• Brotherhood calls on US to end Iraq, Afghan invasions

    Published on : 03 05 2011

    Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday that U.S. soldiers should be withdrawn from Afghanistan and Iraq after the killing of Osama bin Laden, that US accused of ordering the Sept. 11 attacks and launched two U.S.-led invasions into Muslim countires.

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  • Death toll rises as Syria crackdown continues

    Published on : 01 05 2011

    Syrian forces have continued their military crackdown in the flashpoint city of Deraa, seizing control of a mosque and shooting dead the son of its imam, witnesses say.Four people were reportedly killed as the southern city came under heavy shelling and gunfire on Saturday, as residents attempted to bury those killed a day earlier during […]

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  • Scores killed on Syria’s ‘day of rage’

    Published on : 30 04 2011

    Dozens of people have been shot dead by Syrian security forces, activists claim, as tens of thousands took part in anti-government rallies dubbed a “day of rage”.Activists said at least 50 protesters were killed across the country on Friday, although Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the death toll.

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  • Turkish PM toughens criticism on Syria unrest, sending envoy

    Published on : 28 04 2011

    Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan toughened his criticism on Tuesday over Syria’s violent crackdown on demonstrators and said he was sending an envoy to meet President Bashar al-Assad and encourage him to move towards democracy.

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  • Global pressure on Assad to end violence

    Published on : 27 04 2011

    As the Syrian government intensifies its crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, the international community steps up its pressure on president Bashar al-Assad to stop the bloodletting.

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  • US Detains Innocents in Gitmo: WikiLeaks

    Published on : 26 04 2011

    A new cache of 700 classified military documents released by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks shows that the United States is holding scores of innocent people in the Guantanamo detention camp.

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  • Toll rises as army storms Syrian towns

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    Syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy armour have stormed the southern town of Deraa and also Douma, a suburb of the capital Damascus, resulting in many deaths and dozens of arrests.

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  • British Muslims appeal for help for only mosque in Exeter

    Published on : 25 04 2011

    British Muslims living in the South West of England appeal for help from fellow Muslims to complete the mosque project, which is the only mosque of Exeter.

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  • Mubarak to be moved to military hospital

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    Egypt’s prosecutor general has ordered that Hosni Mubarak, the former president, be moved from his hospital in a Red Sea resort town to a military medical facility.

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  • Anti-Quran Pastor Jailed Over Mosque Rally

    Published on : 23 04 2011

    A Detroit court has ordered controversial anti-Qur’an pastor Terry Jones to be sent to jail for harming peace over his planned anti-Islam rally in Dearborn, a ruling that failed to satisfy Muslims and rights activists.

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