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  • Israel threatens 'disproportionate' response to Hamas rocket fire
    Israel threatens 'disproportionate' response to Hamas rocket fire Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2009 | 8:41 AM ET Comments259...
  • Muslims react with hope, caution to Obama's offer of 'new way forward'
    Muslims react with hope, caution to Obama's offer of 'new way forward' Last Updated: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | 11:58 AM ET Comments47...
  • UN headquarters in Gaza City hit by Israeli artillery
    UN headquarters in Gaza City hit by Israeli artillery Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 5:58 AM ET Comments189...
  • Israel accused of Gaza 'genocide'
    Israel accused of Gaza 'genocide' ...
  • UN chief calls for ceasefire as Israel pounds Hamas targets
    UN chief calls for ceasefire as Israel pounds Hamas targets Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2008 | 9:53 PM ET Comments1198...
  • Judge orders release of Uighurs into U.S.
    Judge orders release of Uighurs into U.S. Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 1:45 PM ET Comments3...
  • Emotions run high over Maclean's article
    Emotions run high over Maclean's article TheStar.com - Canada - Emotions run high over Maclean's article ...
  • Israel will establish borders in 4 years: Olmert
    Israel will establish borders in 4 years: Olmert Last Updated Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:35:40 EST CBC News Israel will set its own permanent borders within the next four years in the absence of a negotiated settlement, Israel's acting prime minister said in a published interview Friday. INDEPTH: ...
  • Israeli sonic booms terrorising Gaza
    Israeli sonic booms terrorising Gaza by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza Monday 26 December 2005 3:30 AM GMT Israeli F-16 jets break the sound barrier above populated areas Palestinians liken it to a bomb dropped directly over their heads leaving them shaking and shocked; human rights groups call it collective punishment; and the Israeli military says it is a necessary, and relatively benign, military response. The sonic boom is the Israeli arm...
  • New threats of violence in Indonesia
    New threats of violence in Indonesia Last Updated Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:42:14 EST CBC News Thousands of security forces are on guard across Indonesia amid threats that al-Qaeda-linked militants were planning attacks over the holiday period. * INDEPTH: Indonesia Maj. Gen. Firman Gani, Jakarta's police chief, said Jemaah Islamiyah militants might try to retaliate for the death of bomb-making expert Azahari Husin, who was gunned down in a...
  • Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations
    Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday 20 December 2005 2:07 PM GMT Armstrong was in Cairo as a guest of the American University One of the foremost authorities on monotheistic religions and traditions, Karen Armstrong's writings on Islam have come into public focus following 9-11. Born in 1944, Armstrong began her journey to faith as a Roman Catholic nun but left her order in 1969 when s...
  • Israel approves building of hundreds of new homes in West Bank
    Israel approves building of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements 09:20:19 EST Dec 14, 2005 JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday, confirming what would be a violation of the U.S.-backed peace plan. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scrambled to quell a political uproar following a Newsweek report quoting a Sharon aide as sayi...
  • Israel repeats threat to hamper polls
    Israel repeats threat to hamper polls by Wednesday 21 September 2005 9:46 AM GMT Minister Silvan Shalom addressed the UN General Assembly Israel has reiterated threats to hamper January's Palestinian election if the Islamic movement Hamas stands, despite being urged by the US to cooperate in organising the polls. "We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told public radio in an interview on W...
  • Reuters demands cameraman be freed
    Reuters demands cameraman be freed by Sunday 28 August 2005 3:47 PM GMT Walid Khalid was killed while on assignment Reuters has demanded the immediate release of an Iraqi cameraman who is still held by US forces more than 24 hours after being wounded in an incident which killed his soundman. Iraqi police said the news team was shot by US soldiers. The US military said it was still investigating and refused to say what ques...
  • US televangelist wants Chavez killed
    US televangelist wants Chavez killed by Tuesday 23 August 2005 6:56 AM GMT Chavez has emerged as one of America's harshest critics US televangelist Pat Robertson has called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while a radio host has been fired by a Washington station after he refused to apologise for calling Islam a terrorist organisation. Calling Chavez a "terrific danger" to the US, Robertson, founder of the Christ...
  • Jewish leaders worried by escalating Israel-Vatican spat over terror
    Jewish leaders worried by escalating Israel-Vatican spat over terror comments 01:09 PM EDT Jul 29 NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) - Jewish leaders said Friday they were worried by an escalating spat between the Vatican and Israel over papal pronouncements on terrorism and urged both sides to tone down the rhetoric to avoid any lasting damage to relations. Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, said the dispute was "only damaging for both parties" and...
  • MI5 links bomb attacks to Iraq war
    MI5 links bomb attacks to Iraq war by Christian Henderson Friday 29 July 2005 6:07 AM GMT The agency's position contradicts that of Blair The British intelligence agency MI5 has said there is a link between the Iraq war and the recent bombing campaign in London. In an information briefing released on MI5's website after the 7 July attacks the agency said Iraq was a key issue motivating the bombers. "Though they have a rang...
