Natural disaster kills 48 in Saudi, Hajj unfolds
Flooding killed at least 48 people in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a heavy downpour, while 900 people were saved, official reports said on Thursday. ...
Lebanon gives Hezbollah right to attack Israel
Lebanon's new cabinet has agreed on a policy statement that acknowledges Hezbollah's right to use its weapons against Israel, despite disagreement by some members of the ruling majority. ...
Obama's grandfather's wife performs Hajj
Sarah Obama, the wife of the American President Barack Obama's grandfather, arrived in Saudi Arabia where she is set to perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage, or Hajj, press reports said Wednesday. ...
Sudan’s trouser journalist sneaks out with niqab
Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein said Tuesday she had donned a full Islamic veil to sneak out of Sudan and travel to France, two months after she was freed from jail for wearing trousers. ...
IAEA chief: Iran nuclear investigation is at 'a dead end'
The International Atomic Energy Agencys probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at "a dead end" because Teheran is not cooperating, the UN watchdog's chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Thursday. ...
42% PCT OF WOMEN TARGETS OF VIOLENCE, SURVEY
ANKARA, NOVEMBER 24 - Forty-two percent of women in Turkey become targets of physical or sexual violence,...
Gaddafi offers to ref Algeria-Egypt soccer row
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has offered his services as referee in a bitter row between Algeria and Egypt over this month's World Cup qualifiers, official media said on Tuesday....
Hamas site encourages Europe attacks
The educational content of the Hamas children's Web site Al-Fateh (The Conqueror) is not a form of pedagogy, but an "indoctrination to suicide bombing," said David Oman, the director of communications for the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE) on Tuesday at a press conference at the Regent Hotel. ...
Rare Global Unity Against Iranian Nuclear Program
Russia and China, countries which have heretofore supported Iran's nuclear program, have joined up with the United States, Britain, France, and Germany in preparing a resolution critical of it. ...
Don’t Trust UN ‘Doll’ Soldiers to Protect Israel
Likud Knesset Member Ayoub Kara, a member of the Druze community, has vowed to “fight with my last drop of blood” against Israel’s abandoning the northern border village of Ghajar to United Nations and Hizbullah....
Sudan says peacekeepers should leave Darfur
Khartoum's United Nations envoy, rejecting a bleak U.N. assessment of the situation in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region, said early Tuesday it was time for international peacekeepers to prepare to leave....
Iran ready for uranium
Iran's Foreign Ministry said the country is ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched one, but only on its own soil. ...
Goldstone Kept Anti-Apartheid Teen in Jail in 1986
Former South African Judge Richard Goldstone, who censured Israel for alleged war crimes while fighting Hamas terrorists, once kept a 13-year-old in jail for protesting against his country’s Apartheid policy, according to investigative journalist Ashley Rindsberg....
Freedom for imprisoned Christian 'apostates'
After millions of prayers and numerous petitions from around the world, two Iranian women jailed for no other reason than being Christian were released from a Tehran prison today....
Pakistan kills 22 in Taliban northwest hideouts
Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday. ...
Mt. Of Olives Cemetery Desecrated
Chaim Miller, director of the Movement for the Citizens of Jerusalem, said Sunday that in recent weeks visitors to the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem have been shocked to find that dogs have been using broken monuments in the cemetery for shelter from the elements....
American faces jail for pulling woman's headscarf
An American woman has been charged with a hate crime after she verbally attacked and tugged at the hijab, or headscarf, of a Muslim woman following the Fort Hood murders, press reports said. ...
Israel Air Force Retaliates for Rocket Attack
The Israel Air Force carried out an air strike against terrorist operations in Gaza overnight in retaliation for a Kassam rocket fired at the western Negev on Saturday....
Attack on Copts in Upper Egypt
A phone call to Voice of the Copts from Cairo this evening indicates that unidentified numbers of barbaric Arabs are attacking Copts in various towns, among them the city of Kena in Upper Egypt. ...
Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police
CAIRO — Hundreds of Muslim protesters on Saturday burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt and attacked a police station where they believed a Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl was being held, a police official said. ...
Revolutionary Guards cleric threatens to target 'heart of TA'
Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily....
Turkey issues ultimatum over UAVs
In a sign of further tensions between Ankara and Jerusalem, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul issued an ultimatum on Saturday to Israeli industries to fulfill the long-delayed supply of 10 unmanned aerial vehicles to the Turkish military within the next 50 days. ...
Hamas: 'Israel Won't Go to War Again'
Israel will not go to war again, according to the Hamas terrorist organization, which claims the recent United Nations Goldstone Report has legally bound the IDF....
Muslim students want to use gym hall for prayer
The Muslim Student Society asked to use a gym hall at Oslo university (Blindern) for half an hour every Friday for prayer, but the university administration is skeptic. ...
Sears Tower bomb plot leader Narseal Batiste jailed
The leader of a group which plotted to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison. ...
Italy arrests two Pakistanis over Mumbai attacks
Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166 people....
Malta: Imam supports Sharia punishments
El Sadi says that such punishments are 'democratic' in countries where Muslims want them. Really? Is it also 'democratic' to demand that all Muslims be kicked out of Europe, should there be a majority who wishes it so? 'Rule of majority' or 'rule of the mob' usually does not equal 'democracy'....
Sixth area Somali man is indicted in probe
The suspect is linked to other young men recruited to train and fight in Somalia. ...
Senators say Fort Hood shooting was terrorism
Several lawmakers and terror experts at Senate hearings on the Fort Hood shooting Thursday called the incident a terrorist attack, and warned of the danger of homegrown jihad. ...
"2012" film against Islam: Indonesia clerics
Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam". ...
Yemen foils plot to kill Jewish leader
Yemeni security forces have foiled a plot to assassinate the head of the local Jewish community, Yahiya Ben-Yousef, Kuwaiti Al-Siyasa newspaper said Friday. ...
A Quarter of PA Brides are Under the Age of 18
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported this week that 25.6 percent of females who became engaged in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria during 2008 were under the age of 18 years. ...
Israel Fears Israeli Arab Links with Iranian Terrorists
Fears that Arab Israelis are linking up with terrorist organizations are behind decisions to ban a former Arab mayor from visiting Mecca and to refuse freeing terrorists from eastern Jerusalem as part of a deal for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, according to a popular Hebrew University researcher. ...
Bin-Laden's son wants to work for the UN
The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and work for the United Nations. His comments were published on Thursday in New Statesman magazine....
Mumbai Doctor Smashed Idols and Became a Jew
In a powerful echo of the Biblical story of the patriarch Abraham, a Mumbai doctor smashed his father's idols and eventually decided to become a Jew in the Land of Israel....
