GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes Saturday launched three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, killing one,

The air strikes follow the firing of a rocket from Gaza into Israel

One killed, three injured in three Israeli air strikes targeting smuggling tunnels at Rafah, former Hamas base.

wounding…

Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book - or any

(Potomac Books, 2010)

Book review of: Rich Wiles' 'Behind the Wall: Life, Love and…

RIYADH - Some 600,000 Muslims crowded into the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca for

More than a million worshippers in the mosque and surrounding areas

Mecca, Medina swollen with worshippers from around world undertaking minor…

President Barack Obama’s instruction to “turn the page” on the Iraq War has set off a new wave of

Rather than any accountability, the neocons and other hawks have retained positions of influence in Washington. Their jobs at prominent think tanks and their access to influential op-ed pages also ensured that when the…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Coalition of

African American Muslims (CAAM):

What: Press Conference

When: Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:00 pm

Where: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045

Why: The controversy…

Muslim men and women across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month long celebration of self-

2010. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) #

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Muslim girls offer prayers before having their Iftar (fast-breaking)…

While the Republican right will be leading their Anti-Mosque Rally at Ground Zero in Manhattan this September

by Michael Carmichael

11th, Dr. Terry Jones will simultaneously launch what he hopes will become a global Anti-Muslim crusade from his modest church in Gainesville, Florida.

Dr.…

A coalition of US Muslims launched a Web-based campaign Monday aimed at countering what they

Front page of MyfaithMyvoice.com

'My Faith, My Voice' campaign seeks to give voice to Muslim Americans facing…

South Sudan vowed on Monday to end its use of child soldiers by the end of the year, as the former

SPLA child soldiers waiting for food

900 south Sudan children remain under arms as 22,000 former child fighters quit…

Al Quds 2010

Young couples walking hand in hand are a common sight in Iran’s bigger cities and especially the capital

Crossing the red line to get to know each other before marriage

Iranian women who are unable to obtain divorce by legal means resort to desperate measures.

Tehran. While there are no public displays of affection, these young people have nevertheless crossed a red…

The UN Security Council yesterday condemned the mass rape of almost 200 women

Agency condemns attack but struggles to justify costly mission in North Kivu that was powerless to stop wave of sexual violence…

The 9/11 attacks brought out the best and the worst in America. It would be simplistic to argue that the best

Nine years later, Ground Zero remains an undeveloped eyesore and America a less free nation, less true to its own ideals, less honest with itself, less trusted by the rest of the world -- and more fearful and hostile to Islam than ever, writes Eric Alterman.

could be found in the reactions of individual citizens and the…

SANAA - Long gone is the kohl, the henna paint and the white wedding dress she wore at her

Traumatised from the very early age © IRIN

Young Yemeni brides’ lives become hell due to medical complications, low energy in both short and long terms.

wedding. A life of hard…

GAZA - On the occasion of Ramadan, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Foundation has funded two

For the poorest in Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank

UAE funds UNRWA to distribute hot meals to approximately 90,000 Palestinians in Ramadan.

projects in Gaza and the West Bank to assist poor…

YOUR SILENCE IS COMPLICITY

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COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan housemaid has returned home from Saudi Arabia with 24 nails

Ariyawathi, 49 (L)

Housemaid says tortured by employer as Sri Lanka coordinates probe with Saudi authorities.

embedded in her body after…