Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Affairs Ministry has distanced itself from the prominent religious scholar who had tortured his five-year-old daughter, Lamaa, to death. “Luma’s father is not among the scholars officially registered with us,” Shaikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Guidance, told Saudi Al-sharq newspaper. “We
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government is suggesting that the country’s new constitution be based on the principles of Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood’s website published on Monday the draft of the new constitution, which was put together by a special committee numbering 100 members, the majority of which are members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the
Kurdish militiamen and residents have wrested control of yet another town in northeastern Syria near the Turkish and Iraqi borders, in what an activist said was part of an anti-Turkey “dirty game” by the regime. Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday outside the town of Derik’s security headquarters, the last building abandoned by the army
So far, the world's leaders seem to be backing Israel's defensive action in Gaza. U.S. President Barack H. Obama and EU Foreign Policy chief Katherine Ashton both expressed understanding, if not support, for Israel's situation, and for the need to break the back of Hamas and other Gaza terror groups that have rained thousands of
Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba….All southern Israel cities are again under a heavy rocket war from Hamas-controlled Gaza. There are Israelis traumatized and injured, schools and houses destroyed, cities and towns terrorized. 15,000 Gazan rockets have fallen on Sderot and Ashkelon since Israel tragically uprooted Gush Katif in 2005. The sense of possible death has
A Saudi women’s rights activist said on Monday she has filed a lawsuit against the interior ministry over a decree banning women from obtaining driving licenses in the ultra-conservative kingdom, AFP reported. Nassima al-Sadah is the third woman to file such a lawsuit this year over the rule, which enforces a traditional ban on
IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Yoav (Poly) Mordechai held a press conference Wednesday night and addressed the military operation in Gaza. He said the operation was launched "After a long period of several years of unbearable fire aimed at residents of the south, which has intensified even more in recent weeks, including launches aimed at communities
The IAF fired a missile at a car in Gaza Wednesday, killing the commander of Hamas's "military" terror wing, Ahmed Jaabari. Israel's TV Channel 2 says his son was also killed. There are reports that Raed al-Atar, Commander of Hamas's southern division, has also been killed. Hamas responded by saying that it was
In a televised statement, presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said that Morsi has also summoned the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to convey Egypt's rejection of the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. "The president has ordered the Egyptian representative at the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting at the Security Council. In a phone call
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal maintains a residence in Qatar, while the Taliban opened their first representation in a foreign country in its capital, Doha. A hateful wind emanating from the small Islamic emirate is now blowing toward Europe, a wind accompanied by an ocean of poisonous, oily, bloody money - all coming from the
