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.
Abbas Warns of ‘Holy War’ over Rachel’s Tomb
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warns of a “holy war†over Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem. Muslims claim it is a 1,000-year-old mosque, although Islam - only 1,300 years old itself - began publicly claiming the site only 44 years ago. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Abbas of “hypocrisy.â€
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.â€
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.