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The Mumbai police have started training officers of the anti-terrorism cell (ATC) to read and understand Urdu in the next two months.The officers are also being guided through the history of Islam.    

British foreign secretary warns of regional 'catastrophe' as al-Qaida and Hezbollah clash in battle for QusairBritain is seeking to amend the EU arms embargo on Syria to press Bashar al-Assad into holding peace talks with the rebels because the escalating conflict is threatening a regional "catastrophe", William Hague warned on Monday.Speaking as combat raged around the...

Ancient manuscripts on science and history are symbols of Africa's cultural heritage, say guardians of priceless libraryThere is a proverb in Timbuktu, the legendary medieval city in Mali's desert, that says: "The ink of a scholar is more precious than the blood of a martyr."What Ahmed Baba, the 16th-century intellectual who said it, would make of recent developments is...

Battle for Qusair believed to be edging in favour of loyalist forces, and role of Hezbollah marks new escalation in crisisSyrian and Hezbollah troops have pushed deep into the strategic border town of Qusair after a ferocious artillery and mortar blitz that is thought to have killed more than 50 residents and laid bare the Lebanese militia's direct support for the Assad...

WASHINGTON -- Even though Rasel Parvez is out of prison, he isn't out of danger."They have pushed my life to a state in which I cannot walk free. I remain in self-confinement day after day, and my social relations are mostly snapped," said Parvez, 36, in an interview with The Huffington Post.He is talking about the Bangladeshi government, which arrested him and three other...

CAIRO (AP) -- The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."...

On 9/11, Islam jihadists turned four U.S. airlines into weapons of mass destruction and killed almost 3,000 people. Within a month the George W. Bush...

Dispatch: Front line in south-east Damascus now lies at the gates of one of the holiest sites for Shia Islam, the resting place of granddaughter of the Prophet Mohammed.    

Kreuzritter gelten als fanatische Barbaren. Das Bild ist falsch, schreibt der US-Soziologe Rodney Stark in einem Buch. Seine kühne These: Der Islam habe provoziert.

ISLAMABAD – Rawalpindi Panthers beat Rawalpindi Tigers by five wickets in the Rawalpindi Region U-16 Talent Hunt Tournament match played here at Pindi Stadium on Thursday. Rawalpindi Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first as they were bowled out for 147 in 34 overs. M Sulman scored 43 runs while Raja Hassan added 25. Irfan Khan clinched five wickets for 17 runs...

ISLAMABAD – Rawalpindi Panthers beat Rawalpindi Tigers by five wickets in the Rawalpindi Region U-16 Talent Hunt Tournament match played here at Pindi Stadium on Thursday. Rawalpindi Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first as they were bowled out for 147 in 34 overs. M Sulman scored 43 runs while Raja Hassan added 25. Irfan Khan clinched five wickets for 17 runs...

ISLAMABAD – Rawalpindi Panthers beat Rawalpindi Tigers by five wickets in the Rawalpindi Region U-16 Talent Hunt Tournament match played here at Pindi Stadium on Thursday. Rawalpindi Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first as they were bowled out for 147 in 34 overs. M Sulman scored 43 runs while Raja Hassan added 25. Irfan Khan clinched five wickets for 17 runs...

Mix political Islam, hotel room sex, luxury automobiles, swimsuit models and imported beef, and you have the makings of a mega-scandal.    

Mix political Islam, hotel room sex, luxury automobiles, swimsuit models and imported beef, and you have the makings of a mega-scandal.    

Victorious Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Shahbaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman vowed to support each other to bring peace and prosperity in the country. Talking to media persons after hours long meeting and a luxurious luncheon here, both emphasized the establishment of peace in the country as the core issue. Shahbaz Sharif...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's...

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Peshawar - Rejecting the mandate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday alleged that elections in Mardan, Peshawar and Kohat division were rigged. “We will not accept PTI’s mandate in KPK, where election results have been rigged in favour of a party,” he said while talking to the media at the residence...

Worcestershire County Councillor Eric Kitson, 59, has admitted 'I don't see how I can possibly carry on' after sharing racist cartoons and messages on Facebook.

