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The Muslims were bloodthirsty and treacherous. They conducted a sneak attack against the French army and

The Crusades lasted hundreds of years. Let’s hope that Crusade 2.0, and the dark age that we find ourselves in, has a far shorter lifespan, says John Feffer.

slaughtered every single soldier, 20,000 in all. More than 1,000 years ago, in the mountain passes of Spain, the Muslim…

Would Meryl Streep, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins or Susan Sarandon be willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the

The struggle between the democratic demand that all citizens be treated equally and Zionism’s hyper-nationalist ideal seems to have been determined once and for all, notes Neve Gordon.

United States and its policies in order to receive public funding for feature films that they star in,…

Less than two weeks before the world's largest annual gathering, 1.5 million Muslims from around the world

Two million Muslims are expected to perform hajj ritual, which is expected to begin on November 14.

By Paul Handley - JEDDAH

have flooded into the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for…

WASHINGTON - The administration of President Barack Obama has deployed unmanned Predator drones in

US drone strikes are seen as a good recruiter for Al-Qaeda

Yemeni officials express deep reservations about US weapons which they see as…

An Al-Qaeda threat to Egypt's Coptic Christians has met with growing condemnation from leading Muslim

The Muslim Brotherhood is the biggest opposition group in Egypt

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says believers must protect Christian houses of…

Discarded drinks cans and plastic bags litter the halls of al-Mamuniyeh state school in Baghdad where, despite

They deserve better conditions

Pupils resume studies in crowded classrooms, often without electricity, driving some parents to opt for private…

While Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been trying to bolster his support by visiting senior

Iran's Supreme Leadership is generally held to be above partisan politics and beyond criticism

Outspoken Ayatollah Dastgheib says Supreme Leader’s…

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Largely marginalised from public life, Saudi women will attempt to form the

A hoped turnout of 10,000 women

In bid to draw attention to breast cancer, Saudi women to gather wearing pink…

In grainy black-and-white footage, a young American soldier from World War II struggles to get the words out,

He's home but he's not home, like he was

Grim stories of US soldiers' trauma in 'Wartorn' documentary: I can't stand seeing people…

WASHINGTON - Years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have left their mark on American soldiers and the United

Coming home but the battle hasn't ended

Mullen: United States to be grappling with Iraq, Afghan war effects for years to…