The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) has asked the U.S. Army to deny Muslim soldier, Naser Abdo's request for conscientious objector status, accusing him of 'treason' and urging the military to punish him to the full extent of the Uniform Code of Military...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned that radical Islam is the greatest threat that the world is facing...

With the vacuum in the Pakistani leadership visible right from the onset of the flood tragedy, foot-soldiers of extremist organisations have rushed in where President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif are reluctant to...

Muslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting month of Ramadan on...

Germany's central bank - The Bundesbank - has said that it is in the process of dismissing a board member whose comments stereotyped Muslims and Jews, drawing outrage both at home and...

This country, which had sought to show solidarity with Islamist groups and allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has recently reversed course, moving forcefully to curb the influence...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of...

We are witnessing an alarming resurgence of a type of religious intolerance we thought the nations of the U.S. and Europe had outgrown. Not since the anti-Catholic movement of the late 19th century...

immigration debate, acknowledging in an interview released Saturday that fervently religious Muslim youths tended to be more violent than others."This is a big problem and we can talk about it...

04-09-2010 Quetta, (Xinhua): At least 73 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a suicide bomb blast hit Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta on Friday, local Urdu TV channel Dunnya...

04-09-2010 By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): Over 2.5 million children under the age of five have been affected by floods, says a report released by an international anti-poverty agency. There...

04-09-2010 Srinagar, J & K, India, (GK News Network): Six persons were injured when [Indian] army personnel opened fire in Auqaf Market Varmul on Friday after some youths hurled stones on them. Two...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) -- Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the...

BANGKOK: Thailand on Saturday defended the promotion of a senior police officer facing criminal charges in connection with the disappearance of a Saudi Arabian businessman in Bangkok 10 years ago,...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met Thursday controversial Mufti Nedim Gendzhev, recently appointed as Chief Mufti in Bulgaria, and his predecessor Mustafa Alish Hadzhi elected by Muslims. In...

Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning...

: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today no one can escape prosecution for insulting any religion practised in the country. He said the government viewed the matter seriously as...

Dozens have filmed and posted clips for My Faith My Voice, telling viewers about their sports teams, hometowns or families. The grassroots effort aims to show that 'Muslims are like everyone...

PETALING JAYA, Sept 4 — A devout Christian, Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching said she was moved by the outpouring of sympathy and moral support from the Muslim community after she was royally rebuked...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police...

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee: Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in the southern state of Tennessee was arson and...

WELLINGTON: Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking...

A Muslim soldier has asked to leave the US military because he says his faith forbids him from taking part in US-led wars. Private First Class Naser Abdo said Islam is a peaceful religion and he...

By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY NEW YORK -- After that cruel day nine Septembers ago, Talat Hamdani felt twice victimized: first by fellow Muslims who killed her son, then by fellow Americans who doubted...

Irvine - The Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine will be suspended for the fall quarter -- about three months -- because some of the organization's members disrupted a speech by Israel's ambassador to...

MAKKAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah opened a state-of-the-art purification station to maintain the quality of Zamzam water in Makkah on...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the terrorist bombings which struck the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Quetta this week and claimed the lives of dozens of civilians and wounded...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah receives the Agricola Medal from Director-General Jacques Diouf of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the Safa Palace in Makkah on Friday....

Israel refuses to confirm it possesses a nuclear arsenal but it is widely considered to be the Middle East's only nuclear power.A report by the Vienna-based watchdog made public Friday says agency...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Pakistan's devastating floods are likely to delay army offensives against Taleban insurgents, the US defense secretary said on Friday, possibly giving militants chances to...

HAVANA: Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the comandante of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public on Friday since falling ill in 2006,...

LISBON, Portugal: A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a prosecution lawyer...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Judges warned Friday that Radovan Karadzic's genocide trial could stretch into 2014 - two years longer than expected - if prosecutors and the former Bosnian Serb leader do not...

This means Muslims in Saudi Arabia will enjoy 30 days of Ramadan fasting. (In some years it is 29 days.) Hassan Basarrah, head of the department, said the moon would begin to wax on Wednesday 10...