In a bid to lure Taliban into a peaceful reconciliation in Afghanistan, the UN Security Council removed 14 former Taliban members from its sanctions list.

Leaving a power vacuum in southern Afghanistan, Ahmad Wali Karzai, a controversial half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was shot dead on Tuesday, July 12, probably by one of his inner circle, Reuters reported.

The Eminent Shaikh Abdul Hameed, khateeb of Sunnis has said that our responsibility over the world has become more important than any other time. He was delivering his sermon at the end of 20th annual ceremony of Darululoom Zahedan’s graduates on Thursday, 30 June 2011.

Due to shut down of the regional Internet system, “SunniOnline” has not been updated since June 26, Sunday.

A number of Libyan revolutionaries have finished military training courses in the city of Misratah to further continue their fight against loyalists of the country’s ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Turkey’s Department of Religious Affairs and China’s Islamic Association signed a cooperation protocol on Wednesday.The agreement was signed by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Head Mehmet Gormez and Chen Guangyuan, the head of China’s Islamic Association.

At least six policemen have been killed or left injured when a bomber blew himself up near a police checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province.

The Libyan government says 19 civilians have been killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s top officials, a day after the Western military alliance admitted killing civilians in a separate attack.

A court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison after finding them guilty of embezzlement and other charges.

Bringing back bad memories of the Soviet repression, the Tajik parliament passed a bill last week that would ban children and adolescents from attending mosques, drawing sharp criticism from Muslim leaders as a crackdown on religious freedom.