The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Norway, but hopes Iranian authorities will allow him eventually to return to his practice.
The Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Mohamed Sobeih on Saturday condemned the digging up of what he said were Muslim graves in Jerusalem's Mamillah cemetery by Israeli authorities.
A “women-only†ship, complete with a nun and a heavily pregnant mother, has cleared political and technical obstacles and is set to sail for Gaza, presenting Israel with a new challenge.
With the heated debates regarding the planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York making headlines in recent weeks,
Next stops for Feisal Abdul Rauf, imam of the plan for a mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero: Courtesy of the U.S. State Department, Rauf — a.k.a. Imam Feisal – is scheduled to spend the rest of the summer on a swing through the petro-dollar palaces of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, and Qatar.
Developer owns only part of site
Arabs' belief that U.S. President Barack Obama could deliver on promises for a “new beginning†have been dashed, an annual survey of public opinion in Middle Eastern countries shows.
Lebanese politicians reacted angrily Saturday to what they alleged was “a campaign to prevent the army from being properly equipped.â€
Fearing Israeli retribution for missile attacks on Ashkelon and Eilat, Gaza terror gang Islamic Jihad has joined Hamas in denying any connection to the attacks.
Temple Institute in Jerusalem says plan by a controversial Brazilian Pentecostal church to build a mammoth $200 million Holy Temple replica is “self-aggrandizement.â€