HEZBOLLAH-BACKED LEBANESE SHIITES FIGHT IN SYRIA
By BASSEM MROUE In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees stand guard at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr,…
Religion and politics
EGYPT’S CHRISTIAN POPE BLASTS ISLAMIST PRESIDENT
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope, Tawadros II speaks to The Associated Press in the province of Assiut, Egypt.…
HAMAS SHAVES HEADS OF GAZA YOUTHS WITH LONG HAIR
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Ayman al-Sayed, 19, right, with his hair cut, and his friend Mohammed Hanouna, 18, left, pose for photo during an interview in Gaza City,…
AL-QAIDA LEADER URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE IN STRUGGLE
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE — In this undated file frame grab from video provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows Al-Qaida’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a…
US EMBASSY IN CAIRO DELETES TWEET ON JON STEWART
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, Jon Stewart speaks during a taping of “The Daily Show with John Stewart”, in New York. The U.S.…
HAMAS RE-ELECTS MASHAAL AS ITS LEADER
By SARAH EL DEEB and KARIN LAUB FILE – In this this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father’s funeral at a Mosque in…
MUSLIMS WORRY ABOUT BROADER FRANCE HEADSCARF BAN
By JAMEY KEATEN A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of France’s Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe’s largest and most popular Muslim…
POPE’S FOOT-WASHING FINAL BLOW FOR TRADITIONALISTS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis…