Tag: Islam

In this April 10, 2014 photo, Indian Muslims wait in a queue to cast their votes in Muzaffarnagar, India, an area that witnessed one of the worst Hindu Muslim riots of recent times in which 69 people were killed and over 40,000 were rendered homeless. Muslims account for more than 13 percent of India's population and face no legal discrimination under the country's secular constitution. But while many Indian Muslims have held high government offices - the current vice president Hamid Ansari is Muslim - the community is largely poor and fares badly on most socio-economic indicators like health and education. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian Muslims wary of PM’s Hindu nationalist ties

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 1:06 am

This image provided by the Dallas Museum of Art shows a late 10th- to 11th-century carved crystal ewer from Egypt cut from a single piece of rock crystal. The pitcher is the first item the Dallas Museum of Art is putting on display from a rarely-shown Islamic art collection that it recently got on long-term loan. (AP Photo/Dallas Museum of Art)

Work from Islamic collection goes on view in Texas

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 5:39 pm

Libya’s embattled parliament votes in new, Islamist-backed Cabinet

Libya’s embattled parliament votes in new, Islamist-backed Cabinet

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 5:51 pm

Members of the Egyptian security forces hold guns during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood outside Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2014. Two protesters were killed in clashes in Egypt between Islamist demonstrators and their opponents after midday prayers Friday, the final day of campaigning ahead of next week's presidential election, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Taranh)

Egypt sentences 20 Islamist students for rioting

Mariam Rizk · May 24, 2014 9:36 pm

Iran cleric condemns ‘satanic’ divorce parties

Iran cleric condemns ‘satanic’ divorce parties

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 3:08 pm

HBO funnyman Bill Maher briefly interrupted his regularly scheduled conservative-bashing last week to attack his fellow liberals. (AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham)

Don’t follow Bill Maher into anti-Muslim bigotry

Shikha Dalmia · May 15, 2014 9:49 pm

Saudis question Mecca preparedness as MERS spreads

Aya Batrawy · May 15, 2014 8:13 pm

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah recently imposed Sharia on the citizens of this small country in Southeast Asia with a population of less than 500,000. The law includes the punishment of death for any who engages in the "crime" of homosexuality or adultery.

Hollywood’s Beverly Hills Hotel boycott: Sharia or Islam?

Larry Elder · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

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UPDATE: Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for leaving the Islamic faith

Ashe Schow · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

Brandeis and Double Standards

Jay Bergman · May 12, 2014 9:01 pm

In this photo taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network, Monday, shows the alleged missing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok. The new video purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic. It is the first public sight of the girls since more than 300 were kidnapped from a northeastern school the night of April 14 exactly four weeks ago. (AP Photo)

U.S. steps up efforts to help Nigeria find kidnapped girls

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Islamic bloc chief: Nigeria kidnappings barbaric

Islamic bloc chief: Nigeria kidnappings barbaric

Aya Batrawy · May 10, 2014 4:42 pm