Muslims to hold summit over Ground Zero Islamic center
Meeting aims to discuss ways to combat religious bigotry; top Islamic leader says American Muslims now throwing their support behind Park51.
Hizbullah successfully tests new missile in Iran
Iranian "Fatah 110" has a range of 200 km, capable of reaching Ashdod, Jerusalem; Lebanese terror group reportedly has list of priority targets.
Gunmen in Delhi attack tourists near mosque
Gunmen on motorbikes shot at a tourist bus near the main mosque in the Indian capital on Sunday, wounding two Taiwanese visitors in an attack only weeks before the city hosts the Commonwealth Games.
Ahmadinejad condemns “crime†against Bruni
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has condemned as a "crime" attacks against France's first lady Carla Bruni by a leading hard-line newspaper which called her a "prostitute."
New Islamic ruling on singing stirs debate
A religious ruling by the president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, Dr. Yousef al-Qardhawi, permitting the singing of females stirred debate within Islamic religious circles where playing music and singing were perceived for long as forbidden by the Shariah law, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.
Mauritanian troops kill 12 Qaeda fighters
Mauritanian military forces killed at least 12 members of al-Qaeda's North African wing and suffered several fatalities in fighting along the border with Mali, a Mauritanian security source said on Saturday.
Canadian man convicted in Air India bomb case
A Canadian man who admitted helping make the bomb that destroyed Air India Flight 182 was found guilty on Saturday of perjury during the trial of two other men accused of history's deadliest airline bombing.
Clinton’s ‘Peace Partner Syria’ Hosts Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Syria on his way to the United States Saturday, two days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent U.S. envoy George Mitchell to Damascus and Beirut for peace talks. Both countries are declared enemies of Israel.
Iran Threatens Israel Once Again
Iranian and Syrian leaders meet for two hours at Damascus airport on Yom Kippur. "No room for Israel in the Middle East," Ahmadinajad says.
USCIRF to Egypt: Bring Sectarian Killers to Justice
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called on the Egyptian government to ensure the resumption tomorrow of the trial of the men charged with seven murders in the small town of Naga Hammadi in southern Egypt. Court proceedings have been postponed numerous times since February.