A women's collective in a refugee camp is serving up traditional homemade Palestinian dishes – with an authentic tasteIn a kitchen in the "martyrs' quarter" of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, one of the toughest places in the West Bank, Islam Abu Aouda is preparing a soft dough of yoghurt, oil and flour. Soon she will fill small pockets with chopped spinach, sumac...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said.

ISLAMABAD - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) is all set to prove its strength to form government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) with the due support of Pakistan Muslim League (N), independents and other parties. “JUI-F will soon announce its strength to form government in KPK as we have received a green signal after parleys with the representatives from different political...

islamabad -  JAVAID-UR-RAHMAN - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, on Monday complaining about rigging in few seats of Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has demanded re-polling in those constituencies. “We demand immediate re-polling in certain polling stations because of heavy rigging. All those officials who delayed results up to 48 hours and...

Bei einer Kundgebung zeigt er ein Plakat mit Heinrich Himmler, das die Nähe zwischen den Nazis und dem Islam belegen soll. Das Amtsgericht München spricht Michael Stürzenberger und seine Mitstreiter frei - und der Aktivist der islamfeindlichen Szene nutzt das Gericht als politische Bühne.     

Among those proclaimed saints were the 'Martyrs of Otranto', 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands to renounce Christianity by Turkish invaders who overran the citadel.

Pontiff avoids word Islam and nature of deaths as he makes saints of 800 killed by Ottoman Turks in 1480 for not convertingPope Francis has canonised more than 800 15th-century martyrs who were killed after refusing to convert to Islam – a delicate and arguably unwelcome ecclesiastical move he inherited from his predecessor Benedict.The "martyrs of Otranto", whose identities...

Sainthood bestowed on first Colombian, second female Mexican and 800 Italians who refused to convert to Islam in 1480.

Pope Francis has proclaimed as saints 800 Italians who were beheaded by Ottoman raiders in the 15th century after they refused to convert to Islam - making them the biggest group canonisation ever.    

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being...

Il y a quelque chose d'orwellien dans le nouveau roman de Tarun Tejpal, porté par ce lyrisme baroque qui a contribué à faire de lui l'une des voix majeures de la littérature indienne contemporaine. Il y explore, sous la forme d'un récit allégorique, les pathologies du puritanisme et les dérives de (...) / Inde, Idées, Islam, Littérature, Minorité nationale,...

Two Latin American women canonised by Argentinian pontiff, as well as 813 'martyrs of Otranto' slain in 1480 by Turkish invadersPope Francis has given the Catholic church a raft of new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonisation ceremony before tens of thousands of people in St...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square....

Los equipos de rescate y búsqueda han disminuido el uso de maquinaria pesada tras hallar ayer a una superviviente entre las ruinas del complejo textil siniestrado en Bangladesh en abril, informó hoy a Efe el portavoz del Ejército, Shahinul Islam. "Encontrar a esa mujer tras diecisiete días fue una noticia fantástica (...). Ha vuelto a nacer", dijo Islam. "Estamos...

Hamza Islam, 29, from Sheldon, Birmingham, persuaded the 22-year-old to let him take her out on a date, but while they were out his accomplice raided her home.

Headline Title:  Egypt: Release teacher accused of blasphemy 10 May 2013 A Coptic Christian teacher detained in Egypt on charges of “defamation of religion” must be immediately released and the criminal case against her dropped, said Amnesty International...

Many moderates are concerned that Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi is allowed to run for office despite allegations of terror offencesThrowing money around in mosques is not usually the done thing at Friday prayers, Islam's weekly holy day.But when Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi exhorts the 1,500 followers that cram into the mosque that towers over the back alleys of Jhang city to put...

DHAKA, May 9 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. The fire, in an industrial district of Dhaka, comes amid global attention on safety...

  ISLAMABAD - Most of the Americans have incomplete knowledge about Islam and Muslims, which is one of the main hurdles that creates a gap between the Muslim world and the USA, but in spite of negative propaganda an estimated 30,000 Americans convert to Islam every year. These views were expressed by Marriam Ahmed who converted to Islam and is working as assistant director...

