Indeed, the subsidy should be withdrawn. First, because it’s against constitutional norms and second because it’s increasing the gap between the Muslims and people of other faith. Articles 14, 15 and 17 of the Constitution provide equal status to...

The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors as the young, bearded tech salesmen close up shop and line up in rows to pray together.

Apparently the game may have a couple of “Koranic expressions” in the soundtrack? But when a “Baby-Coo” doll utters in between gibberish, “Islam is the Light,” and non-Muslims complain, no rectifications or apologies...

An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused bytheir comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home. This fact hasreceived a fair amount of attention lately from researchers and thepress — and deservedly so.

US Secretary of State was to meet Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after securing an Israeli pledge to remove 50 West Bank roadblocks. The move would improve the daily lives of Palestinians and...

One of the main s, parties in Iraq has criticised the collapse of a trial of two former senior officials accused of aiding Shia death squads. The Iraqi Islamic Party said the government had failed in its duty to protect potential witnesses. The party...