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Suicide Bomber: Parents Gave Me to Boko Haram

Nigerian Zahra’u Bangida, 14, claims her parents handed her over to radical Islamic group Boko Haram to be a suicide bomber. Authorities arrested her on December 10 after a double suicide attack killed ten people at a market in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria.

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Swedish mosque set alight on Christmas Day

Christmas Day in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, 55 miles west of the capital Stockholm, was marred when arsonists set fire to a mosque. Five people were injured in the blaze, police say, when the fire started around midday, the

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Has Polygyny Spawned Islamic Violence?

Perhaps the strongest drive that mankind feels is to procreate. Catholic theologians say the drive to continue the species is one of the few aspects of natural law that humans know without being taught.

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Saudi Arabian Cleric Says Veil is Not Required in Islam

Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghamidi caused quite a stir in Saudi Arabia, a nation with a history of oppressing women, when he declared on television that Islam does not mandate that women wear the niqab, or veil, and suggested females should use beauty products. He

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Berkeley Students’ Reactions to Bill Maher Speech Mixed

BERKELEY, California — Mixed opinions greeted Bill Maher’s controversial appearance at Berkeley’s Saturday winter commencement. Sentiments ranged in favor of the self-proclaimed far-left talk show host and comedian to literal hatred for him and his beliefs. In October, Maher said Islam

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Boko Haram Kidnaps 185 Nigerians, Kills 35

Boko Haram kidnapped 185 people and killed 35 in Gumburi, Nigeria on Sunday night. The village is twelve miles from Chibok, where the radical Islamic group kidnapped almost 300 schoolgirls last April. The Miami Herald reports the terrorist group kidnapped