Muslim World

‘Blind Sheikh’ Omar Abdel-Rahman dies in US aged 79

Egyptian Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, the founder and the spiritual leader of the Cairo-based Gamaa Islamiya (Islamic Group) movement, died at…

9 years ago

15 killed, 90 injured in separate blasts in Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed, including eight police personnel, and over 90 injured in two separate blasts in northwest…

9 years ago

Israel’s anti-Adhan bill to fuel extremism, OIC warns

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a fresh Israeli attempt to ban the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan)…

9 years ago

UN: NATO air raids kill 18 civilians in Helmand

Civilians, mostly women and children, were killed last week in air raids by NATO forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province, an…

9 years ago

Taliban suicide bomber kills six in Afghanistan’s Helmand

At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who had…

9 years ago

At Least Seven Killed in Sadr-Launched Take to Street in Baghdad

At least seven people were killed in fierce clashes that erupted in central Baghdad on Saturday between security forces and…

9 years ago

Amnesty: Up to 13,000 executed at Syria jail in 4 years

The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail…

9 years ago

Suicide bomber kills 20 at Afghanistan’s top court

A suicide bomber on foot ripped through a crowd of Afghan Supreme Court employees Tuesday, killing at least 20 people…

9 years ago

Air strikes hit Syria’s rebel-held Idlib city, 15 dead

At least 15 people died in air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib on Tuesday, in some of…

9 years ago

Why Mecca’s marble flooring’s cool to touch

For anyone who has performed the Umrah or Hajj pilgrimages, they will have probably noticed the coolness under foot when…

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