Islam

In Indonesia, minorities under threat from Muslim hardliners

When a mob of Muslims swooped on a little church deep in rural Aceh in Indonesia this month, the loc...

Oct 28, 2015 09:17 PM EDT

Small Turkish town haunted by lost sons, hand of Islamic State

In a small teahouse in the conservative southeastern Turkish town of Adiyaman, two brothers would ho...

Oct 15, 2015 08:44 PM EDT

Jihadist threat posted online against Navy SEAL from bin Laden mission

A supporter of Islamic State militants has issued a threat against Fox News contributor Rob O'Neill,...

Oct 06, 2015 09:25 PM EDT

Before Tennessee rampage, suspect texted friend link to Islamic verse

Hours before the Tennessee shooting that killed five U.S. servicemen, the suspected gunman texted a ...

Jul 19, 2015 08:08 AM EDT

Saddam's former army is secret of Baghdadi's success

A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that the secret of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's success ...

Jun 17, 2015 05:55 AM EDT

PM Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to seize on yoga as India's signature cultural export have hi...

Jun 16, 2015 09:06 AM EDT

Al Qaeda's Syria wing sees no peace with Islamic State soon: TV

The head of al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said he saw no solution soon to a conflict with the ri...

Jun 03, 2015 06:07 PM EDT

Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds

In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on...

May 31, 2015 05:36 AM EDT

Boston bomber volunteered as family fell apart, jurors told

Lawyers seeking to spare convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty called wit...

May 06, 2015 06:44 PM EDT

Police shoot dead 2 gunmen at Texas exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons

Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday outside an exhibit of caricatures of the...

May 04, 2015 07:04 AM EDT

'American Sniper' cancellation draws Maryland lawmaker's ire

A state lawmaker launched an online campaign on Friday to overturn a decision to cancel a screening ...

Apr 25, 2015 07:48 PM EDT

Sisi's crackdown on Islamists yet to win over Egyptian village

Egyptian police often raid homes in this rundown village just outside Cairo, residents say -- part o...

Apr 22, 2015 08:13 AM EDT

Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees blood-stained note

Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the b...

Mar 10, 2015 06:54 PM EDT

Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State

Saudi Arabia is pushing for Sunni Muslim Middle East countries to set aside differences over politic...

Mar 06, 2015 08:09 AM EST

Pakistan arrests parents for refusing children's polio vaccinations

Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children agains...

Mar 03, 2015 09:01 AM EST

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