Syria’s Assad promises crackdown and reforms

15 years ago

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday blamed "foreign planning" for a 10-month-old popular uprising in which thousands of people have…

Islamists Dominate Egypt Parliament

15 years ago

Consolidating their gains in the country’s first free elections, Egypt’s Islamists have won two-thirds of seats in the first parliament…

‘Rising Voice against Despotism; Forbiddance Vice’

15 years ago

Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunna in Zahedan, Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdul Hameed, began his latest Friday sermon reciting: «وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاء بَعْضٍ…

A Guantanamo guard’s conversion to Islam

15 years ago

TERRY Colin Holdbrooks Jnr has never been a conformist. When his grandmother woke him up on September 11, 2001, to…

France fines six Muslim women for wearing niqab

15 years ago

France has fined six Muslim women for wearing veils since a ban on face-covering veils took effect in April, French…

NY Mosque Attacker Hates Muslims, Arabs

15 years ago

A Queens man charged in a series of attacks targeting a New York Islamic center and other homes has cited…

Internet cafe, a threat to youngsters

15 years ago

I happened to visit an Internet cafe in my locality a few days ago in the morning, as net service…

Friday sermons in Turkey to be translated into English

15 years ago

Religious Affairs Directorate President Mehmet Görmez has said his directorate plans to get the Friday sermons delivered at historical İstanbul…

China Muslims Decry Mosque Demolition

15 years ago

Chinese Muslims have decried the demolition of a century-old mosque in the country’s northwest, warning that the move could fuel…

Taliban Eye Qatar Office for Afghan Peace

15 years ago

In their first public gesture toward peace talks with the United States, the Afghan Taliban are planning to open a…