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• The politics of people
I asked my guide if it's OK to be non-Muslim in Iran. “Yes,” he said, “We have religious freedom, as long as it is not offensive to Islam.” Christian? “Sure.” Jewish? “Sure.” Bahai? “No. We believe that Mohammed — who came in the ...
• Female bomber at Shiite shrine in Baghdad kills 38
BAGHDAD - A woman hiding among Iranian pilgrims with a bomb strapped under her black robe killed more than three dozen people Sunday outside a Baghdad mosque during ceremonies commemorating the death of one of Shiite Islam's most revered saints. The ...
• Morrocan immigrant named Rotterdam mayor
Just a few years ago, the country — once one of Europe's most welcoming — was in the grip of an anti-immigrant backlash triggered by the murders of two of the country's most prominent critics of Islam. In 2002, the firebrand politician Pim Fortuyn ...
• India: Mumbai gunmen commanded by phone
This is a matter of prestige of Islam," the handler said. "You may feel tired or sleepy, but the commandos of Islam have left everything behind, their mothers, their fathers." The gunmen were told several times not to kill any Muslim hostages. The ...
• Report: Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza
In the comments, which were posted on a militant Web site and obtained by the SITE Monitoring Service, al-Zawahiri described Israel's actions in Gaza as a "crusade against Islam and Muslims" and called it "Obama's gift to Israel" before he takes ...