A U.S. Army soldier wants to leave the military service as a conscientious objector based on his beliefs as a Muslim, but he says he's concerned he may be deployed to Afghanistan anyway.
Reza Aslan is a contributing editor at The Daily Beast. He is the author of No God But God and Beyond Fundamentalism.
Two weeks ago, I wrote that the arguments against the construction of the Cordoba Initiative center in lower Manhattan were so stupid and demagogic as to be beneath notice.
Supreme Leader's military adviser says Islamic regime's response to possible attack on reactor should be all-out, adds that Israel or US attack unlikely.
Egyptian paper reports that Cairo officials could lose $12b. on deal.
Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal urged the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders on Tuesday to boycott the resumption early next month of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to be hosted by Washington.
A sarcastic article by a Moroccan blogger about French-style fasting sparked outrage in several Muslim countries when circulated as news while the French president was accused of attacking one the main pillars of Islam.
Arab rock-throwers in the Palestinian Authority attacked an Israeli car south of Hevron, sending a baby to the hospital.
Reporters were scratching their heads Monday as they tried to break through non-answers and flowery talk about the trumpeted “direct talks†between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Al-Shabaab fighters shot dead 30 people, including six members of parliament, in a suicide attack on a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, Somalia's deputy prime minister said.