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Al-Qaida Attack Survivor Wages His Own Jihad

UNITED NATIONS (Oct. 11) -- On Ashraf al-Khaled's wedding day, a suicide bomber killed 27 members of his family. Five years later, al-Khaled is waging his own jihad -- against terrorism. The Jordanian wants to stop young Muslims from becoming radicalized, and he is urging other terror attack survivors to be more vocal in...

Brits Rage Against Simon Cowell's Hit Machine

LONDON (Dec. 21) -- Christmas songs are normally sedate, soppy affairs crooned by the likes of Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis and Mariah Carey. But on Sunday, Britain added an explicit, anarchic new anthem to the Xmas canon: Rage Against the Machine's 1992 rap-metal hit "Killing in the Name." And even Sir Paul McCartney thinks...

Background on killing in the name

"Killing in the Name" is a song by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, featured on their self-titled debut album, and was released as the lead single from the album in November 1992. In 1992, the song peaked at number 25 in the United Kingdom.

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