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I remember when I was a teenager in Tehran the following verse from the Qur’an was frequently recited after

'We belong to one great community of faith which includes all'

Uniformity of all divine religions seen as profound aspect of Islamic conception of monotheism.…

1. Make her feel secure; QUIT BEING AGGRESSIVE

2. When you go home say 'Assalamualikum.' (Greetings) It kicks the shaitaan out of your home!

3. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) described the wife as a fragile vessel and said to take care of this vessel thats fragile. Remember that

there is goodness in this vessel so treat it gently.

4. When you advise her, do so in privacy, in a peaceful environment. NOT IN PUBLIC as its a type of…

JERUSALEM – Young professionals of the three monotheistic religions will gather in Seville

www.tresculturas.org

Young Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders to meet at inter-faith conference in…

BANGUI - The Central African Republic called Thursday for the rebel Lord's Resistance Army

International community urged to treat terror of Christian extremists like Al-Qaeda threat.

(LRA) to be treated and fought like Al-Qaeda, in an appeal made at an African Union meeting.

"The LRA is now a terrorist organisation like Al-Qaeda.…

NAIROBI - The war crimes-accused head of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance

Same pattern of attacks in the region

Joseph Kony, leading 200 LRA rebels, feared to have crossed CAR border into south Darfur.

Army, Joseph Kony, is likely in the southern part of Sudan's…

THE HAGUE - Lawyers representing the Turkish victims of Israel's deadly storming of a Gaza-bound

'To bring an end to impunity'

Turkish lawyer presents evidence to The Hague prosecutor in bid to charge Israel with war…

For a moment the Palestinians appeared to be playing with fire by continuing Israel's momentum. September

Abbas said he doesn't expect any significant compromise from…

CAIRO: Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi apologized for the slave trade on behalf of Arabs at the second Afro-

Arab summit in Libya on Sunday. It may be the first time an Arab leader has admitted – much less apologized for – enslaving Africans.

While completely unprecedented, the statement falls in line with Qaddafi’s decade-long policy of aligning himself with African nations.

“I regret the behavior of the Arabs… They brought African children to North…

A little over a year after joining the still flawed United Nations Human Rights Council, the Obama administration

A year after joining the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Obama administration is making an impact. But if Democrats lose control of Congress in November, a new round of isolationism could soon threaten, warns Barbara Crossette.

is making an impact, pushing through resolutions on freedom of assembly and the…

"They only see our water, our land, our trees. They don't care about us. They want the land -- without the

A teenager sits above the Toez Indigenous Reserve at dusk. (Photo: Anna Baltzer)

By Anna Baltzer - Lopez, Colombia

people on it."

These…

HEBRON - Two Hamas militants were shot dead by Israeli troops on Friday during an operation in the southern

Two members of Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades shot dead by Israeli troops during operation in Hebron

West Bank city of Hebron, officials on both sides said.

The men, who were members of Hamas' armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, were…

Few months ago I read a statistics that 70 percent of Palestinian Gaza homes own a computer. Now I have

seen many computers in Gaza, while there are few top-notch devices that expats bring in with them as they come to visit their families. I know I left my…

The teacher is late for class, but none of the students seem to mind. Instead, they are scattered around the

Amina Daimee, left, translates for the iman as Toronto's deaf Muslims gather at Masjid Toronto.

STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR

By: Noor…

LONDON - A gay Saudi prince beat and strangled his male servant to death in a frenzied sexual

Family: Al Saud's father Prince Abdulaziz, left, and brother Prince Faisal arriving at the Old Bailey yesterday

assault at their luxury London hotel suite, a British court heard on Tuesday.

Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir al Saud, 34, who is a grandson of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, killed Bandar…

A Palestinian woman described on Wednesday how she was "humiliated" when Israeli soldiers filmed

Not an isolated incident

Israeli soldier's behaviour seen as reflecting 'absence of…

TEHRAN - Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a vitriolic tirade against the United States

Usual rhetoric

Iranian President casts fresh doubt on September 11 attacks during his renewed vitriolic tirade against US, Israel.

and Israel on Sunday as he cast fresh doubt on the September 11 attacks, state media reported.

"They have such nerve…

The discovery of a terror plot aimed at European cities underscores the growing danger posed by Islamist

New generation of extremism

US, European security services are struggling to track young Western nationals who travel to abroad to receive training from Al-Qaeda.

militants equipped with Western passports, a coveted weapon in Al-Qaeda's arsenal.

US and…