KOTA BARU: Pas' objective of working together with DAP was to bring Islam closer to the non-Muslims in the Chinese-dominated party, says the party's spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik...

Twenty-four Filipinos, most of them civil servants, were stranded at the city's international airport for six hours on Tuesday after the tour operator who was supposed to meet them failed to...

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo salutes next to Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit (R), the new chief of staff of the Philippines' armed forces, and Bangit's predecessor Gen. Victor Ibrado during...

JAKARTA: DNA tests confirmed that a man accused of assembling the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attack was killed in a raid near Jakarta, Indonesian police said...

NEW DELHI: India's ruling Congress party officials met on Wednesday to douse a political standoff over a contentious parliament bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow...

A Hizbul Islam official called Bare Ali Bare was on Tuesday gunned down by unknown assailants in Mogadishu 's Bakara Market, a stronghold for Somali rebel fighters. According to witnesses who spoke...

(AP) — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian magazine has apologized for upsetting Christians after it published an article researched by two Muslims who pretended to be Roman Catholics and...

RIYADH: Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called on Israel on Wednesday to refrain from provocative gestures and strongly condemned the incursion of Israeli forces’...

RIYADH: Sheikh Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, a prominent voice of the Islamic world and head of Al-Azhar, the highest religious authority in Egypt, died here on Wednesday at the age of 81 following a heart...

An aerial view of of the eastern part of Riyadh shows finished villas and housing units under construction as land use continues to rise in the capital...

Zenit.org ).- Al-Islam magazine apologized to Catholics for publishing a report in which two of its journalists profaned a consecrated host, reported Eglises d'Asie, agency of the Foreign Missions of...

MANILA: Sixteen people, including two South Korean tourists, were killed in two road accidents overnight in the Philippines, police reports said...

RIYADH: The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan (LFSH) has joined forces with the London-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the largest law firms in the world with 2,800 lawyers on its roll and...

“SJCUK has recently been launched and, given our flexible approach, we will adapt to an ever changing future,” said Prince Bader bin Saud bin Mohammad, president of the new organization.He added...

KARACHI: Former captains Younus Khan and Muhammad Yousuf had their international futures cast aside and then restored just as quickly after the Pakistan Cricket Board backtracked on its decision to...

Prince Mishal hands over the prize to one of the winners in the Mobily Jeddah Marathon at Al-Bir Society in Jeddah on Wednesday. (AN photo by Adnan...

"The native people of Borneo are devout Christians, who live in harmony with Muslims. The religious harmony in Borneo should be a model for the entire nation." This is what Catholic Bishop...

Israel's plan to build 1,600 new apartments in contested east Jerusalem has thrown a spotlight on the city at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. —What's the bottom line? Israel wants...

Tajikistan's top court on Wednesday sentenced 56 followers of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), a radical Muslim group, for extremist activities in the Central Asian state. "Twenty-three defendants were given...

AURILLAC, France: Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan claimed a shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race on Wednesday while Alberto Contador showed in a nervy finale he had regained confidence two days...

JEDDAH: No sweat for Al Areesh as its dominating display in the Thursday Night Bowling League 4th Season fittingly ended with a championship crown at the Sultana Mall’s Bowling City...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany:  Double Olympic gold medallist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive...

RIYADH: FIA President Jean Todt has just completed a one-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a guest of the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF). Todt was accompanied by Sheikh Abdullah bin...

CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Grameen-Jameel and Islamic Development Bank have joined forces to challenge the Islamic microfinance industry to develop new ideas for business models. ...

Belgrade - Serbia on Wednesday sent an official request to Britain for the extradition of former Bosnian Muslim leader Ejup Ganic, currently being held in London on charges of alleged war crimes. The...

Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to...

A network of social justice movements is helping women combat inequality, violence and repression all over the globe, especially in Muslim...

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a...

According to The Australian, “dozens of bodies lined the streets” of three Christian villages in northern Nigeria. “Other victims of the weekend’s Muslim fury jammed a local...

A 600 page document by Prof. Tahir ul-Quadri, against violence, signals the beginning of a new season in the Islamic world. Like the pope in Regensburg, he says that God is reason and is against...

Announcing to launch an agitation against the Women's Reservation Bill, Samajwadi Party today appealed to Muslims MPs in all the political parties to press for amendment in the measure, which it said...

Announcing to launch an agitation against Women Reservation Bill, Samajwadi Party today appealed to Muslims MPs in all the political parties to press for amendment in the measure, which it said was...

QUEBEC - Immigration Minister Yolande James said Tuesday she will not compromise in her refusal to allow students to cover their faces with Islamic niqabs or burqas in French classes.“There is no...

Tajikistan's top court on Wednesday sentenced 56 followers of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), a radical Muslim group, for extremist activities in the Central Asian state. "Twenty-three defendants were given...

/enpproperty--> CAIRO - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi died of a sudden heart attack Wednesday morning in Saudi Arabia, the official MENA news agency reported. As the country's...

Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose moderate views angered conservative Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news agency...

CAIRO: Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning Al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at...

RIYADH: Police here arrested a wanted suspect in Al-Saadah neighborhood who was charged with stealing a car and committing a number of crimes in the area. Police did not elaborate on the nature of...

RIYADH: Police here arrested two Saudis who have been charged with robbing expatriates. The authorities responded to a number of complaints about muggings in a certain area of the capital. After...

Amsterdam - A leading Dutch politician and critic of Islam said Wednesday he plans to release a second movie about the spread of Islam, but not until after Dutch elections in June, local media...

W ALTHAM — A Massachusetts university is investigating a report of vandalism at a Muslim Student Association office in which a computer, printer, phone and lamps were unplugged and silverware...