Monthly Archives: October 2009

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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" 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.

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.

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.