TEHRAN- Following the issuance of some illegal orders by the Iranian government in the name of “Reformation of Sunni Seminaries” which has been named newly “Council of Sunni Seminaries’ Schematization,” Sunni parliamentarians wrote a letter to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenehi.

Boosted by the success of Islamists in neighboring countries, a leading Islamist party in Algeria plans to quit the ruling coalition and press for constitutional reforms.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the Maldivian capital of Male to urge the government to enforce Islamic law and halt anti-Islamic activities, including a plan to allow direct flights to Israel, Agence France Presse reported on Saturday, December 24.

A number of innocent people were killed last month in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrikes in Paktia, Kandahar and Kapisa provinces, investigators said on Saturday.

Taliban militants claim that they have shot down a US-led chopper operated by NATO in war-torn Afghanistan’s troubled south.

A Malaysian Muslim woman  was crowned Monday, December 19, the best preacher in a televised reality TV show that aims to change conservative mindset about the role of women in Muslim societies.

A NATO spokesman says the US-led forces will continue nighttime attacks in Afghanistan despite widespread condemnation of the raids by Afghan people and officials.

ZAHEDAN/MASHHAD- The eminent Islamic scholar and senior teacher of Darululoom Zahedan, Shaikh Hafedh Muhammad Ali Shahbakhsh, was released on bail in northern city of Iran, Mashhad, on Wednesday evening Dec. 14, 2011.

A senior Afghan official has accused Britain of involvement in illicit narcotics trade in Afghanistan, Press TV reports.

Seven NATO oil tankers have gone up in flames and a truck driver has been killed in another militant attack in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan.