August 8, 2008Islamabad- The party of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday it is rejoining the Cabinet, a gesture of solidarity now that the bickering coalition partners have agreed to seek President Pervez Musharr... Read More

August 8, 2008Hartford- A new census of Muslim congregations is reviving controversies over how many Muslims are in the USA, how they are counted and why it matters. For minority religious groups, particularly Muslims an... Read More

August 8, 2008Brussels- NATO, the European Union and the United States called for an immediate end to fighting in Georgia's South Ossetia region and urged direct talks between the sides.Russia sent forces into Georgia on... Read More

August 8, 2008Amsterdam- Dutch people are less negative about the presence of Muslims in their midst. That's the significant finding in a survey of 1100 Dutch adults carried out by TNS NIPO. MuslimsNIPO has carried out s... Read More

August 8, 2008New York- Aafia Siddiqui cut a ghostly figure in a New York courtroom this week -- not surprisingly for someone who during five years seemed to have vanished from the face of the Earth.US prosecutors say Si... Read More

August 7, 2008Islamabad- Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, alleging the U.S.-backed former general had "eroded the trust of the nation" and increasing ... Read More

August 7, 2008Washington- Federal investigators said Wednesday that they had found the man responsible for the "worst act of bio-terrorism in U.S. history" and pointed to Bruce Ivins, a government scientist, as the "sole... Read More

August 7, 2008Tehran- The UN atomic watchdog's number two held a new round of talks on Thursday on Iran's nuclear drive as Western governments said the time had come for the Security Council to impose more sanctions.Olli... Read More

August 7, 2008Washington, DC- Barack Obama's national Muslim outreach coordinator has resigned amid a controversy of over his connections to a man who the Justice Department named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the r... Read More

August 7, 2008Beijing- Moroccan Olympic gold medalist Nawal El Moutawakel has become the first Muslim woman elected to the IOC's powerful executive board.El Moutawakel won her seat unopposed on Thursday after Puerto Rica... Read More

August 6, 2008Guantanamo Bay- A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay has reached a split verdict in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin Laden, clearing him of some counts but convicting him o... Read More

August 6, 2008Ankara- Oil flow through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was cut Wednesday after an explosion sparked a fire in a section in eastern Turkey, local officials told Anatolia news agency.The incident occurred ... Read More

August 6, 2008Nouakchott- Troops staged a coup in the West African nation of Mauritania on Wednesday, arresting the president and prime minister and shutting down state radio and television, security sources said.Troops ... Read More

August 6, 2008Hiroshima-The mayor of Hiroshima on Wednesday urged the next US president to work to abolish atomic weapons as the city marked the 63rd anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack.Some 45,000 people, in... Read More

August 5, 2008New York- A Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three, who is accused of Al-Qaeda links and shooting at US officers in Afghanistan, was due to face a New York court Tuesday in a case sparking protests in... Read More

August 5, 2008Tehran- Iran on Tuesday again ignored calls to give a final answer to a package presented by world powers to end the nuclear standoff, prompting calls for new sanctions to punish its defiance.Six weeks afte... Read More

August 5, 2008Seattle- If Barack Obama wins Washington in November, a Lynnwood man possibly will become the first Muslim presidential elector in U.S. history. Jeff Siddiqui, a real estate agent who lives in Lynnwood, is ... Read More

August 5, 2008Youngstown- Barack Obama and John McCain continue to hammer each other today on energy policy, both knowing that high gas prices have the attention of voters. Democrat Obama holds town halls in Youngstown a... Read More

August 5, 2008Sydney- Olympic officials have apparently succeeded in convincing US federal courts to shut down two websites selling Beijing Olympic tickets that turned out to be fakes. The sites, beijingticketing.com and... Read More

August 4, 2008New Delhi- At least 133 people were killed in a stampede Sunday as panicked worshippers tried to flee a crowded mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India, officials said.The stampede, which occurred on the... Read More

August 4, 2008New Delhi- The leaders of India and Afghanistan on Monday decried last month's bombing of New Delhi's mission in the Afghan capital — but made no mention of the country both hold responsible for the attack:... Read More

August 4, 2008Gilgit- Helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday, but had to halt efforts to save an Italian stranded by an icefall that killed 11 men on the world's second highest peak.Pakist... Read More

August 4, 2008Dallas- Accommodating the religious needs of their Muslim employees, a growing number of companies in the US state of Texas are building prayer rooms for employees to perform prayers and verbalize their fai... Read More

August 1, 2008Ankara- A three-story girls dormitory collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students and setting off a search for a half dozen people believed to be under the rubble, authorities said.F... Read More

August 1, 2008Hyderabad- At least 32 people were killed after a train caught fire in southern India early Friday, a government statement said.Eight others were injured in the accident and have been taken to a local hospi... Read More

August 1, 2008London- A new BBC drama about the life of Saddam Hussein, which portrays the late Iraqi leader as a brutish mafia boss reminiscent of TV gangster Tony Soprano, has received rave reviews.The four-part Britis... Read More

August 1, 2008New Haven- A conference of Muslim and Christian leaders aimed at promoting interfaith dialogue ended sidestepping the thorny issue of religious fundamentalism. The four day event hosted by the Yale Universi... Read More

August 1, 2008Putrajaya- Malaysia believes there is an urgent need for a special coordinating body to boost Islamic tourism and market the industry that is increasingly growing in volume and popularity."Your initiative t... Read More

August 1, 2008New York- Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and lawlessness than Noah Feldman.His sc... Read More

July 31, 2008Jerusalem- Israel was bracing Thursday for weeks of political turmoil after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking... Read More

July 31, 2008Gaza City- Hamas-run security forces released a cameraman working for German ARD television channel overnight."I am very happy to be free again," Sawah Abu Saif said.ARD on Wednesday had announced it was clo... Read More

July 31, 2008Beijing- China appears to be doing little to fulfill a promise to provide protest areas in three Beijing parks during the Olympic Games. Park officials have little information about where protests can take p... Read More

July 30, 2008Baghdad- Nearly 50,000 Iraqi police and soldiers were involved in a U.S.-backed operation against al-Qaida in Iraq in one of its last major strongholds near the capital, a senior provincial official said Wed... Read More

July 30, 2008Los Angeles- The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the streets on ... Read More

July 30, 2008The Hague- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was transferred to the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court Wednesday as the prosecution warned his genocide trial may not start for months to come.And when i... Read More

July 30, 2008Ramallah- Israeli troops trying to repel rock-throwing Palestinians did not have permission to use live rounds, Israeli officials said Wednesday, but a Palestinian autopsy showed that a 10-year-old boy kille... Read More

July 30, 2008Mexico City- Twenty-five thousand people are expected to participate in the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The conference theme, "Universal Action Now," is a renewed call to combat the vi... Read More

July 30, 2008Oshkosh- On Tuesday at the EAA AirVenture, the big annual air show, a New Zealand inventor unveiled what he calls "the world's first practical jetpack". The pilot was 16-year-old Harrison Martin, son of the ... Read More

July 29, 2008Washington- Mr. Bush, meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, at the White House, sought to minimize growing concerns that Pakistan’s willingness to fight extremists was waning, allowing ... Read More

July 29, 2008Jerusalem- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he does not believe a peace settlement, including Jerusalem, can be reached with the Palestinians this year. The deadline was set at a US-sponsored sum... Read More

July 29, 2008Mariposa- A wildfire burning almost completely out of control Monday outside Yosemite National park has charred more than 46 square miles, destroyed 25 homes and shrouded many an iconic vista with smoky haze... Read More

July 29, 2008Seattle- King County prosecutors have filed felony hate crime charges against a Seattle man accused of beating a convenience store clerk while shouting anti-Muslim epithets.Edward Hugh Campbell, who, accordi... Read More

July 28, 2008Tehran- Iran hanged 29 people at dawn on Sunday after they had been convicted of murder, drug trafficking and other crimes, state run television reported.All were hanged inside Evin prison, north of the capi... Read More

July 28, 2008Knoxville- An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police sai... Read More

July 28, 2008Chicago — Presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday endorsed a proposal to ban affirmative action programs in his home state, a policy that Democratic rival Barack Obama called a disappointing embrace of ... Read More

July 28, 2008Bangkok- A Thai court postponed a hearing on Monday to extradite suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States because his lawyer was absent, a prosecutor said.Bout's new lawyer had asked th... Read More

July 28, 2008Baghdad- Iraq's sports minister Jassem Jaffar has called on the International Olympic Committee to reverse their decision to ban the country's athletes from next month's Beijing Games.The IOC announced on Th... Read More

July 28, 2008Birmingham- Pakistan and the United Kingdom have commonality of interest on a range of issues to tackle extremism and terrorism through economic and social development and uplift of the tribal areas.Addressi... Read More

July 25, 2008Detroit- Two Muslim women said they were denied jobs at a McDonald's restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan, because they wore Islamic headscarves, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed yesterday in Wayne Co... Read More

July 25, 2008Perth- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory.Speaking Friday in Australia, Rice suggested ... Read More

July 25, 2008Baghdad- A female suicide bomber blew herself up near U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqouba, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24 other people Thursday evening,... Read More

July 25, 2008Aspen- Following an evening with Lance Armstrong on Thursday, McCain will meet with the Dalai Lama on Friday in Aspen. The exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet will be in Colorado as part of a conf... Read More

July 24, 2008Guantanamo Bay- An agitated Salim Ahmed Hamdan abruptly walked out of his war crimes trial Wednesday while the military jury watched a video in which the defendant was shown trussed, hooded and being badgere... Read More

July 24, 2008Vancouver- A Muslim man of Arab descent living in Canada has been awarded $11,000 by a human rights tribunal as a result of his co-workers' paranoia that he helped organize the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist atta... Read More

July 24, 2008London- A British judge ruled Wednesday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza may not appeal an order for his extradition to the United States, where he faces terrorism-related charges, the judge's office sai... Read More

July 24, 2008Jerusalem- Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama arrived in Germany from Israel on Thursday at the start of the European leg of his week-long international tour.Obama was due to meet Ge... Read More

July 23, 2008Jerusalem- Senator Barack Obama opened a day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday, sharing breakfast with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak before traveling to the West Bank to meet P... Read More

July 23, 2008Tehran- A short film titled Beyond Love will soon be released by the Iranian-based NGO Islam and Christianity in response to the anti-Islamic Dutch film Fitna."The film aims to introduce the real Islam. It w... Read More

July 23, 2008Guantanamo Bay- Osama Bin Laden's former driver was so close to al-Qaeda's leaders he knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on 11 September, prosecutors have alleged. They were speaking as the first w... Read More

July 23, 2008New Delhi- The U.S. ambassador to India said Wednesday he hoped a landmark deal on nuclear energy cooperation with the United States could be sent to Congress for approval in September, one day after India's... Read More

July 23, 2008Atlanta- Princess Salimah Aga Khan is the first Children's Ambassador of SOS Children's Villages. In 1995, Princess Salimah happened to hear of the construction of SOS Children's Village Papara on Tahiti. On... Read More

July 22, 2008Belgrade- Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres and the politician considered most responsible for the deadly siege of Sarajevo, was arrested Monday evening in a Serb... Read More

July 22, 2008Paris- A 32-year-old Moroccan woman married to a Frenchman has been denied French citizenship because of her religious practices, such as wearing a burqa.According to the report, the June 27 decision by the ... Read More

