Police Brutality in Egypt
Egypt denies police shot live fire at protesters and nerve gas despite videos of rifle fire and doctors reports of severe skin disorders.
Kuwaiti Shaykh Explains and Justifies Islamic “Pleasure Marriages”
explains and justifies the Islamic practice of zawaj al-mut'a,
Muslim Brotherhood plies strategic path in Egypt
The fears of some, about an Islamic state, are legitimate and not based on nothing
More banks aim to join world’s first Sharia-compliant interbank benchmark
Meanwhile, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) since 1986 was used in Islamic contracts as price reference, but has been widely criticized for still using interest-rates.
Russia Saber-Rattling at US NATO European Nuclear Shield
Russia says it will aim its missiles at the US European nuclear shields deployed in Europe unless Washington addresses its concerns.
Russia Sent Syria Super-Advanced S-300 Missiles
A report Thursday said that Russia has supplied Syria with advanced S-300 missiles, and has sent advisers to help Syria run the system.
UNESCO Accepts Syria for Human Rights Committees
UNESCO's executive board has unanimously approved Syria's membership on two human rights committees.
Al-Qaeda’s defeat depends on the demise of two remaining ‘high-value’ leaders
U.S. officials said that Zawahiri is a more pragmatic leader than his predecessor, with a firmer grasp of the ground-level difficulties faced by the organization’s estimated few hundred remaining followers in Pakistan.
Islamophile Illusions
In an essay of 27 October, Rune Berglund Steen, head of communications at the Centre against Racism, claims that one can turn my original question on its head and ask whether Christians are able to live in harmony with their neighbors.
A Taqiyya Amplifier
errors about Islam and the Koran