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Did CIA attempt to set up al Qaeda leader with a bride?

An American born Muslim Cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, once identified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as the top terrorist threat to the United States...

Muslim Group plans to combat pro-Israel Metro ads with "Show forgiveness, speak for justice and avoid the ignorant."

WASHINGTON - Advertisements sponsored by CAIR were unveiled Friday in response to a pro-Israel ad posted in four Metro stations this week. The Council on...

Former Irish American Sunday school teacher on why she converted to Islam - VIDEO

A former Catholic Sunday school teacher has spoken about why she was moved to convert to Islam. Cheryl Dacey, was born into an Irish Catholic family. After...

American Muslim Democrats talk challenges, celebrate progress

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harpreet Sandhu, a Sikh from the Bay Area, had just left a breakfast for California’s delegates at the Democratic National Convention on...

Syria Sniper Bullet Hits 4-Year-Old Girl (VIDEO)

  Four-year-old Rena was sitting in her mother's lap on the family's balcony in Aleppo, Syria, when a bullet from a sniper ripped through her...

Palestinian Refugees from Syria Lost and “Betrayed”

The official position of Arab nations is unambiguous: solidarity with Palestine is paramount. But facts on the ground point to a disturbingly different reality...

Apple’s victory over Samsung could mean fewer phone options

A jury’s conclusion that Samsung stole the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad could mean fewer smartphone options...

‘Halal’ vitamins for American Muslims

Arab pharmacist in Detroit, Sam Alawieh, was baffled by a question a patient asked him about the vitamins she was about to take. “She asked me, does this have...

'Muslims For Life' blood drive honors victims of Sept. 11

The second annual Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Memorial Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The drive will take place at the...

Top Syrian Media Host Abandons Assad for the Truth

                  At about 7:30 p.m. on July 11, Ola Abbas sat down at her laptop in her apartment in southeast...

No more arms shipments to Syria from Russia

The U.S. administration has managed to convince Russia to stop sending some arms shipments to the Syrian regime, including helicopters that were repaired and...

U.S.-Muslim group calls for boycott of dates grown on Israeli-occupied land

An American Muslim group based in the U.S. launched a nationwide campaign calling for the boycott of dates grown on Israeli-occupied land in the West Bank....

Syria Leaks: Al Arabiya English Reports On Assad's PR Firm

Graphic footage of dead children in amateur videos is not the image Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wanted to be associated with his name; furthermore, it is...

‘Sex debate’ heats up in Morocco as activists demand sexual freedom rights

Moroccan Justice Minister Mustafa al-Ramid lashed out at a request submitted by a group of activists asking for the legalizing of sexual relations outside...

Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestinian Soccer Player, Released

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel released on Tuesday a member of the Palestinian national soccer team who had been held for three years without formal charges...