Successor to Abbas 'Would Be Death to Peace Process'
PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas is serious about retiring from political life and wants senior Fatah official Muhammad (Abu Maher) Ghneim to replace him, ...
Terrorism to Eliminate Israel is a 'Principle'
In an interview published Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, a Hamas spokesman said that the jihadist movement is loyal to "Palestinian principles" in its policy of terrorism against the Jews until Israel ceases to exist....
Bomb kills at least 16 at Pakistan court
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city....
Officials worried group in Canada went to join Islamic
Counterterrorism officials are investigating a group of youths who allegedly left Canada for East Africa two weeks ago, amid concerns they may have gone to join the Somali militant group Al-Shabab. ...
Somali woman stoned for adultery
A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people. ...
Spy Agencies' Quest: What Makes A Terrorist?
Investigators are still trying to determine whether Maj. Nidal Hasan's alleged deadly rampage at Fort Hood was a calculated act of radical Islamist ideology or the deranged act of an alienated loner. ...
Switzerland will not hear sound of Muslim prayer
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz on Tuesday told voters that the call of the muezzin, or Muslim imam who calls people to prayer, would not sound in Switzerland, as he campaigned against a referendum motion seeking to ban the building of minarets....
Iran rejects UN nuclear fuel proposal
Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday ruled out sending enriched uranium out of the country for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest UN plan aimed at preventing Teheran from building nuclear weapons. ...
Halal food going mainstream in Europe
The business of selling food that is halal, or acceptable to Muslims, is set to grow rapidly in Europe in coming years as more supermarket chains target the sector, a Nestle executive said on Tuesday. ...
Raids on suspected terrorist recruitment network
Counter-terrorism police have arrested five men, including a Muslim preacher, after raids on a network allegedly sending young men to receive terrorist training abroad. ...
Gaddafi spends two hours with 200 Italian ladies
Muammar Gaddafi disappointed some 200 Italian women after he invited them using an agency advertizing a "party" where the Libyan leader proceeded to lecture them on Islam, Italian media reported on Monday....
Amnesty says Egypt's poor still live in peril
Little has changed in Egypt to move the poor from unsafe places and prevent a repetition of a rockslide in a Cairo shantytown that killed more than 100 people last year, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday....
European Union rejects appeal to back Palestinian statehood
The European Union has rejected requests that it back a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the UN Security Council without Israeli consent. ...
ElBaradei wanted to remove sanctions'
A secret deal being drafted by outgoing International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei would see Iran retain its nuclear program, as well as the removal of all sanctions placed on the Islamic republic, simply in exchange for its cooperation with UN inspectors, The Times of London reported Tuesday. ...
Promoting jihad in jail
Radical Muslims are spreading extremist propaganda and promoting jihad from inside UK jails, a report has claimed. ...
Yemen rebels use Katyusha in Saudi base attack
Saudi and Yemeni forces pounded Shiite rebel positions along the border between the two countries on Sunday as the rebels claimed they used Katyusha rockets in attacking a Saudi military base in the border Jizan region to avenge the deaths of civilians killed. ...
Greatest threat to US security is Qaeda
American President Barack Obama on Monday called al-Qaeda the greatest threat to United States security, as Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah warned that the Taliban would overrun Afghanistan if international troops were to pull out....
Pakistanis fighting in Yemen with Houthis
Yemen's Houthi rebels have Pakistani fighters in their ranks, press reports revealed Sunday, as Saudi Arabia arrested a sorcerer on its border with Yemen attempting to plant magic spells in the conflict zone in support of the rebel group. ...
Two Egyptian Copts get death over Muslim killing
An Egyptian court sentenced two Christian men to death on Sunday for killing the Muslim husband of a female relative who converted to Islam against the wishes of her family, court sources said. ...
Netanyahu Warns PA Not to Undertake Unilateral Moves
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday evening that the only way the Palestinian Authority would achieve anything was through negotiation – not unilateral action....
Extremists aid West's plots against Islam
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has raised the alarm over Western efforts to project a wrong image of Islam as a religion supporting terrorism. ...
Obama says Iran running out of time
President Barack Obama said in Singapore Sunday that time is running out for Iran to sign on to a deal to ship its enriched uranium out of the country for further processing. ...
France asks Swiss for help with Qaeda plot
France has asked Switzerland for judicial assistance in an investigation into a nuclear physicist arrested in France over alleged links to al-Qaeda, the federal prosecutor's office said Saturday....
Groups protest UN debate on 'defamation' of religion
New York - More than 100 non-governmental organizations on Thursday protested attempts by some governments to push through a United Nations resolution to protect religion from defamation....
Spain's first Islamic party to run in 2011
Spain's first Islamic party is pareparing to run in 2001's local elections in a goal to achieve representation for Muslims in administrations of municipalities, the Spanish media said earlier this week. ...
Syrian carrying $880,000, Hezbollah ring, 9/11 videos, stopped
'I feel great. It’s an experience for life. It’s one of these things'...
Rochester man pleads not guilty after Thursday police chase
A Rochester man is in custody after a police chase down several Rochester streets....
Parents say son was tormented for eating salami sandwich
A SYDNEY couple has withdrawn their two children from a public primary school, claiming their 11-year-old son was bullied by Muslim students because he ate a salami sandwich during Ramadan. ...
Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan's northwest
A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-filled car Saturday at a police checkpoint in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people, officials said....
Al Qaeda in Its Own Words
Al Qaeda in Its Own Words provides the translated writings of four jihadis—Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri, and Abu Musab Zarqawi. Edited by five people with Kepel, a French sociologist of Islam, as lead editor, it contains a wealth of data that, unfortunately, is presented in a rather confused manner. ...
Muslim Attack Worship Service in Uganda
About 40 Muslim with machetes and clubs tried to break into a Sunday worship service outside Uganda’s capital city of Kampala on Nov. 1, leaving a member of the congregation with several injuries and damaging the church building. ...
Iran's struggle with America should continue
Iran must continue its struggle against the United States, a hardline cleric said on Friday a day after Washington renewed long-standing U.S. financial sanctions against Iran. ...
Iraq's Kurdish forces arrest Qaeda suspect
The security services of Iraq's northern Kurdish area said Saturday they had arrested a key al-Qaeda figure allegedly behind a string of bomb attacks, in an operation backed by the U.S. military....
US to try five 9/11 plotters in New York
Five men accused of the Sept. 11 attacks will be tried in a New York civilian court, attorney general Eric Holder said Friday adding the U.S. would press for maximum sentences including the death penalty. ...