Plant burns down in Dhaka as crews continue to pull bodies from collapsed Rana Plaza where hundreds diedAt least seven people have been killed in a fire that swept through a Bangladesh clothing factory in an industrial district of the capital, Dhaka, where a building housing similar companies fell down two weeks ago with hundreds of deaths. The fire broke out on Wednesday...

Headline Title:  Bangladesh: Investigate protest deaths 07 May 2013 The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately set up an independent and impartial investigation into police use of force after at least 44 people died in violent clashes between protesters...

HANGU/LOWER DIR - At least 18 people were killed and 53 injured in two bomb attacks on the political rallies of JUI-F in Hangu and PPP in Lower Dir on Tuesday. In the first incident, a bomb exploded at the rally of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) when it was passing through the main market in Doaba area of Hangu. The rally was headed by JUI-F candidate from PK-43 constituency,...

ISLAMABAD  - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, on Tuesday strongly condemned the bomb attack on JUI-F candidate in Hangu and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives. “I pray for the departed souls and wish early recovery of the injured,” he said in a statement issued from his office. Fazl said that these incidents show the failure...

Outgoing president's aide likely to stand in election but opposition Green Movement's leaders still under house arrestIran started its six-week search for a new president on Tuesday as candidates began to register for an election that will mark the end of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's turbulent period in office.Dozens of hopefuls from various political groups have put their names...

Vierte Plenarsitzung der Deutschen Islam Konferenz in Berlin.     

VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) - In France, the path to radical Islam often begins with a minor offence that throws a young man into an overcrowded, violent jail and produces a hardened convert ready for jihad.

A suicide bomber blew himself up near the car of a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader while he was campaigning for the upcoming elections in northwest Pakistan.    

Taliban suspected of carrying out latest bomb attack on Islamist party in north-west, as Mufti Syed Janan escapes unharmedA suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives near a vehicle carrying an Islamist party candidate in north-west Pakistan, killing 12 people, police have said.No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing on Tuesday, but the Taliban took...

Fundamentally Freund: President Barack Obama and much of the Western press seem to have difficulty saying in close proximity to one another: ‘Islamic’ and ‘terror.’

Explosion at election rally in Hangu District for religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam kills at least eight people.

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR/QUETTA - A bomb blast struck a JUI-F public meeting in central Kurram on Monday, killing as many as 20 persons and injuring over 50 others, including two candidates of the religious party. Political Agent Riaz Masood confirmed the incident but there was no confirmation of the exact number of killings by the official sources. However, a spokesman of the...

Before Columbus and the illustrious class of 1500, many maps of the world showed Jerusalem as the center of the world. Jerusalem -- holy, treasured,...

Fundamentally Freund: President Barack Obama and much of the Western press seem to have difficulty saying in close proximity to one another: ‘Islamic’ and ‘terror.’

Demonstration in Dhaka calling for anti-blasphemy law descends into chaos as Islamists clash with police and ruling party activistsMore than 30 people have died in fierce clashes between police and Islamist protesters in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, compounding the chaos in a country struggling to come to terms with a building collapse that killed more 650 people last...

40 others wounded by blast at gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e- Islam party    

The Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party is considered supportive of the Afghan Taliban’s fight against the United States and its allies. It’s also sympathetic to the Pakistani Taliban

Fourteen people killed and dozens wounded after explosion at campaign rally of leading Islamist party Jamiat-e-UlemaA bomb ripped through a campaign rally of a leading Islamist party in Pakistan on Monday, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more, a government official said as the run-up to the country's election on 11 May becomes increasingly dangerous.The blast, at...

Ahmadi religious minority vilified by extremists as heretic and shunned by mainstream politicians like Imran KhanAs Pakistan's election campaign enters its dying days no town has escaped the attention of the country's politicians as they crisscross the country, plastering every spare billboard, lamp post and shopfront with posters bearing their heavily airbrushed faces.Except...

At least 15 people killed and dozens injured after explosion at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam rally in Kurram Agency.

Leader of Hifazat-e-Islam forced to exit Dhaka after clashes between group's supporters and police leave many dead.

Bei Massenprotesten für härtere Blasphemiegesetze und eine strengere Geschlechtertrennung in Bangladesch sind am Sonntag nach Angaben der Behörden mindestens 22 Menschen getötet worden. Teile der Hauptstadt Dhaka wurden durch die Zusammenstöße zwischen Anhängern der radikalen Bewegung Hefajat-e-Islam, welche die Todesstrafe für Atheisten forderten, und der Polizei...

The activists are calling for those who insult Islam to face the death penalty. Rioters set fire to shops and vehicles, blocked roads and fought bloody battles with police in the capital of Dhaka.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Jharkhand government to explain the reasons behind delay in rehabilitating around 1,000 families of Ali Nagar and Islam Nagar who lost homes in the alleged illegal anti-encroachment drive in 2011.    

Police said several of their men were wounded as the activists of the newly-floated Hefazat-e-Islam attacked them prompting them to retaliate with the help of armoured personnel carriers.    

Pakistani troops overran two militant hideouts and killed 16 insurgents after heavy overnight fighting at a flashpoint near the Afghan border in which two soldiers also died, the military said Sunday. The fighting took place in the wake of a fresh military push in the Tirah valley in the tribal Khyber district, where the military has been targeting Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam...

Is America at War with Islam? The question began to be asked when the first evidence emerged of the transfer of hundreds of innocent Muslims to Guantanamo and the despotic new order that permitted indefinite detention of suspects.

ISLAMABAD  - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that religious scholars of seminaries have issued an edict that casting vote in favour of Imran Khan is un-Islamic and JUI-F has nothing to do with this edict. In a statement, Maulana Fazlur Rehman clarified the allegation of Imran that JUI-F chief has issued an edict against him. The...

President inaugurates 'martyrs' statue as fresh violence explodes in Alawite zone The pictures appear to tell a familiar story. In one a pile of bodies lies on a street corner, shot down, apparently where they were gathered. Among them is a girl in a red blouse, perhaps five years old, spreadeagled among a dozen other family members, some covered in sheets....

PESHAWAR - Like past, this time too neck and neck contest is expected between Jamaat-e-Islam (JI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on the lone National Assembly seat, NA-34, and four KPK Assembly constituencies in Lower Dir district in the scheduled May 11 general elections. JI and PPP have always been proved archrival in Lower Dir. However, political pundits say...

No bastan los lobbies y el ‘marketing’; la acción marroquí debe ganarse a la población

Syrian opposition group has condemned 'large-scale massacre in Bayda' and asked for protection for country's peopleSyria's main opposition group has accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of committing a "large-scale massacre" in a Sunni village near the Mediterranean coast in which activists say at least 50 people were killed with guns, knives and blunt objects.The...

In the fall of 2012, three mothers, along with their infant children, begin serving one-to-two-year prison terms in Iran. Their crime? Being Baha'is in the birthplace of their faith. In February 2012, a man is jailed without charge in Saudi Arabia. Why? According to authorities, for his own safety because he allegedly "disturbed the public order" by tweeting comments...

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that political forces having dictatorial thinking pushed the country into uncertain law and order situation and blaze of terrorism. He was addressing an election campaign gathering in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday. Fazlur Rehman said the JUI-F wanted to drag the nation and army out of uncertainty and...

Los ataques de los talibanes contra partidos o mítines dejan ya 80 muertos desde principios de abril

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Former teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings describe him as an easygoing teenager not the least interested in Islam who distinguished himself mainly by his failing grades in math and science....

KARACHI/QUETTA - A blast near an election office of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Karachi left at least eight people wounded on Thursday evening. Many workers and supporters of MQM were present at the election office at the time of the blast. DIG (South) Ameer Shaikh said an explosive device was planted between Babul Islam Mosque and MQM’s sector office on Burns Road,...