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.
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.
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.
Is It Permissible To Join A Kaafir Army?
In the years since 9/11, we have seen a serious re-defining and whitewashing of what our deen is and is not. Since the Ft Hood shootings, and even before that, we have seen many Muslim organizations refer to US troops which are occupying Muslim lands, as “our troopsâ€.
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.