Italy won't help Iran launch satellite
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged to Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham H. Foxman that Italy will not cooperate with Iran to launch an Iranian data communications satellite, a statement issued by the ADL said Friday. ...
Netanyahu Denies Arab Media Report, Says No Golan Surrender
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office denied a report in the Arabic-language newspaper al-Arabiya that he will inform Syria, through French channels, that Israel would agree to surrender the strategic Golan Heights in return for a peace treaty. ...
US moves to seize NY skyscraper from Iran firms
U.S. prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit to seize control of a New York City skyscraper they say is owned by companies illegally funneling money to the Iranian government, according to Friday news reports. ...
Bombs kill 18 in Pakistan, Intel agency targeted
Suicide car bombs tore through security offices in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people and heavily damaging the Peshawar headquarters of the country's top intelligence agency. ...
Gaza Arabs Wary of Tunnels
Residents of Gaza have grown wary of building tunnels to Egypt following a series of accidents in which dozens have been killed, according to the Hebrew-language daily Maariv....
Feds Move To Seize 4 U.S. Mosques
Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. ...
Muslim lawyer ordered not to wear headscarf
Madrid - A Spanish female lawyer has filed a complaint against a judge who ordered her to leave the courtroom because she was wearing the Muslim headscarf, press reports said Wednesday. ...
Hezbollah warns new government to avoid arms issue
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said he would cooperate with Lebanon's new unity government but urged it to steer clear of the "big issues," in reference to his group's notorious weapons stockpile. ...
Taxi boss jailed for threats against daughter
The city’s taxi union boss was handed a year in jail Tuesday for what a judge deemed an “honour crime.” ...
Iran mission official shot dead in Pakistan
Gunmen shot dead a Pakistani spokesman for the Iranian consulate at point-blank range Thursday as he set off for work in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said....
Kiosk employee allegedly tore a crucifix from someone's neck
Police arrested 22-year-old Abdul Walid Hamid of Hayward on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 4, after he reportedly tore a crucifix from a person's neck and scared others at Stoneridge Shopping Center....
Yemen rejects Iranian "interference" in its affairs
Yemen hit out on Wednesday at what it called Iranian "interference" in its affairs after Tehran's foreign minister said his country could help Sanaa restore security as it attempts to crush the Shiite Houthi rebels....
Iran authorities hang young Kurdish activist
Iran hanged on Wednesday a Kurdish activist convicted of "armed action" against the Islamic republic, Fars news agency reported, quoting the justice chief in Kurdistan province....
Germany's "veil martyr" murderer gets life
A Russian-born German man was sentenced to life behind bars Wednesday for the brutal murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman, a racially motivated crime that sparked outrage in the Muslim world....
All of Israel is within our fire range
A senior Hizbullah official on Wednesday mocked IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, and said all of Israel was within his group's range of fire. ...
Teheran urges Russia to deliver S-300
Iran's defense minister on Wednesday urged Russia to ignore Israeli pressure against selling the S-300 missile defense system to the Islamic Republic. ...
Army Wasn't Told of Hasan's Emails
Pentagon Says It Only Learned of Shooting Suspect's Contacts With Cleric After the Fort Hood Killings...
Obama must chose between Israel and Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media. ...
Hizbullah Rockets Can Strike Jerusalem
Hizbullah's missiles now have the capacity to reach Israel’s central region, including Jerusalem, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.Gen Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday in a briefing with the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. ...
Man charged with statutory rape in ‘marriage’!
Vincent Mosby signed a marriage contract and paid a dowry in a religious ceremony in August, police said....
Saudi to bomb rebels until they retreat
Saudi Arabia will continue its air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they move back from the two countries' frontier, Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on Tuesday. ...
Islamists Use Democracy to Promote Hatred
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told his hosts during an official visit to Denmark on Monday that Islamic fundamentalists in Europe are abusing European Union freedoms to promote Islamic supremacy and anti-Semitism. ...
Fight against Islamism starts by defending Israel's right
Magdi Cristiano Allam, a former Muslim and Egyptian-Italian politician and journalist, was interviewed by France Soir. I bring here the part of the interview. ...
Italy: Mohammed called a 'paedophile' in TV spat
Italian feminist and former far right-wing MP Daniela Santanche has sparked a controversy after calling the Prophet Mohammed a "a polygamist and paedophile" during a TV debate....
VIDEOS TAKEN ON CELL PHONES SPARK RELIGIOUS WAR
Even videos taken on cell phones have become a source of new tensions in the already difficult relationship between Christians and Muslims in traditionalist 'Upper Egypt',...
Famine, conflict risks confront South Sudan
South Sudan could face famine following low rainfall and a surge in tribal conflicts, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Sunday....
Islamic rebels behead Philippine teacher
The severed head of a school principal who was abducted by Islamic militants in the troubled southern Philippines was dumped in a petrol station on Monday, authorities said....
Arabic classes coming to three more Chicago schools
Mayor Daley announces grant, says he doesn't see Fort Hood shooting stoking anti-Muslim sentiment...
Music classes in Kuwait schools anger Islamists
MP threatens to grill PM over compulsory music classes ...
32 Arab Children Killed Working in Smuggling Tunnels
No fewer than 32 children have been killed over the past three years while working in Gaza arms smuggling tunnels, according to a new report released in the Palestinian Authority. ...
Muslims Don't Cause Genocide!
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Israel on Sunday as he came to the defense of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who faces worldwide condemnation for the genocide taking place in the Darfur region of his country. ...
World Media Ignores Weapons Shipment to Hizbullah
Though the Foreign Ministry invited ambassadors from around the world to see the tremendous cache of arms intercepted on their way to Hizbullah last week, the world media did not take interest....
Kristallnacht Demos Against Nazi War Criminal in NY
Monday, November 9, marks the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, which is widely considered the beginning of the Holocaust -- and high school in students in New York will mark the occasion by demanding the deportation of a Nazi war criminal. ...
Muslims at Fort Hood voice outrage
Members of Texas mosque say they hope good relations will prevail ...
US Senators Act to Force Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital
Seven United States senators have sponsored a bill that would abolish the “security” waiver that American Presidents have used to prevent implementing a 1995 law declaring that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel....
Son of Iran’s Shah urges civil disobedience
Iran's former crown prince backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" Saturday to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention....
Chinese PM reaches out to Muslims in Cairo
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticized for the treatment of its own Muslim minority....
Red Cross Involved in Attempted Arab Land-Grab
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), attempting to help Arabs in Samaria take over a plot of land bordering the Tapuach Junction checkpoint, says it will return tomorrow to complete the project. ...
