(AP) Egypt TV criticized for suspending popular satireBy TONY G. GABRIELAssociated PressCAIROA private Egyptian TV station came under fire from public figures and fans of a widely popular satirist Saturday after it blocked the airing of his weekly show critical
On Monday, Qatar removed a statue that depicts French soccer star Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt seen around the world during the 2006 World Cup because it depicts “anti-Islam idolization.” The sculpture depicts Zidane “attacking Italy’s Marco Materazzi in the 2006
(AP) Iran sentences actress to 18 months in prisonBy NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranAn Iranian actress known for her political activism in support of the country’s reformists has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after facing security charges, newspapers reported
(AP) 5 dead as Bangladesh opposition enforces strikeBy JULHAS ALAMAssociated PressDHAKA, BangladeshPolice and backers of Bangladesh’s ruling party clashed Sunday with opposition supporters, leaving at least five people dead and scores injured in different parts of the country as opposition
On Monday, 30-year old Naida Asiyalova boarded a bus in Volgograd, Russia and detonated a bomb with 600 grams of TNT. She killed six people and injured between 33 to 37 people. Authorities are now looking for her husband and
You’re Muslim. You want to purchase condoms, massage oils and lubricants. Maybe you’re thinking about aphrodisiacs and breast enlargement creams. Or that hard to locate orgasm cream. Maybe you’re looking for a myriad of products to help spice up your
The widow of ousted Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi has urged the United Nations and the European Union to help her recover the remains of her husband and their son Mutassim. In a letter published on the website of Voice of
In a photograph, the girl looks back with casual curiosity, her face scrubbed, her hair pulled a bit untidily behind her ears, her collar crisp, her tie askew, a charming and timeless portrait of the young Catholic schoolgirl in her
The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) fined in an August 29, 2013 judgment a South African radio broadcaster for making an “unjustifiable connection with Islam” during news reports. This punitive second-guessing of journalistic conduct with respect to referencing
The American Family Association (AFA), a Christian ministry group devoted to promoting the preservation of marriage and the family and the sanctity of human life, has been reportedly classified by the U.S. Army as a “domestic hate group.” Todd Starnes
Major Coptic leaders are condemning Mohamed Elibiary, an Obama administration Homeland Security adviser, for suggesting that Copts who raise awareness of anti-Christian violence in Egypt promote “Islamophobic” bigotry. Elibiary sent out a series of tweets that Coptic leaders found offensive last
The recent decision of the Obama Administration to unilaterally withhold military aid and support without consulting Congress sends the message the United States is on the side of terrorists, instead of with those who are fighting terrorism. Instead of condemning
Christians are facing heavy persecution in Syria, but while some are fleeing the country, there are quite a few staying behind. They believe God wants them to reach out to the Islamists that attack them daily. “There are some Christians who
Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, has filed a formal canonical lawsuit with the Vatican, asking that the Catholic identity of his alma mater, Georgetown University in Washington D.C., be protected. The novelist, who attended Georgetown, a Jesuit institution, in
Are they willfully misleading? Or are Canadian Muslims who are fighting federal funding to investigate honor violence in the Muslim (and other) communities simply naïve victims of the same propaganda used routinely to explain away the religio-culturally-based murders of Muslim
Al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant sacked a Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in the Syrian town of al-Raqqa. The Melkites follow the Roman Catholic pope but use the rituals of the Greek Orthodox. They have remained
The Daily Mail revealed Samantha Lewthwaite, the White Widow who played a key role in the Nairobi mall massacre, is married to a former officer in the Kenyan Navy according to a confidential Scotland Yard file. This is just the
(AP) Terrorists used new tactic to spare some MuslimsBy RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressThe turbaned gunmen who infiltrated Nairobi’s Westgate mall arrived with a set of religious trivia questions: As terrified civilians hid in toilet stalls, behind mannequins, in ventilation shafts and
Objective observers should be rightfully concerned by the “International Conference on Islamophobia: Law & Media” held by the Turkish government’s Directorate General of Press and Information (DGPI or BYGEM in Turkish) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) this past
The Westpark Mall siege ended on Monday after a three-day standoff between the radical Islam terror group al-Shabaab and Kenyan Defense Forces. In those three days, the terrorists held many hostages and the soldiers recovering the bodies are describing the
Dalia Moghaed, credited with helping President Obama draft his June 2009 Cairo speech about American relations with the Islamic world, recently downplayed attacks against Egypt’s Coptic Christians on a Facebook page. More than 80 Coptic churches were burned by Brotherhood supporters after
The attack on an Anglican church in Pakistan on September 22 caused Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to speak out on attacks on Christians in the Muslim world. He said Christians are being martyred for their faith in many Muslim countries and
When Samantha Lewthwaite’s husband, Germaine Lindsay, bombed a train in London as part of the terrorist attacks on the London Underground on July 7, 2005, many thought she was also a victim. She claimed she did not know about the
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for British national Samantha Lewthwaite, also knows as the “White Widow.” Kenya requested the warrant, claiming she is a danger to the world. The international law enforcement agency sent the red alert to 190
