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Report: Bahrain police search home of top cleric

A main opposition group in Bahrain says police have searched the home of the Gulf nation's most senior Shiite cleric, who has strongly sided with anti-government protesters.

Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police

An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue.

Iranian cleric: Women can't be president in Iran

Iranian cleric: Women can't be president in Iran

Tensions high in Lebanon after assault on clerics

Tensions high in Lebanon after assault on clerics

Cleric: West 'insane' to deny Iran nuclear rights

A top Iranian cleric says Western countries must be "insane" because they do not recognize Iran's rights to pursue nuclear energy.

Syria's top cleric calls for recruits

Syria's top cleric calls for recruits

Saudi cleric: Even young girls should be covered

A Saudi cleric says even girls who have not yet reached puberty should be covered from head to toe, citing instances of child molestation in the ultraconservative kingdom and elsewhere.

Egypt's top cleric cancels Saudi trip over slight

Egypt's top cleric cancels Saudi trip over slight

Judge dismisses terror charges against Fla. cleric

A Florida federal judge has dismissed terrorism support and conspiracy charges against a Muslim cleric accused along with his father of funneling cash to the Pakistani Taliban.

Attack on Sunni cleric in south Pakistan kills 4

Police official Imran Shaukat says the vehicle with Auranzeb Farooqi came under attack on Tuesday as the cleric was passing through the heart of the port city of Karachi.

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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

Al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen.

Ex-Iranian leader tries comeback

On Tuesday, 100 members of parliament sent a letter to the Guardian Council, asking its jurists...

Rights group: Female police need private bathrooms

He said the government was working to correct the problem, and recently created a consultative...