  • Britain's alliance with U.S. puts it at risk of terrorism, think tank says
    Britain's alliance with U.S. puts it at risk of terrorism, think tank says 12:17 PM EDT Jul 18 ED JOHNSON LONDON (AP) - Britain's close alliance with the United States has put it at particular risk of terrorist attack, two leading think tanks said Monday, but a government minister said the nation would not have been safer by staying out of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The continuing debate about the wisdom of Britain's military commitments has intensi...
  • Palestinian civilians die in Gaza battle
    Palestinian civilians die in Gaza battle by Friday 15 July 2005 8:32 AM GMT Fighting rages in the Zaitun neighbourhood of Gaza Two Palestinian bystanders have been killed and more than a dozen people wounded in gunbattles between Palestinian security forces and resistance factions, hospital sources said. The internal conflict erupted on Thursday night and resumed on Friday after fighters fired rockets into southern Israel, killing a youn...
  • Bloody Week in Iraq; One US Airstrike Destroys an Ambulance............
    Bloody Week in Iraq; One US Airstrike Destroys an Ambulance, A Separate US Airstrike Kills a Journalist on Live Television by Eric Jaffa September 15, 2004 Overview of recent violence, from NNN ("84 Killed, 90 Injured In Unabated Iraq Violence," September 13, 2004): At least nine people were killed in American attacks on militant positions in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday morning, taking the death toll to 84 in the una...
  • Israel accused of redrawing borders
    Israel accused of redrawing borders by Sunday 10 July 2005 12:04 PM GMT Palestinians have reacted angrily to the Israeli plan Israel's approval of a new route for its West Bank separation barrier is part of a political agenda designed, under the pretext of security, to mark the state's borders, a Palestinian official has said. Ziyad Abu Ziyad, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was reacting to the move by Tel Aviv to extend...
  • Israeli, Palestinian killed in shootings
    Israeli, Palestinian killed in shootings by Monday 20 June 2005 6:13 AM GMT The attack was near Baka al-Sharqiya, 10km north of Tulkarim An Israeli civilian and a Palestinian teenager have been shot dead in the Palestinian territories, the Israeli army and medical sources on both sides say. In the northern West Bank, an Israeli man was killed and a teenager injured when Palestinian fighters ambushed their car, the army and medics said....
  • Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza
    Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza by Friday 17 June 2005 1:17 PM GMT Israel has ignored an ICJ ruling and a UN resolution The Israeli navy plans to build a sea barrier off the coast of northern Gaza, saying it will keep out potential attackers once Israel pulls back from occupied land this summer, military officials say. The navy said the barrier, stretching 950m into the sea, is necessary because of the expected loss of surveillance ...
  • Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire
    Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire 12:12 PM EDT Jun 13 IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - After a four-month lull in fighting, Palestinian militant groups on Monday stepped up a threat to withdraw from a ceasefire with Israel but stopped short of pulling out of the deal. The militant factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accused Israel of violating the truce with continued military operations. ...
  • When Government Agencies Manufacture Terror
    This is quite alarming if the RCMP (Police) in Canada could even manipulate and coerce, vulnerable, addicts who became Muslims. A lot of rhetoric calls for "Muslims to speak out against terror and stop it". How can we stop it when the police are the ones behind it and possibly other governments and intelligence agencies? In fact if we look at most cases of terror no one is ever held responsible for organizing or creating the terror. Sufficient investigation i...
  • Polygamy in Islam is an exception and not the rule based on the Qur'an
    This is such a confusing subject for both Muslims and non-Muslims but the Holy Qur'an makes it clear that Polygamy is permitted as an exception, not a rule under exceptional circumstances and the Qur'an declares it is not allowed except for the Prophet (PBUH) as it was for all prophets to ensure their lineage continued. As we can see below the Qu'an mentions the marriage of up to 4 orphans in the course of justice (in the Qur'an this was written during a time of war when many men were...
  • Qur'an Surah Revelation - Location Which Surah was revealed in Madinah/Makkah(Mecca) ?
    I think this is very important when reading the Qur'an, it gives you an idea of the context and situation it was written other. Especially because anti-Islamists try and take a few select verses from the Qur'an out of context in order to convince others that Islam is violent and intolerant to non-Muslims. We must remember the conditions each verse was made under, and also take into consideration other supporting verses when reading and interpreting the Qur'an. If one verse...
  • Mennochio
    Mennochio Alex McKnight I apologize if this seems rude. But I’m not here to say anything poor about Islam. In fact, I am quiet fascinated by the teachings in the Quran and Prophet Mohammad. But Abrihams article “The Fools they are” caught my eye. He mentioned the 16th century Miller, Mennochio who was eventually killed by order of Pope Clement the 8th. It’s actually a very interesting story, and I would like to contribute by telling your audience about the incident. It was ...
  • Muslim men!
    Muslim men! By Tara Kasim, London I came to Vancouver to attend my cousins wedding. She’s married into an Indian Muslim family, we are a mixed bunch of people. During the wedding, we noticed some changes in my the in law’s attitude. They were so nice and welcoming, but during the Nikkah ceremony and reception, we all felt the brush off. A couple of months later, my cousin called me in England, she was calling from her friends house in Surrey. She was crying madly, so much t...

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