July 22, 2008New York- Elected officials and straphangers called on the MTA yesterday to pull the Islamic subway-ad campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam.The push to promote Islam on the rails this September, in a $... Read More

July 22, 2008Amman- Senator Barack Obama said Tuesday he was pleased with the reduction of violence in Iraq since the deployment of more U.S. troops, but added it was a result of several factors, not just the "surge.""We... Read More

July 22, 2008Moyock- Blackwater Worldwide, the company that unwittingly became a catchall brand name for security contractors in Iraq, wants to shift its business away from the sector that earned it hundreds of millions ... Read More

July 21, 2008Baghdad- Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday as part of his weeklong tour abroad aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credential... Read More

July 21, 2008New Delhi- India says its peace process with Pakistan is under stress following this month's suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said "recent events" had spoile... Read More

July 21, 2008Abu Dhabi- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran on Monday of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear program despite the presence of a senior U.S. diplomat, and warned it ma... Read More

July 18, 2008Washington- The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a "valuable" purpose and does not constitute torture, former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a House committee Thursday.T... Read More

July 18, 2008Washington- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the United States still has conditions for negotiating with Iran even though the Bush administration is sending a senior diplomat to weekend t... Read More

July 18, 2008Qunu- Nelson Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa's first black president, marked his 90th birthday on Friday with an appeal on behalf of his Rainbow Nation's poor.As tributes po... Read More

July 18, 2008London- An unusual project has opened in the UK aimed at highlighting the environmental problems of plastic and pollution on the world’s ocean beds. It’s a model of a hyperbolic crochet coral reef; and it is... Read More

July 18, 2008New York- There is a new exhibition at the Mezze Art gallery in Brooklyn, New York.The exhibition is titled 4 from Istanbul, and it features four young artists, all originally from or living in Istanbul. But... Read More

July 17, 2008Ankara- Iran is open to the idea of talks with the United States on establishing a US interests section in Iran and launching a direct air link, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Friday.He also w... Read More

July 17, 2008Washington- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," signaling a shift in priorities from Iraq amid warnings of an accelerating Taliban t... Read More

July 17, 2008London - The United States will announce in the next month that it plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years, a British newspaper said on Thursday.In a front-page repo... Read More

July 17, 2008Beijing - Beijing organizers have staged a full dress rehearsal of next month's Olympics opening ceremony under strict secrecy.A rundown of the 3 1/2-hour event was held overnight Thursday at the newly built... Read More

July 17, 2008Toronto - Omar Khadr's family said they are distraught, but little surprised by the contents of a video depicting a despondent young man being questioned by officials at Guantanamo Bay."I don't know what to ... Read More

July 17, 2008Sydney - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday warned people of the perils of pop culture and pillaging the earth's resources after a rapturous welcome at the world's biggest Christian festival in Australia.Speaking... Read More

July 17, 2008Washington- The economy is deteriorating so quickly and dramatically that it threatens to overtake many proposals the presidential candidates have been offering for months. Democrat Barack Obama and Republic... Read More

July 16, 2008Jerusalem- Critics of Israel's lopsided prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas said Wednesday that such deals only encourage more hostage-taking — a fear underscored by Gaza militants who said the swap p... Read More

July 16, 2008Beirut- Five Lebanese prisoners returned to native soil amid fanfare on Wednesday, having been released in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by Hezbullah in an ambush that sparked the Ju... Read More

July 16, 2008Cincinnati- Republican John McCain is telling the NAACP that if he is elected president, he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools.McCain is scheduled to address the annual conve... Read More

July 15, 2008Ottawa- A sobbing Canadian teenager begs for help as he is interrogated at the US "war on terror" camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the very first video glimpse of any such questioning showed on Tuesday.The vide... Read More

July 15, 2008Jerusalem- Israeli prison authorities moved four Lebanese captives to a new facility on Monday, placing them with a convicted Lebanese prisoner in preparation for a swap with the Hezbollah guerrilla group la... Read More

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