Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has said that Israel must choose between “peace and the continuation of illegal settlements” in the occupied territories if it wants international talks to succeed.

CAIRO (Al Arabiya) Egypt’s al-Azhar on Saturday released a statement strongly criticizing a senior Coptic bishop for saying that some verses in the Quran, the Muslim holy book, were inserted at a date after it was first written down.

NEW YORK: Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years of imprisonment by a US federal court in Manhattan on Thursday, after she was convicted of firing at US troops in Afghanistan while in their custody and other six charges brought against her.

As religious leaders in this great country, we have come together in our nation’s capital to denounce categorically the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry being directed against America’s Muslim community. We bear a sacred responsibility to honor America’s varied faith traditions and to promote a culture of mutual respect and the assurance of religious freedom […]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli security guard killed a Palestinian in an Arab neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, triggering clashes between police and rioters, including in the compound of the al-Aqsa mosque.

WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) runs an Afghan paramilitary force that hunts down al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in covert operations in Pakistan, a US official said on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, three youth were martyred Wednesday due to the continued acts of Indian state terrorism by Indian paramilitary forces and police personnel.

Ten people have been killed and 57 more injured in a bomb blast on a military parade in  the northwestern Iranian town of Mahabad, according to Arabic-language television, Al-Alam.

GAZA : Hamas on Tuesday condemned Egypt’s arrest of one of its top officials, calling it an “extremely dangerous” move by Cairo.

Leaders of prominent U.S. Muslim groups called Monday for a national week of interfaith dialogue to combat religious intolerance and said they support the right to build a controversial Islamic center near ground zero.