Iran’s most senior dissident cleric calls ruling system under supreme leader a dictatorshipTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam, the most serious attack on the country’s top official following the disputed presidential election. Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic tells AP: Despite embargo US helped Iran arm Bosnian MuslimsAMSTERDAM — Radovan Karadzic is seeking evidence that the U.S. turned a blind eye to weapons shipments from Iran to Muslim forces fighting in the Bosnian war, to support his claim that Serbs acted in self-defense during the conflict. Analysis: Iraq’s al-Maliki must work harder to secure premier’s job after electionsBAGHDAD — Abandoned by his fellow Shiites, Iraq’s prime minister must turn to new allies and work twice as hard to form a broad-based alliance if he is to keep his job after January’s parliamentary elections. Senior reformist confesses, asks forgiveness in new session of Iran’s mass political trialTEHRAN, Iran — One of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures admitted fomenting unrest and asked for the country’s forgiveness Tuesday, the latest confession in the mass trial of opposition activists detained in the postelection crackdown. Malaysian prime minister urges woman to appeal her caning sentence for drinking beerKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s prime minister urged a Muslim woman waiting to be caned for drinking beer to appeal the sentence, saying Tuesday that her plea would likely get a sympathetic hearing from Islamic authorities. Caning of Malaysian mother for drinking beer postponed until after RamadanKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The first woman in Muslim-majority Malaysia to face caning for drinking beer was reprieved Monday because of the holy month of Ramadan. Her family said she would rather get the thrashing with a rattan cane now and put the ordeal behind her. Malaysia unexpectedly postpones caning of woman sentenced for drinking beerKARAI, Malaysia — Malaysia abruptly granted a Ramadan reprieve to the first Muslim Malay woman to be sentenced to caning for drinking beer, but insisted Monday the thrashing would still take place after the Islamic holy month of fasting. Islamic officials unexpectedly release woman scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beerKARAI, Malaysia — Islamic officials Monday abruptly released a Muslim model scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer after briefly detaining her, in an unexpected twist for Malaysia’s first woman to face the corporal punishment. Islamic officials take custody of woman scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer
Iran’s powerful Larijani brothers spell potential trouble for AhmadinejadCAIRO — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t have to look to the street protests or angry Web sites to get a sense of challenges ahead for his disputed second term. There’s enough potential heat coming from right inside the country’s leadership. Egyptian man once accused of terrorism is released in Fla. in time for Ramadan observancesMIAMI — An Egyptian man acquitted earlier this year of terrorism-related charges but then taken into custody by immigration officials was released Friday to his joyous family. As holy month of Ramadan creeps into summer, US Muslims to stay up later, hold fasts longerDETROIT — American Muslims face an August Ramadan for the first time in 33 years, meaning the days of the holy month are going to be longer and hotter than many can remember. In video message, Obama speaks to Muslims as holy month of Ramadan begins SaturdayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday cast U.S. military efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of his drive to forge a new relationship between America and the Muslim world. In a sweet tribute, the best dates named ‘Obama’ during the holy month of RamadanCAIRO — For the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Egyptian fruit sellers have named their best dates of the year after President Barack Obama in a sweet tribute to the American leader for his outreach to the Muslim world. Obama: Encouraged on Israel, Palestinians, Mubarak praises Obama speech to MuslimsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won lavish praise from his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday and spoke of an “extraordinary opportunity” for making peace in the Middle East, saying he was encouraged by U.S. efforts to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Ramadan over Iranian TV appearancesAMSTERDAM — A Dutch university fired Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on Tuesday for hosting a show on Iran’s state television, which the school said could be seen as endorsing the regime. Republican Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land ‘unrealistic,’ supports Israeli settlementsJERUSALEM — Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there should be no Palestinian state in the West Bank and endorsed Israeli settlements there, sharply disagreeing with Washington and much of the world. Hamas asserts control of Gaza Strip after bloody battle with radical Muslim groupGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they had restored law and order to the seaside territory Sunday after a bloody weekend of clashes with an al-Qaida-inspired group. Leader of al-Qaida-inspired group kills himself in Gaza shootout with HamasRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas crushed an al-Qaida-inspired group in an hours-long standoff that came to a fiery end when a large explosion killed the radical Muslim group’s leader inside his Gaza home on Saturday. Muslim former inmate settles lawsuit over alleged mistreatment in federal prisonEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A former inmate who accused federal prison workers in Illinois of defiling his Quran and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained has settled his civil rights lawsuit for $48,000, one of his attorneys said Thursday. French Muslim woman barred from pool for donning head-to-toe ‘burquini’ swim suitPARIS — A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a “burquini” — may have opened a new chapter in France’s tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code. Pakistani clerics ruthlessly gunned down outside Somali mosque, police seek cluesMOGADISHU, Somalia — Masked gunmen stormed a mosque Wednesday in western Somalia, killing at least five Pakistani Muslim clerics in a country already bloodied by an Islamic insurgency and where al-Qaida is believed to be gaining a foothold. Authorities tried to find out who carried out the execution-style murders, and why. Witnesses say gunmen storm Somali mosque, kill 5 Pakistani preachers in SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Masked gunmen killed five Pakistani preachers Wednesday outside a mosque in Somalia following morning prayers, witnesses said. Iraqi police say several bombs strike Shiite areas in Baghdad, killing at least 8 peopleBAGHDAD — Several bombs exploded nearly simultaneously Tuesday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least eight people and raising fears of a sustained insurgent campaign aimed at provoking new sectarian tensions. The five-day death toll rose to 123 in the worst spasm of bombings the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities at the end of June, turning over urban security to Iraqi troops. Iraqi police say several bombs strike Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 8 peopleBAGHDAD — Several bombs exploded nearly simultaneously Tuesday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least eight people and raising fears of a sustained insurgent campaign aimed at provoking new sectarian tensions. Kosova editor: Islamist hackers block Web site of paper covering trial of US terror suspectsPRISTINA, Kosovo — The editor of a Kosovo newspaper said Tuesday he suspects that Islamist radicals have attacked the paper’s Web site because it was covering the trial of a Kosovar charged in the United States with plotting terrorist acts. In bloodiest day since US pullback, bombings in Mosul and Baghdad kill at least 50BAGHDAD — A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities. Truck bombs hit Shiite community near Mosul, as string of bombings in Iraq kills 48BAGHDAD —A double truck bombing tore through the village of a small Shiite ethnic minority near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, while nine blasts wracked Baghdad in a wave of violence Monday that killed at least 48 people and wounded more than 250, Iraqi officials said. Truck bombs hit Shiite community near Mosul, as string of bombings in Iraq kills 45BAGHDAD —A double truck bombing tore through the village of a small Shiite ethnic minority near the northern city of Mosul, while blasts in Baghdad Monday also targeted Shiites in a wave of violence that killed at least 45 people and wounded more than 200, Iraqi officials said. Bars, discos steadily closing in Algeria as Islamic rules tightenALGIERS, Algeria —All through the 1990s, when Islamic militants waged a ferocious war on the Algerian state and nightlife died in the city that once called itself “The Paris of Africa,” the Hanani bar and restaurant stayed open. It was “an act of resistance,” says owner Achour Ait Oussaid. |
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KARAI, Malaysia — Islamic officials took custody Monday of a Muslim model scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer, the first woman in Malaysia to be given the punishment for violating religious laws.
