How Powerful is Hafiz Saeed?
Column by Stephen Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi - Is Pakistani radical Islamist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, at 61 years of age, the most powerful man in the world? Observing events of the past month, one might be justified More...
35 killed in wave of bombings across Iraq
Baghdad municipality workers clean up after a car bomb attack in Palestine Street, Baghdad Iraq, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP / Hadi Mizban) BAGHDAD – At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 wounded More...
Nazareth imam convicted of inciting terror
Preacher established Salafist group with ‘global Jihad’ al-Qaida ideology. The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court on Sunday convicted the imam of a mosque in the city on charges of incitement to violence More...
Iraq: Serial bombings kill 45 people
Bagdad, IRAQ – At least 45 people were killed and about 200 injured in a series of bombings across Iraq on Tuesday, the ninth anniversary of the US invasion of the country. The bombings, blamed on the Al More...
Pakistan demands US apology for drone strikes
Islamabad, PAKISTAN – A Pakistani parliamentary panel has demanded a stop to US drone strikes inside Pakistan territory and an unconditional apology from the US for a NATO air strike last November that killed More...
Ummah: A Mythical Alliance of Muslims
Alliance of Muslims, one that is fanatically sought by the Islamic terror organizations like Al Qaeda, has seldom existed in history even though the very concept of Ummah or Community of Muslim Nations has continued More...
Rome condemns UK’s failed bid to rescue hostages in Nigeria
Rome, ITALY – Italy president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday criticized the British government for failure to consult Rome before launching a botched rescue mission in Nigeria for an Italian and British hostage, More...
24 militants killed by Pak Army
Islamabad, PAKISTAN – Pakistani Army has claimed to have killed 24 militants during separate gun battles on Tuesday in the tribal regions in the northwest and southwest parts of the country. At least 17 militants More...
Shia Muslims Massacred inPakistan
Column by Stephen Schwartz - Pakistancontinues its slide downward to definitive failure as a state. At the heart of its crisis, the Pakistani Taliban and their fanatical allies, claiming the mantle of Sunni More...
Al Qaeda takes responsibility for bombings
Baghdad, IRAQ – Al Qaeda in Iraq on Friday said it had launched the series of bombings and gun attacks Thursday that killed at least 60 people across the war-torn country. In a statement carried by many websites, More...