Somali terrorists: Fire all women, don't promote democracy
Somali rebels' 11 commandments to aid groups ...
Egypt Islamists appalled by Beyonce concert
Singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," was due to perform in Egypt on Friday under tight security, at the Red Sea resort of Port Ghalib. ...
Fort Hood suspect's religion was an issue, family says
The bumper sticker reading "Allah is Love" was torn off and the car was keyed....
Al-Qaeda allies 'may carry out attacks'
Italy was susceptible to terror attacks by allies of the Al-Qaeda network, the interior minister Roberto Maroni said on Friday. Maroni warned there were terror cells that identified with Al-Qaeda and they had "authorisation" to carry out attacks in Italy. ...
Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition. ...
UN General Assembly Endorses Goldstone Report
The United Nations General Assembly formally voted to adopt the Goldstone Report on Thursday by a vote of 114-18, with 44 abstentions. ...
Netanyahu Challenges UN on Weapons Ship
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the terrorist weapon shipment captured in an IDF raid this week constituted a war crime, and criticized the United Nations for its failure to respond to the incident. He noted the timing of the weapons shipment, ...
Senior Muslim Cleric Convicted of Assault
Senior Israeli Muslim cleric Sheikh Raad Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, was convicted Thursday of rioting and of assaulting a police officer. ...
Soldier Opens Fire at Ft. Hood; 12 Dead
31 Others Wounded; Suspect - an Army Psychiatrist Reportedly Upset about Upcoming Deployment to Iraq - Killed by Police...
National Police penetrated by Taliban at 'every level'
The Afghan National Police have been penetrated by the Taliban “at every level” with officers poorly trained, corrupt and some addicted to drugs, a former Army officer has ...
Iran wants to be seen as regional power
Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is only intended to generate electricity, is an attempt to force the world to acknowledge it as a regional power, U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said late on Wednesday. ...
Egypt urges UN action if Israel rejects freeze
Egypt said on Thursday that if Israel continues to reject a freeze on Jewish settlement, then any new peace talks should be on the basis of a U.N. Security Council requiring it to leave the whole West Bank....
In Next War, All Israel Will Be One Front
In the next war, missiles will rain down on all of Israel, Major General (ret.) Uzi Dayan, the former Head of Central Command and head of the National Security Council, told Arutz Sheva Wednesday. ...
Official Deny Israel's History in Land of Israel
A Palestinian historian and a senior PLO official have denied that the Jewish nation has any historical connection to the Land of Israel, thus continuing the Palestinian Authority's ongoing historical revision....
Obama calls for new relationship with Iran
President Obama today called for a new relationship with Iran in a statement that marked the 30th anniversary of the takeover by Iranian militants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran....
Sexy Costumes Spark Halloween Raids in Indonesia's Kalimantan
A Halloween party in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Saturday night got more spooks than it hoped for when public order officers arrived to break up the festivities apparently because some of the young women were wearing costumes deemed too revealing. ...
Somali rebels ban musical ringtones on phones
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone....
Following Sharia, NY taxi driver boots same-sex lovebirds
An overzealous cabby allegedly booted a gay couple when he spotted the duo sharing a warm embrace in the back of his cold car. ...
Muslim men complaint after being ‘treated like terrorists’
A PARTY of Muslim men who claim they were singled out and treated like terrorists by airport police vowed last night to push for an independent investigation....
Iran police clash with demonstrators in Tehran
Iranian police fired teargas and made several arrests during clashes with opposition supporters who staged demonstrations in central Tehran on Wednesday, witnesses said. ...
Saudi troops line Yemen border after attack
Eleven Saudi schools were evacuated and military troops have been massed on the border with Yemen after gunmen killed a Saudi officer and injured 11others in the border region of Jazan. ...
Israeli navy Intercepts Weapons-Smuggling Ship Off Coast
The Israeli Navy intercepted a ship Tuesday night carrying camouflaged weapons apparently sent by Iran for Hizbullah terrorists. A special forces unit met no resistance and arrested those on board, ...
Clinton Is a Liar
A top advisor to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, considered to be a “moderate” and a peace partner by the U.S. government, has charged that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a “liar” who is being bribed by “Zionists.” ...
Italy school crucifixes 'barred'
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. ...
Clinic Apologizes for Telling Muslim Doctor: No Headscarf
A suburban Dallas medical clinic has apologized to a Muslim doctor for telling her during a job interview that she would not be allowed to wear her headscarf while at work....
Clinton offers U.S. aid to help boost Muslim ties
The United States will deliver on President Barack Obama's promise of a "new start" with the world's Muslims, offering fresh programmes to promote entrepreneurship,...
Moslem Threats Against Jerusalem Councilor
Jerusalem city councilor Yael Antebi has been threatened, via the social network Facebook, after taking action to reduce the noise level of the call to prayer from mosques in Shuafat, Anata and Beit Hanina....
Afghan leader extends hand to Taliban "brothers"
Afghanistan's re-elected President Hamid Karzai handed an olive branch Tuesday to his Taliban "brothers" and urged them to come home as he vowed to form an inclusive government and wipe out corruption after stern warnings from Western supporters....
Israeli population centers, under threat attack from Gaza
Terror organizations in the Gaza Strip have significantly improved their ability to attack Israeli population centers, according to a Tuesday assessment by Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin. ...
N. Korea raises stakes in nuclear threat
North Korea said Tuesday that it has completed reprocessing thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to get the US into direct negotiations. ...
Hamas Boasts of 'Jihadist Coordination'
Hamas leaders recently testified to the Goldstone investigative committee on Operation Cast Lead that their organization was not behind terrorist rocket attacks on Israel, and does not support such attacks...
Another honor killing in the United States
On Monday, November 2, 2009, Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20 years old,...
UK woman jailed for hiding bomb files in burka
A Moroccan woman who hid a computer memory stick in her burka containing thousands of files on making explosives, was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday after pleading guilty to possessing material likely to be useful to terrorists....
Pakistan troops capture key Taliban town
Pakistan's military spokesman said Monday that troops had taken full control of Kanigurram, one of the biggest towns in South Waziristan and formerly a key Taliban operational center as 33 people were killed in a large blast in Rawalpindi....
TV series by Muammar Al Qaddafi to broadcast
In hopes of deflecting Western media attacks against the Arab and Muslim world, Libyan leader Muammar Al Qaddafi has written a screenplay for a new drama series scheduled to broadcast next Ramadan....
33 people killed in Pakistan's Rawalpindi blast
At least 33 people, including 6 soldiers, have been killed and more than 60 others wounded on Monday in a large blast in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, near the army headquarters, Al Arabiya reported. ...
