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Suspicious fire guts Islamic center in London

Mosques and Islamic centers in London have been on high alert after several were attacked following the slaying of a British soldier last month.

Fort Hood suspect: Islamic leadership threatened

In some emails to a radical Muslim cleric, Hasan indicated that he supported terrorists and was intrigued with the idea of U.S. soldiers killing comrades in the name of Islam.

AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities

The beauty of the ancient mausoleums carved with precise Islamic calligraphy stands in stark contrast to the exposed red-brick buildings and mounds of trash piled along the streets.

Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia

Al-Shabab, a group of al-Qaida-linked militants that seeks to instill an ultra-conservative brand of Islam across Somalia, controlled Mogadishu from roughly 2007 to 2011.

Islam wasn't cause of Boston bombings

Amitabh Pal, co-editor of the Progressive Media Project in Madison, Wis., is the author of "Islam" Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principal of Nonviolence Today.

Egyptian president OKs law allowing Islamic bonds

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has signed a new law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds - an effort to help ease an expanding budget deficit.

San Francisco leaders denounce bus ads about Islam

San Francisco leaders have denounced a series of what they call anti-Islamic advertisements that began appearing on 10 city buses on Monday, calling them racist and offensive.

Senegal to close Islamic schools after fatal fire

Senegal's president says the government will close all Islamic schools that do not meet basic safety standards, after nine children in a Quranic school died in a fire Sunday.

Bangladesh sentences Islamic party leader to death

Prosecutor Syed Haider Ali says Islamic Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee was found guilty of committing mass killings, rape and atrocities during the nine-month war against Pakistan.

65 Islamic rebels, 13 Chad troops killed in Mali

Chad has deployed some 1,800 troops in Mali as part of the French-led military intervention begun in January to wrest control of northern Mali from the Islamic radicals linked to al Qaeda.

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CAIRO: AP PHOTOS: Egypt's Sufis thrive despite attacks

Sufis follow a mystical philosophy of Islam that has traditionally been popular in Egypt, with...

LUXOR, Egypt: Egyptian Christian teacher convicted of blasphemy

The court on Tuesday ruled that elementary schoolteacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour had insulted Islam.

LONDON: London police: Suspicious fire at Islamic school

The Islamic School is about six miles (10 kilometers) from Woolwich, where an off-duty British...