The Islamic New Year, Al-Hijra, is celebrated by Muslims on the first day of the first month in the Islamic Calendar. This month is called Muharram. The exact day changes every year because the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the sol...
The Committee to Protect Journalists lists 25 journalists from around the world who were murdered this year because of their work. And countless others face threats, prison time and harassment. Each year, the U.S.-based Committee honors journalists w...
Leaders from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan Thursday discussed ways to combat terrorism, particularly the scourge of suicide bombings. The leaders agreed that an economic downturn can breed political turmoil. 阿富汗、伊拉克和巴基斯坦的领导...
Protesters in New York City hold posters to express their opinions about the proposed Islamic Center to be built near the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, 22 Aug 2010 Opponents of the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 2001 te...
Ahmadiyah woman followers walk outside An-Nur Mosque after prayers at Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia, 30 Jul 2010. The minority Islamic sect told followers Friday to prepare for war after rock-throwing mobs attacked one of their m...
Palestinian fishermen prepare their boat ahead of the expected arrival of a flotilla of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to sail into the Gaza Strip, in Gaza city, 28 May 2010 A confrontation is looming between the Israeli navy and intern...
Government aims to create finance hub for nearly one billion Muslims in Asia-Pacific region Phil Mercer | Sydney 15 February 2010 Islamic finance is already a growth industry in Malaysia. A passenger waits for bus in front of a Malaysian Islamic Bank...
Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen in a 2009 file photo taken from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is calling for regional coo...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 May 2006 Palestinian intelligence chief Tareq Abu Rajab is wheeled by Israeli paramedics into a hospital in Tel Aviv Israel has assassinated a top Palestinian militant in...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 March 2006 A senior Islamic militant has been killed in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a Jewish settler was killed by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank. Palestinians gather...