Iran Guards warn opposition against new rallies
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards warned the moderate opposition on Monday not to stage any rallies on Nov. 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran....
Militants blow up Pakistan girls school
Islamist militants blew up a girls school in Pakistan's lawless Khyber tribal district Sunday, destroying the building and wounding four people in neighbouring homes, officials said....
Saudi finds large arms cache linked to Qaeda
Saudi authorities have discovered an arms cache near the capital linked to an al-Qaeda cell dismantled in August, an interior ministry spokesman said on Sunday....
Somali group with al Qaeda ties threatens Israel
A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia....
Cleric warns of plots against Islamic establishment
A leading Iranian cleric has warned against the enemy's plots to damage the Islamic establishment and called for proper counter measures to be taken. ...
20,000 Bibles confiscated in Malaysia
Authorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as "Allah," Christian leaders said Thursday. ...
USA, Honor killings are on the rise
In what may be the first recorded instance of a Muslim wife attempting to murder her husband for not being pious enough, a Staten Island woman was charged this week with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. ...
Copts Fear More Muslim Violence
Egyptian security forces have intensified their presence in the Upper Egyptian town of Dairout, in anticipation of a recurrence of Muslim violence against Christians....
Two killed, four wounded in Thai south
SUSPECTED Islamic insurgents shot and killed two people and wounded three others in a bomb blast in Thailand's troubled Muslim-majority south, police said....
Abdullah pulls out from Afghan run-off vote
Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah announced on Sunday that he was pulling out of next weekend's run-off presidential election in Afghanistan because demands he made for a fair vote had not been met by the government and election officials....
112-year-old Somali weds girl ten times younger
A man claiming to be 112 married a 17-year-old at a ceremony in central Somalia, his sixth wedding in total but his first in three quarters of a century, he said....
S.Sudan president in first call for independence
South Sudan's president on Saturday urged southerners to choose independence in a referendum if they wanted to be free, the closest he has come to calling publicly for the separation of the oil-producing region....
Arabs Stone Jews Serving Eviction Papers
The final tally after an elderly Jewish man attempted to serve an eviction notice to Arab squatters on his Jerusalem property on Friday: ...
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. ...
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.”...
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., ...
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. ...
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....
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. ...
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....
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. ...
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....
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. ...
Muslim threats to Christians rise in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan | Christians in Pakistan are feeling increasingly insecure after several violent attacks by Muslim extremists in the past two months. ...
Mubarak says peace process ”can't take another failure”
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called on Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians where they broke off more than a year ago, warning that the peace process "can't take another failure."...
Arab Riots Continue in Jerusalem, Policeman Hurt
Arabs rioted in northern Jerusalem on Sunday night. Near the French Hill neighborhood, a group of young Arab men burned tires and threw rocks at passing cars....
Sudan's Bashir runs for president despite warrant
Sudan's ruling party nominated President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for re-election on Saturday despite an International Criminal Court warrant to arrest him for war crimes....
Thirty 'high-risk' terrorists to be released early
UP to 30 “high-risk” terrorists — including some of the most dangerous men in Britain — are due to be released from jail in the next year. ...
Temple Mount Closed; Jews Complain, Arabs Riot
The Temple Mount is closed to both Arabs and Jews, though many of the latter wished to visit the site in honor of the Sukkot holiday. ...
Israel Responds to Attack, Demolishes Gaza Weapons Plant
The air force demolished a weapons factory in Gaza on Saturday. The strike took place outside Gaza City. In addition, IAF planes hit two smuggling tunnels between southern Gaza and Egypt, destroying them....
UN rights body approves US-Egypt free speech text
GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council approved a U.S.-backed resolution Friday deploring attacks on religions while insisting that freedom of expression remains a basic right....
Al Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Could Attack U.S.
For the first time, the FBI director has stated on the record that the Al Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab is no longer content to strike within the East African nation of Somalia....
At least 34 killed in north Yemen clashes
At least 28 Shiite rebels, four Yemeni soldiers and two tribesmen were killed in the latest fighting in northern Yemen on the seventh week of an army offensive, local and military sources said on Saturday. ...
Gaza Strip: Israeli planes bomb tunnels, building
Israeli warplanes launched strikes on tunnels used for smuggling along the Gaza Strip-Egypt border ...
Quebec man convicted of 4 terrorism-related charges
A Quebec man was convicted on Thursday of four terrorism charges related to the plotting of attacks in Germany and Austria because of their military role in Afghanistan. ...
German police arrest man on terror charges
BERLIN, Germany — Investigators in Germany have arrested a 24-year-old man on terror-related charges....
Former Muslim receiving death threats
The Tulsa atheist was critical of all religions, including Islam, in a Tulsa World interview...
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Another Church Leader
Bantu woman shot after wife of militant confirmed she had Bibles....
Egypt deports Swedish reporter over Gaza march
Egypt deported a Swedish journalist on Thursday over his alleged involvement in a pro-Palestinian march, a security official told AFP. Cairo says journalist was planning pro-Palestinian protest ....
Husband Charged in Murder of Sterling Heights Woman
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - A man faced a judge in Sterling Heights on Tuesday, charged with murdering his wife. FOX 2 spoke to those close to the victim, who say domestic violence should not be taken lightly....
Iran Avoids Nuclear Talks at Geneva Meeting
Iranian delegates to nuclear talks in Geneva have announced that they are willing to discuss the Iranian nuclear program – if the discussion is part of a larger discussion on the subject of global nuclear disarmament....
Egypt Ponders Failed Drive for Unesco
CAIRO — For days after Egypt’s culture minister, Farouk Hosny, failed in his bid to lead the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Egyptian newspapers and government officials presented the defeat as a sign of Western prejudice against Islam and the Arab world, the product of an international Jewish conspiracy....
Al-Qaeda focused on Yemen as launchpad
Al-Qaeda has suffered setbacks due to U.S. pressure but its presence in Yemen threatens to turn that country into a dangerous base for training and plotting attacks, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday....
Iran meets the West in Geneva for nuclear talks
The US and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior US official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats. ...
Goldstone Will Make UN Irrelevant
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday continued the Israeli full frontal assault against the United Nations report compiled by retired South African Judge Richard Goldstone. ...
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. ...
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....
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....
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....
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)....
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. ...
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....
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Saudi lawyer seeks apology over Danish Mohammed row
COPENHAGEN - A Saudi lawyer has demanded a public apology from a number of Danish dailies that reprinted a controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed in February 2008, Danish media reported on Sunday....
