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Big Bomb Found Near Indonesia Church; 19 Arrested

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Senior security minister Djoko Suyanto said he believed Islamic militants had been plotting an attack outside of the capital during Good Friday celebrations. "The army and police are under high alert," he told reporters after attending a meeting chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "We want...

Libya Rebels Raise Concern About Islamic Extremism

AJDABIYA, Libya - Abdel-Moneim Mokhtar was ambushed and killed by Moammar Gadhafi's troops last week on a dusty road in eastern Libya - the end of a journey that saw him fight as a jihadi in Afghanistan and then return home where he died alongside NATO-backed rebels trying to oust the longtime authoritarian leader. In...

2 Women Detained as French Ban on Face-Covering Islamic Veils Takes Effect

PARIS -- France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. France on Monday became the world's first country to ban the veils anywhere in public, from...

New Furor Over France's Muslims as Veil Ban Looms

TRAPPES, France -- Karima has a plan. If police stop her for wearing a veil over her face, she'll remove it - then put it back on once they're out of sight. If that doesn't work, she'll stay home, or even leave France. For Muslim women who cover their faces with veils, it is the moment for making plans. Starting April 11,...

Captured Teen Bomber in Pakistan Vows Attacks

MULTAN, Pakistan -- His accomplices brought carnage to a Sufi shrine, but the 14-year-old suicide bomber who was captured after his explosives failed to detonate was unrepentant. "Let me go, I want to be a martyr," he said as he was being led away, according to police officer Khalid Mahmood. "I want to send all you...

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Pakistan: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 In North Waziristan

A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.

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Geert Wilders, Marked For Death: A Muslim's Response

Expelled from Britain, banned from Indonesia, denounced by the UN Secretary General ...

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Pakistan Gunmen Open Fire At Political Rally In Karachi

Gunmen opened fire on a political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and sparking rioting, police said.

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Islamic Teacher Sadia Malik Suspended From Cardiff Primary School Over Extremist Links

A special needs teacher at a primary school has been suspended over links to an Islamic extremist group.

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Egypt Military Detains Hundreds Following Violence

Egypt's military officials moved swiftly Saturday to prosecute protesters they blamed for an attack on the Defense Ministry, in an attempt to put down increasingly violent protests against their authority just weeks before the country's presidential election.

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05/28/12 Egyptians torch Shafiq headquarters as vote triggers... Source: Queens Examiner - Queens NY Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the run-off for the country's presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters on Monday, underscoring the divisive outcome of the nation's historic vote.
05/28/12 Defeating jihad Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA If the 11-year war against jihadist terrorism is to succeed, then its leaders must change their approach.
05/28/12 Washington, Islamabad hold different views on Afridi Source: Gulf Times There's a common outrage, a common response wherever you look," said Carl Levin, chairman of the US Senate's armed services committee.
05/28/12 HRW calls on Pak govt. to prosecute Ahmadi massacre... Source: Sify The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Pakistan's federal and provincial governments should bring to justice those responsible for the May 2010 attacks on Ahmadiyya mosques.
05/28/12 Several feared dead in Chaman blast Source: Dawn A man consoles a boy at the site of a bomb blast in a Pakistani tribal region.

Background on Islam

Islam (; ' ) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a text considered by its adherents to be the word of God ( ), and by the teachings and normative example (called the Sunnah and composed of Hadith) of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God.

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