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China's Uyghurs -- A Minority In Their Own Land?
July 08, 2009By Breffni O'Rourke The Uyghurs of western China are an ethnic Turkic people who are by tradition Muslim, and who feel more kinship with the peoples of Central Asia than with the Han Chinese -- the communist state's dominant population. The Uyghurs...
Assassinations Roil Russia's Caucasus Region
June 11, 2009By Peter Fedynsky The deputy head of Ingushetia's Supreme Court has been shot dead in the latest incident of violence to hit Russia's troubled Caucasus region. The assassination of Justice Aza Gazgireeva follows a recent high profile killing in neighboring...
- December 06, 2007
Fourteen Muslim rebels convicted in a 2001 tourist group abduction that left five hostages dead have been sentenced to life in prison in the Philippines. Four other defendants were acquitted following the trial, which began in 2003, the BBC reported...
UK's Muslims decry thought police
December 06, 2007The head of the Muslim Council of Britain lamented the prosecution of a woman convicted of writing poetry praising beheadings and possessing terrorist manuals. Muhammad Abdul Bari said British lawmakers criminalized the thoughts of Muslim youths ahead...
Islamic televangelists preach 'Islam Lite'
December 03, 2007Muslim televangelists are preaching "Islam-Lite" to younger Muslims from Egypt to London as an alternative to the fiery idiom of Islamic fundamentalism. Moez Masoud, a 29-year-old Egyptian, and several other younger pulpiteers are preaching...
Trial delayed for Fort Dix attack suspects
November 28, 2007The Philadelphia trial for five Muslim men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix, N.J., has been delayed based on their complaints of access to evidence. U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler heard defense lawyers complain Tuesday they haven't been...
British court OKs Masri extradition
November 15, 2007A London judge ruled Thursday that imprisoned radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terror charges. The City of Westminster Magistrates Court approved the extradition of the 49-year-old Egyptian-born...
Los Angeles drops Muslim mapping plan
November 15, 2007The Los Angeles Police Department has halted a program aimed at mapping the city's Muslim population after protests from Muslim groups and civil libertarians. The police department, which had earlier claimed the program was necessary to identify possible...
Saudis publish official fatwas Web site
October 07, 2007Muslim leaders in Egypt may follow Saudi Arabia's lead and use the latest technology to publish Islamic legal rulings known as fatwas. The new Saudi Web site publishes official fatwas issued by authorized scholars, the BBC reported Sunday. In...
Documentary explores Mohammed cartoons
October 06, 2007Some Muslim leaders who inspired a violent reaction to cartoons showing the Prophet Mohammed had never seen them, a Danish documentary film says. The documentary directed by Karsen Kjaer airs Sunday on Danish public television, The Copenhagen Post...