Gaza Heats Up: Rockets Fired, Shots at Sea
The “Color Red” rocket warning system sounded in Sderot and surrounding communities on Monday night for the second night in a row as Gaza terrorists resumed their attacks....
Hamas Refuses UN Plan to Teach Holocaust
Hamas has condemned a United Nations decision to teach refugee children in Gaza about the Holocaust, saying it is a “lie invented by the Zionists” and would reinforce Israeli control over the Holy Land....
Israeli-Arab Plotted to Kill IDF Chief
An Israeli-Arab from Tira, Rawi Sultani, was indicted Monday morning for conspiring to kill senior Israeli officials, among them IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. ...
NATO Increasing its Watch on Iran
The North American Treaty Organization (NATO) is increasing its vigilance as the Islamic Republic continues its drive toward nuclear development, and it has begun to take a deeper interest in Iran's military capability....
Sirens Return to Sderot as Gaza Terrorists Fire Mortars
Residents of Sderot heard the familiar “Color Red” rocket warning siren on Sunday night after weeks of relative quiet as Gaza terrorists attacked. Terrorists fired an estimated four mortar shells toward Israeli towns adjacent to northern Gaza....
Hamas slams UN over Holocaust classes in Gaza
Hamas condemned the United Nations on Sunday for what it said was a plan to teach Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip about the Holocaust in its history books as Israel's prime minister slammed three Jewish religious schools for refusing to admit Ethiopian Jews....
Muslims kidnap eight Christians
Peshawar: Taliban of Pakistan have kidnapped 8 Christians in South Waziristan according to reports released by political agent of Waziristan Agency. The Christian were traveling in a truck from North Waziristan to South Waziristan when Taliban stopped them few miles away from Razmak, where they were living from decades....
In Defense of Muslim Convert to Christianity
The new Zionist American organization Z Street, founded only two months ago, has come out in defense of a Christian girl who is afraid her Muslim father will kill her. ...
UAE seizes ship with N Korea arms bound for Iran
N Korean arms ship heading to Iran seized in UAE...
Newly married woman raped and killed by Muslim thugs
Brief history of the case: Radha Rani Halder, a newly married Hindu woman of the Shariatpur District under Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh, was raped and killed by a group of Muslim miscreants on June 27, 2009. ...
Saudi anti-terror chief escapes murder attempt
Deputy interior minister survives Qaeda suicide bomb ...
Blasts in Baghdad ahead of Hakim funeral
A number of car bombs went off Thursday in Baghdad. The car bombs targeted primarily Iraqi soldiers in the city and a northern Baghdad suburb, killing one and injuring 19, police officials said, according to the AP. ...
Mortar Attack on Western Negev
Palestinian Authority terrorists in northern Gaza fired a mortar shell Thursday at a kibbutz in the Sha'ar HaNegev region of the western Negev....
PA Majority Rejects Fayyad's Plan
While Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has won praise from the West for unveiling a plan for a PA state, he faces opposition from within the PA parliament....
PA Sheikh Denies Existence of Holy Temple
Once again, the Palestinian Authority denies that the Holy Temple ever existed – despite a Waqf pamphlet from 1925 boasting proudly that the Temple Mount once housed Solomon's Temple....
Robbers armed with knives and an axe wear Muslim dress
Dressed from head to toe in a traditional Muslim woman's burkha, this is the moment a robber raided a travel agent. Brandishing a knife, he threatens the two women staff before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. ...
Egypt to Raise Gas Prices to Israel by 50%
The Israel Electric Company directorate is expected to approve an upgrade of its business relationship with Egypt’s gas company – at the expense of Israel’s largest gas company, Delek Energy....
Washington at loss over Gaddafi tent for UN
Libya's Gaddafi to pitch tent near Lockerbie relatives in NY ...
Hezbollah part of next govt: Lebanon's Hariri
Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri stressed on Tuesday Hezbollah will be part of the next cabinet "whether Israel likes it or not," as he called on the all parties to unite to form a coalition to face the country's challenges....
IDF Foils Terrorist Attack in Hevron
Soldiers shot and seriously wounded an Arab terrorist who tried to stab a soldier in Hevron shortly before noon Wednesday....
PA Police Active in Northern Jerusalem
PA police directed traffic in northern Jerusalem neighborhoods three times this past month – in violation of Israeli law and the Oslo Accords. A World Net Daily (WND) report documents other violations of Jerusalem’s sovereignty by the Palestinian Authority,...
Iraq withdraws Syria envoy after deadly attacks
While Qaeda claims responsibility for truck bombings that killed 95, Iraq on Tuesday ordered its ambassador to Damascus to return home and demanded that Syria hand over two senior Baathist leaders alleged to have ordered a deadly truck bombing in Baghdad....
Illegal Arab Migrant Workers a 'Platform for Terror'
The Israel Security Agency (Shabak, or Shin Bet) issued a special report this month on the involvement of illegal migrant workers from the Palestinian Authority in terrorist activities....
JBS, Muslims vow harmony
Just a day before the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month of fast and prayer for Muslims, talks between meatplant workers, union representatives and company officials continued in earnest....
PA Will Ask Int’l Court to Rule on ‘Occupation’
The Palestinian Authority is setting up a de facto state as a step to appeal to international courts to declare Israel an occupying power, according to James Hider,...
IDF Bombs Rafiah Tunnel after Attack South of Ashkelon
Israeli Air Force planes bombed a smuggling tunnel along the Egyptian border at Rafiah early Tuesday morning as the government continued tit-for-tat retaliation against Arab terrorist attacks on southern Israel....
Fayyad Plans PA State: Intl. Airport, Stronger Armed Forces
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is set to reveal his plan for the infrastructure and economy of a PA state in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. According to Reuters,...
Arab League Furious over Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount
The Arab League reacted with fury on this week to reports that a small group of Jews had prayed on the Temple Mount on Sunday. Secretary-General Amr Moussa termed the spontaneous prayer gathering “a violation of international law.”...
Mossad behind Hijacking Russian Ship with Arms for Iran
Israel’s Mossad secret service may have been behind the alleged hijacking of a Russian ship that reportedly sailed from Algeria with modern weapons headed for Iran, according to military journalist Arieh O’Sullivan, writing in The Media Line....
Israel won't accept limitations on its sovereignty in Jerusalem
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will make it clear in his discussions with US and European officials abroad that Israel will not accept any limitations on its sovereignty in Jerusalem,...
Saddam loyalist ”confessing” to stand behind Baghdad blasts
Iraq on Sunday showed a video of what it said was a follower of late president Saddam Hussein's Baath party confessing to organising one of the truck bomb atatcks last week in which 95 people died....
