Friday noon prayer at the al-Tawhid mosque in Cairo used to be led by a state-appointed imam.
Why Egypt’s New Religious Freedoms Are Raising Concerns
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The U.S. in Afghanistan: The Longest War
The soldiers crept into the village of Loi Kolay under the light of a crescent moon, slipping into defensive positions around a darkened house, gun sights trained on the rocky cliffs above. Four sharp knocks on the wooden door echoed through the silent valley.
The Five Faces of Barack Obama
If Barack Obama had not chosen a life in politics, he might have made a fine psychotherapist.
Mosque Controversy: Does America Have a Muslim Problem?
Correction Appended: Sept. 2, 2010 To experience what it feels like to be a Muslim in America today, walk in the shoes of Dr.
Arab Spring: Is a Revolution Starting Up in Syria?
Updated: March 20, 2011 Has the wave of popular revolts rocking the Arab world finally reached Syria, one of the region’s most policed states, a country its young president boasted was “immune” from calls for freedom, democracy and accountable government? Or were the unprecedentedly large protests on Friday just a one-off
Teen returns home to find family among quake dead
Septiani Lenianingsih stands off to the side, away from the crowds that have gathered to watch the backhoe at work. The land the machine is plowing through was once the village of Malalak, but it’s now a mass grave.
Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.
Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN. A grand jury has been in session in New York in the last week as further charges are considered in the expanding terror investigation, CNN learned.
Imam’s arrest shocks New York’s Afghan-American community
The arrest of a local imam for allegedly lying to the FBI about tipping off a suspected terrorist sent shock waves through the Afghan community in New York. Ahmad Wais Afzali, a prominent imam in Queens who runs an Islamic burial service for the Muslim community, has maintained his innocence in the case
8 arrested at protest outside mosque in London
Protesters threw bricks and bottles Friday at police outside a mosque in London after about 1,000 people showed up to counter a planned a right-wing demonstration there, police said.
Radical Muslim cleric among 21 killed in Gaza clashes
A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 21 people dead and injured at least 121 others. Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the radical group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, Hamas sources said