Islam

Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria

90 days ago

Refugees say they fear the Muslim Brotherhood, the pan-Arab Sunni movement driving the anti-Assad rebellion, will disregard Syria's ethnic and religious minorities once Assad falls.

Sectarian kidnappings spread strife in Northern Syria

92 days ago

"Soon after, Shiite gunmen began kidnapping residents of nearby Sunni villages, he said, stopping public buses on rural highways.

Papal conclave still largely a European club

94 days ago

But he suffered a blow to his reputation last year after being forced to apologize over alarmist predictions about the rise of Islam in Europe.---THE AMERICASIn conclave number crunching, one...

AP Interview: UN envoy says Iraq must hear Sunnis

97 days ago

Sunnis have staged mass rallies in recent weeks to protest what they see as unfair treatment of their sect by the government of Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite accused by critics of monopolizing power.

Ahmadinejad: I'll talk with US if pressure stops

98 days ago

Ahmadinejad is in his final months of his term of office and his followers are weakened by a feud with the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment.

After fatwas, security upped for Egypt opposition

101 days ago

Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood also condemned the fatwas calling killing the opposition by saying, "the Muslim Brotherhood denounce calls that permit bloodshed and incites for killing.

Iranian leader visits Egypt in warming of ties

103 days ago

The Sunni cleric also demanded that Ahmadinejad speak out against insults hurled at the first caliphs who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad and other figures close to the prophet in the 7th century.

Iran's president scoffs at Western sanctions

117 days ago

The West's oil embargo over Iran's suspect nuclear program won't stop the Islamic Republic's scientific and technological progress, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

Iran official: West launched 'currency war'

118 days ago

Iran's Intelligence Ministry says the West has launched a "currency war" against Tehran to destabilize the Islamic Republic.

Iran's foreign minister works to woo Egypt in Cairo visit

129 days ago

After meeting with Grand Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb at al Azhar, Salehi address the Sunni-Shiite divide that has been an increasingly influential division between Muslims.

UK jails mom for killing son over Quran study

132 days ago

A British judge has sentenced a "devoted and loving mother" to at least 17 years in prison for beating her son to death after he failed to memorize passages from the Quran.

Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest

138 days ago

Al-Sadr grudgingly backed longtime rival al-Maliki following elections in 2010, then last year joined Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds in calling for al-Maliki to resign.

Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni heartland

144 days ago

They held banners demanding that Sunnis' rights be respected and calling for the release of Sunni prisoners in Iraqi jails.It is the third major protest in Anbar province in less than a week.

Attack on Sunni cleric in south Pakistan kills 4

145 days ago

No one has responsibility for the attack but Shaukat says it is linked to Monday's attacks in Karachi in which gunmen shot and killed three Shiites and a Sunni cleric.

New female mayor gears Bethlehem up for Christmas

149 days ago

For the past seven years, the Islamic Hamas militant group had a strong presence in Bethlehem's leadership, prompting a cutoff of international aid funds.