Peres Reveals Hizbullah Has 80,000 Missiles
Hizbullah has 80,000 rockets in its anti-Israeli arsenal, twice the number previously estimated, President Shimon Peres told the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai....
The jilbab or expulsion
Hamas has instructed schoolgirls in the Gaza Strip to wear the jilbab (Islamic long-sleeved dress) and head scarves or face being expelled from school. ...
Obama Plan: Temple Mount Under Arab-Muslim Sovereignty
The Middle East peace plan that United States President Barack Obama will unveil soon involves the creation of a Palestinian Authority state by 2011 and the transfer of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem [presumably including the Temple Mount – ed.] to Arab-Muslim sovereignty, Saudi newspaper Al-Ukaz has learned....
Overdraft of £200 for Infidels, only £15 for Muslims
Many Lloyds TSB customers are being hit with charges of up to £200 a month if they go into the red - while Muslims who use the bank are only being charged £15. ...
A Christian on the run in Egypt
Maher El Gohary is something his Muslim compatriots can't fathom: a convert to Christianity. He and his daughter live like fugitives, moving frequently to avoid those who'd like to see him dead....
Hakimullah Mehsud named as new Pakistan Taleban leader
After weeks of speculation and reports of infighting the Pakistan Taleban have appointed a top militant commander as their new chief to replace Baitullah Mehsud who was killed in a US missile attack. ...
US to give Red Cross names of terror suspects
The US military has begun notifying the Red Cross of the identities of terror suspects being held at camps in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to US media. ...
Indonesian Smugglers 'Hid Heroin In Koran'
A man and his mother-in-law have been arrested for attempting to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of heroin concealed within a copy of the Koran....
Saudi Arabia planning nuclear plant
With the world seemingly unable to stop Iran's nuclear march, other countries in the region are now pushing forward with their own plans to build nuclear power plants. ...
Libya says Lockerbie decision linked to UK trade deals
Tripoli: The release of the Lockerbie bomber was linked to trade deals with Britain, Libya said amid fresh controversy on Saturday around the Scottish decision to free Abdel Baset Al Megrahi. ...
Obama vows to bring peace in Ramadan message
US President Barack Obama has pledged "concrete actions" to build a world that is more peaceful and secure, in his Ramadan message sent out in a dozen of languages....
At least four policemen killed in two suicide attacks
Two deadly suicide attacks rocked the Chechen capital of Grozny Friday killing at least four policemen, Russian news agencies have reported. Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov told reporters that both attackers used bicycles. ...
Hezbollah Readies for War as UN Peacekeepers Can Only Observe
In a Lebanese village 10 miles west of the Israeli border, black-capped Hezbollah militiamen stand guard in front of a suspected weapons cache. ...
world is watching treatment of Abdul Ali al-Megrahi
The Foreign Secretary warned Libya today that its international reputation was at stake as the world watched its handling of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi's return home. ...
Baghdad: Two killed, 20 wounded in blast
Two people died and 20 were hurt when a bomb attached to a car went off at a market in southern Baghdad on Friday, police said. According to AFP,...
Yemen finds made in Iran arms
Yemeni army forces have found out six weapon caches belonging to al-Houthi's loyalists containing short-range missiles, shells and light machine guns some of them made in Iran. ...
Egyptian Coptic Christians Protest for Human Rights, Equality
On August 18, 2009 in Washington DC, Egyptian Christian Copts and their supporters protested on Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street near the White House as President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian Coptic leaders included...
Egyptian President's visit magnifies Christian, Muslim tension
WASHINGTON – What started off as a typical press conference turned into a heated exchange Monday when two Egyptian American Muslims challenged statements made by the Coptic Christian speakers. ...
French Muslim minister calls for total burka ban
A ban on wearing the all covering burka in France would stem the spread of what French minister Fadela Amara called the "cancer" of radical Islam, a report quoted her as saying Saturday. ...
Fatah Reveals New Revolutionary Council
The Fatah terrorist group that controls the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria revealed its new Revolutionary Council on Saturday after several days of counting and recounting votes. ...
Hamas Ends Challenge from Al-Qaeda Linked Terror Group
The head of the extreme Islamist Jund Ansar Allah (Warriors of G-d) terrorist organization blew himself up at his Gaza home on Saturday....
Islamist leader among 22 killed in Gaza fighting
Hamas fights radical sect declaring Islamic emirate in Gaza ...
Large blast rocks Kabul near US, UK embassies
Kabul blast comes five days ahead of presidential vote ...
21 killed, 15 aid workers kidnapped in Yemen
Yemen clashes kills 21, rebels abduct 15 aid workers ...
Nasrallah warns Israel
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stated Friday that Israel is no longer a nation that cannot be defeated and warned that if the Israeli army bombards Beirut or the southern suburbs Hizbullah will hit Tel Aviv. ...
Beirut braces for Hizbullah rally marking 'victory over Israel'
Hizbullah will mark three years since the "victory over Israel" in the Second Lebanon War with a rally in the Dahiya neighborhood in south Beirut on Friday evening. ...
All Fatah's Gaza leaders quit
Fatah appeared to be in turmoil on Thursday as a large number of its top representatives questioned the credibility of the elections that were held earlier this week for the faction's Central Committee. ...
Chechnya gunbattle kills 4 police, 2 militants
Chechen officials say four police officers have been killed in a gunbattle with militants near the capital Grozny that also left two insurgents dead. ...
Over 50 killed and wounded in Mosul blasts
Two suicide bombers blew up in a cafe in a town near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at leas 21 people, ...
Fatah Woes Continue as Elections Lead to Infighting
While the Fatah Conference in Bethlehem has come to a close, tension and bickering continues as various factions protest the results of the meeting. Several accusations and complaints have been aired following the announcement of elections results for Fatah's senior body, the Central Committee....
Hamas used civilians as human shields in Cast Lead
For the first time, an international human rights organization has publicly declared that there is evidence to indicate that war crimes were committed by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who allegedly used civilians as "human shields" during Operation Cast Lead. ...
Heavy clashes between army, rebels in northern Yemen
The Yemeni army attacked Shiite rebels near the Saudi border, using artillery and aircraft, local officials said Wednesday. ...
Israel: Two Wounded in Terror Attack
Two Israelis were wounded on Wednesday night in a terrorist shooting in the Binyamin region, located 20 miles north of Jerusalem. Samarian Residents' Council head Benny Katzover linked the dismantling of IDF checkpoints to attacks on Israeli civilians,...
