The majority of weapons secretly shipped to Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar go to hardline Islamic rebel groups rather than more secular organizations favored by the West, The New York Times reported Monday. Citing unnamed officials, the newspaper said this was the conclusion reached in classified reports presented to President
Iran is upset over the European Union's decision to shut down all 19 Iranian satellite channels carried by Eutelsat, including Press TV and the Al-Alam channel in Arabic. Iran's satellite channels carried a statement Tuesday denouncing the decision as a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of expression, Voice of Israel public radio
Egyptian security forces raided the home of a man who planned to assassinate Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during his visit to Alexandria last Friday, the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported Tuesday. The motive for the attempted murder of the Muslim Brotherhood president is not yet known. Police arrested the suspect and confiscated ammunition,
Residents of al-Serw in the northeastern Egyptian governorate of Damietta declared the city an independent state in protest of the contamination of potable water. Angry protestors rallied Saturday in front of al-Serw municipality building to express their discontent because neither the governorate nor the water company responded to their requests about replacing the old
A Roman Catholic cardinal has caused uproar at the Vatican by screening a spurious YouTube video that makes alarmist predictions about the growth of Islam in Europe. The seven-minute clip, called “Muslim Demographics,” was the talk of an international gathering of bishops on Monday, two days after Cardinal Peter Turkson screened it during a
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called the Security Council on Monday to take strong measures against the Hizbullah terror group, after it launched a drone into Israel. “Some countries that are sitting around the Council’s table continue to provide free rein to Hizbullah to raise money as if it were the
Iranian police, termed “Iran’s Gestapo” by a Christian news site, has arrested between 100 and 400 Christians and thrown them into prisons. Firouz Khandjani, a council member of the 'Church of Iran' house church movement, told the Christian BosNewsLife website, "We have learned that at least 100, but perhaps as many as 400 people,
Just days after Lebanon-based Hizbullah terrorists boasted of sending an Iranian drone to spy on Israel, the Jewish State unveiled its new and improved UAV, the "Shoval." The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and is being used in sea surveillance by the Israeli Air Force and Navy. The
An estimated 10,000 Muslims protested outside of Google’s offices in London in an attempt to force the company to remove “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Islam film that has gained notoriety for mocking the prophet Mohammed, from YouTube in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph reported. Masoud Alam, the organizer of the London protests, told the
A coalition of pro-freedom groups is responding to an advertising campaign in the D.C. mass transit system that seeks to quash the freedom of speech. The coalition, which includes representatives from Christian, Jewish, and secular human rights groups, is calling on Metro to donate proceeds from the deceptive Islamic supremacist ad campaign to a charity
