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Italian jihadist killed in Syria

A young Italian who converted to Islam and joined rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been killed in Syria, an Italian daily said. Citing intelligence and interior ministry sources, the Il Giornale daily named the youth as 20-year-old Giuliano Delnevo from the northwestern port city of Genoa. He took the name Ibrahim on converting to Islam, but his family had no ...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to be tried in Libya in August

The son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will be tried in Libya in August, the prosecutor's office has announced. It said the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and other senior regime members would include charges of forming criminal gangs, inciting rape and illegal detentions. According to the BBC, among those who are expected to face trial in August are Gaddafi's ...
Philippine Muslims Wait for Peace Agreement

Manila, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (FMLI) expressed its dissatisfaction with the governmental delay in the signing of the peace agreement. Our organization feels discouraged by the constant delay of the government to reach definitive peace, said in a ABS-CBN television station's report Ghazali Jaafar, vice President of FMLI, group that was founded in 1984 with ...
Qaddafis son Saif Al Islam to face trial in Libya in August

THE HAGUE, Netherlands // A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi accused Libyan authorities yesterday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Saif Al Islam Qaddafi on trial in August. In an urgent filing to the Hague-based court, British lawyer John Jones asked appeals judges to reject Libya's request to ...
Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris miscarries

A pregnant Muslim woman attacked in a Paris street by skinheads, apparently because she was wearing a veil, has miscarried as a result of the assault, her lawyer ...

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Ever since the bisected body of a murdered would-be starlet named Elizabeth Short was found in a field in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 15, 1947, the American public has maintained a morbid fascination with the grisly mystery. Questions about who killed the ... ...

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Use Quran as guide to serve Muslim welfare workers told

ONE FOR THE ALBUM: Fatimah (standing centre, first row) and state Welfare director Noriah Ahmad (sixth left) pose for a photo with winners and participants of the Welfare Department's state-level Quran recital and Nasyid competitions. KUCHING: Welfare workers of the Muslim faith should make full use of Quran recital and Nasyid competitions to increase awareness and understanding of their ...
Ahmed Abdullah Muslim cleric gets 11-year sentence for burning a Bible outside the US Embassy in Egypt

Prosecuted: Hard-line Muslim cleric Ahmed Abdullah has received an 11-year suspended sentence after tearing up and burning a Bible in front of the U.S. Embassy in ...
Egypts Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with opposition over new Islamist governor

CAIRO - Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, an anti-Brotherhood stronghold. The fighting broke out after opposition protesters chained up the gate to the new ...
Civil rights groups sue NYC mayor and top cop over post-Sept. 11 Muslim surveillance programs

WASHINGTON - Civil rights lawyers say they plan to ask a U.S. judge to declare the New York Police Department's spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, and to order police to stop their surveillance and destroy any records in police files. In a lawsuit being filed Tuesday, the lawyers say the spying has hindered residents from freely practicing their religion. It is the ...
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G8 condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria

G8 leaders Tuesday condemned any use of chemical weapons in Syria, and that they were deeply concerned by the growing threat from terrorism and extremism in the Middle East country.

In a final communique issued after the annual G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the leaders called on all parties in the conflict to allow access to the UN investigating team, Xinhua reported.

It said the UN team must be mandated by the UN secretary-general, and drawing on the expertise of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), in order to conduct an objective investigation into reports of use of chemical weapons.

The UN team should make their report and deliver it to the UN Security Council for their assessment, it added.

"We are determined that those who may be found responsible for the use of chemical weapons will be held accountable. We emphasise the need for the secure and safe storage of all chemical weapons in Syria, pending their destruction under international verification," the statement read.

"We also condemn in the strongest possible terms all human rights violations and abuses in Syria, committed by anyone, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians. ...