Call for Death Penalty Rejected
Moussa Ibrahim Teet, who murdered 13 year old Shlomo Nativ in a savage terrorist attack, was sentenced to two life terms in prison Tuesday. ...
Attacks, Counterterror and False Accusations Against Hevron Jews
IDF forces carried out several successful counterterrorism operations overnight, even as Monday saw a few sporadic attacks on Jewish targets. Media claims that Jews perpetrated violent vandalism against Arabs in Hevron were found to be false - with the help of Hevron Arabs. ...
Gaza Regime Prepares Children For Death
Jerusalem — At a time when Israel continues to come under scathing criticism for the deaths of 22 children during Israel’s three week counter attack in Gaza last winter, the Gaza regime has been training teenagers as young as 14 in military camps throughout Gaza p....
Muslim gang extorting money from minority Hindus
When a family failed to pay up, the criminals began abducting young Hindu women to get families to pay a ransom for them. Now a Muslim gang member is threatening to marry a young Hindu woman without her consent. Human rights activist calls on the government to intervene....
Bibi: Gaza Attacks Will be Answered
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Israel would not accept rocket attacks from Gaza, “not even a trickle.” The military will respond quickly to each and every attack, he said....
Up date, More than 200 killed in Iraq
Car bombing attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 45 people on Monday, police sources said. According to Reuters, ...
Egyptian envoy's security bolstered
The level of security around Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen was raised Monday after Egyptian security forces uncovered a plot to assassinate him, Channel 2 and other media outlets reported. ...
Israeli warplanes strike tunnel following rocket attacks
Israeli warplanes bombed a tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early Monday in response to Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks against Israeli targets on Sunday. ...
We Will Take Jerusalem – by Peace or by Force
The Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, re-elected in the fractured party convention in Bethlehem Saturday night, concluded all of Jerusalem is a “red line” for the PA. ...
Hamas Tests Rockets to Hit Tel Aviv
Hamas is testing an improved Kassam rocket that can reach the Tel Aviv area. It also resumed fire on the Western Negev Sunday morning, striking the agricultural Kibbutz Alumim, whose fields border the Gaza separation fence. No injuries or damage was reported....
Somalia: Hizbul Islam denounces US government
Hizbul Islam one of the Islamists factions in the Somali capital Mogadishu and an opponent to the government of Somalia led by his Excellency Sheikh Shariff Sheikh has on Saturday released an official communiqué in a written form saying that they are absolutely against the American involvement in the Somalia politics. ...
Fatah Faces Multiple Fractures
As the Fatah conference in Bethlehem continues past its original Thursday deadline, new rifts within the party have been revealed. Besides fears voiced prior to the conference regarding a split between Fatah's “old guard” and younger members, it is becoming clear that various Fatah branches are growing apart due to geographical separation....
Separate attacks in Chechnya leave 2 police officers dead
GROZNY, (RIA Novosti) - Two police officers were killed in Chechnya on Friday, one when the convoy he was traveling in came under fire from militants and the second when a bomb exploded in the capital....
Hamas holds Fatah chiefs as key vote
Hamas on Friday briefly arrested a number of senior Fatah members in the Gaza Strip a day before the rival secular movement is planning to hold a key leadership vote, Fatah said....
Somali pirate Clan gunmen clash kills 17 people
Gun battles between clan militiamen killed at least 17 people and wounded 30 on Saturday at a pirate stronghold on the coast of Somalia, witnesses said....
Indonesia police kill man suspected to be Noordin
JAKARTA - Indonesian police have shot dead a man suspected to be fugitive...
Pakistan confirms death of nation's Taliban chief
Baitullah Mehsud killed in US attack on father-in-law’s house. Pakistan confirmed on Friday that the country's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is killed in a missile strike and that his body was buried in South Waziristan....
Iraq: At least 37 Shiites killed in blasts
A suicide car bomb devastated a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, one of a number of attacks Friday that killed at least 37 Shiite pilgrims. ...
Lebanon Ignores UN as Barak Issues Warning
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said Thursday that Hizbullah's growing weapons supplies are “an internal matter”. Salloukh's statement was seen as a response to accusations that Lebanon has failed to implement a United Nations resolution that would prohibit Hizbullah from rearming....
Bomb attacks kill at least 15 wound 74 in Iraq
At least 15 people were killed and 74 others were wounded in Iraq on Friday in a series of bomb attacks aimed at Shiite pilgrims marking a key religious ceremony, Iraqi police said....
Fatah Accuses Israel of Killing Arafat
The Fatah party, which is meeting in Bethlehem, beat the incitement drum Thursday and accused Israel of being responsible for the “assassination” of Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004. ...
Pakistani Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud Is Dead
U.S., Pakistani Officials Await DNA Tests for '100 Percent' Confirmation...
Somali terror suspects 'new to mosque'
SOMALI terror suspects Saney Edow Aweys, Yacqub Khayre and Abdirahman Ahmed began attending the controversial 8 Blacks prayer centre in North Melbourne this year, only a few months before they were charged with plotting a terrorist attack....
How 3 pastors were beheaded, eyewitness
One of the victims of last week’s attack by the Yusufiya sect in Borno State has given a shocking account of how the Islamic extremists killed three pastors who were captured along with other victims on the second day of the insurgence. The victim was among those held hostage in Yusuf’s enclave....
Afghan car bombs kill 21 going to wedding
A roadside bomb struck a tractor carrying people to a wedding in southern Afghanistan, killing 21 civilians in one of the deadliest strikes in weeks, Afghan officials said on Thursday....
Algiers calms after fighting with Chinese traders
The streets of Algiers are deserted Thursday following clashes between Chinese and Algerian traders, but the tension is palpable despite comments by Beijing's envoy describing the unrest as an isolated incident....
US seeks to bolster Somalia's weak government
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Somalia's president on Thursday, showing U.S. support for a fragile government which is battling against militants including al-Shabaab insurgents....
Ahmadinejad dismisses US stance on his election
US refuses to congratulate Iran’s president on victory ...
Anti-Semitic Saudi chief imam feted in London
Senior cleric of Mecca’s Grand Mosque speaks at East London Mosque...
Blasphemy’ claims three more victims
Factory owner killed by workers for ‘desecrating holy Quran’ in Sheikhupura...
Hezbollah can strike Tel Aviv
Lebanon's Hezbollah has stockpiled more than 40,000 rockets and has ground missiles capable of hitting Tel Aviv, The Times of London said. Hezbollah has stockpiled more than 40,000 rockets....
Ahmadinejad swears in at parliament
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran's president on Wednesday, nearly eight weeks after a disputed election that unleashed the worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic revolution and divided the political and clerical elite....