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Tough ride for Brooklyn mosque A plan by the local Muslim community in Brooklyn to build a mosque is facing a fierce campaign which raises bigotry-driven fears.
France Votes to Punish Sarkozy PARIS – French voters went to polling stations Sunday, March 14, in regional elections forecast to punish French President Nicolas Sarkozy&rsqu (more)
Terrorized for Stoning Israeli Troops CAIRO – Al-Hasan Muhtaseb, 13, and his brother Amir,10, were returning from their aunt’s house in the West Bank town of Al-Khalil (Hebron (more)
Ethno-Religious Crisis Clouds Nigeria Future LAGOS – Nigeria had long been plagued by problems associated ethno-religious and political backgrounds going centuries before its British colon (more)
Kashmiris Seek Saudi Mediation CAIRO — Kashmiris are urging Saudi Arabia to use its recent rapprochement with India to help advance their cause and solve the decades-long con (more)
US Scolds Europe For Muslim Discrimination WASHINGTON –- The discrimination Muslims face all across Europe is alarmingly on the rise, the US said in a damning report on human rights, war (more)
EU Muslims Press For Gaza Siege Lift CAIRO – Raising awareness about the impact of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, European Muslims are pressing hard to lift the merciless blo (more)
Morocco Takes Tough Line on Missionaries RABAT – Taking a new tough line on proselytizing in the North African country, Morocco has expelled scores of Christian missionaries for conver (more)
India Quizzes Top Hindus Over Muslim Killings AHMEDABAD, India — Two senior Hindu officials of India’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been summoned for questioning over (more)
Israel Chokes 1.5mln Gazans For Soldier: UN NEW YORK – The top UN humanitarian official is venting anger on Israel for maintaining a crippling siege on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the (more)
France Readies Burqa Law, UK Urges Ban CAIRO — While France is preparing a law to ban the wearing of face-veil in the European country by spring, the anti-veil camp is gaining new ba (more)
Iraq Race Tight, Opposition Cries Foul BAGHDAD – As Shiite rivals were locked in a tight race Friday, March 12, to win Iraq’s prime minister post, opposition claimed ‘mas (more)
US Court OKs 'God' in Pledge of Allegiance CAIRO – A US federal appeals court has upheld the use of the word “God” in the pledge of allegiance and on currency, reported the B (more)
Wilders damages Holland: FM Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen believes far-rightist, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders is damaging the country.
Muslim Sues NY Police for Job Bias WASHINGTON – An American Muslim is suing the New York Police Department for barring him from joining the force because of his Arabic origin and (more)
Iran's Afghanistan Fix TEHRAN -- Iran appears to be in a fix over the future of Afghanistan.
Tehran opposes the presence of the US-led forces and see them as a threat to (more)
Swedish Papers Defend Anti-Prophet Cartoon CAIRO – Three leading Swedish newspapers have republished a lampooning cartoon of a person described as Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings b (more)
Hamas to Sign Reconciliation Deal GAZA CITY – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, is expected to sign a long-delayed, Egypt-sponsored rec (more)