In recent days, five young Moroccan men set themselves on fire in front of a government building in Rabat to protests unfair economic condition in their country, adding to the tally for January which also saw self-immolations in Tunisia, Bahrain and Jordan.
The incident took place Wednesday on the sidelines of an ongoing protest by unemployed university graduates, the latest in a string of self-immolations across the region since the start of the Arab Spring more than a year ago.
The following is a detailed analysis of the Iranian Constitution, beginning with the arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini in power in Iran in 1979:
An eye-witness indicated that the reason behind this new violent and aggression against Copttic community was to clear the area for the construction of a mosque.
Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) notes with sorrow the one hundred dead in Syria in the recent and ongoing series of kidnappings and murders of Christians. SION President Pamela Geller said in a statement: "We deplore the manifest lack of respect for human life and the dignity of the human person. We call upon the United Nations Security Council and UN Commission on Human Rights to schedule an immediate meeting to discuss how to protect the Christians of Syria."
Military officials in Bangladesh say they quashed an attempt by former and active officers to overthrow the government and impose Sharia Law
The Quds Force, established during the Iran-Iraq war, is in charge of external security operations aimed at exporting the Islamic Revolution.
The South split from Sudan in July, taking with it 75 percent of the country’s oil production of 470,000 barrels per day, but despite its oil wealth the new state lacks the infrastructure to refine and export oil.
Hamas said Dweik was taken into custody at a checkpoint near the city of Ramallah. It accused Israel of trying to undermine moves by Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to end four years of bitter rivalry and unite the two main Palestinian factions.
Al-Ahram newspaper reported Thursday that a safe containing radioactive material was stolen from a site in Al-Dabaa, on the Mediterranean coast.
