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The brother of an Al-Qaeda chief was among six militants killed in the restive southern Yemeni province of Abyan, where five soldiers also died in overnight clashes, local officials said on Thursday.Five Qaeda suspects died when their positions in Bajdar, on the ...

Fresh fighting between suspected Al-Qaeda militants and army troops in Yemen's restive Abyan province have killed two soldiers and 13 Islamists, military officials said on Tuesday.During Monday's clashes in southern Yemen the army fired artillery rounds on positions held by fighters of ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A film about one of thousands of Koranic schools for girls in Syria has shocked some Syrians but impressed others with the implication that one of the bastions of Arab secularism has become a deeply religious society.In "The Light ...

Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province's image.Since being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh on Saturday ...

Islamists who swept to victory in the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections were looking to consolidate their winning streak in a second round of voting Wednesday.Some 18.8 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots in this round of the first ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has described as "deeply shocking" Saudi Arabia's beheading of a woman convicted on charges of "sorcery and witchcraft," saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom.Saudi national Amina bint Abdul Halim ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home improvement chain Lowe's Monday defended its decision to pull advertising from reality TV show "All-American Muslim" amid charges the company had given in to bigotry."All-American Muslim," which airs on TLC, follows several Muslim families in and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home improvement chain Lowe's defended on Monday its decision to pull advertising from reality show "All-American Muslim" amid charges the company had given in to bigotry."All-American Muslim," which airs on The Learning Channel and ends its first ...

Egypt's Islamists said on Sunday they would not accept any interference from the ruling military council over the future constitution amid uncertainty about the army's role in the process."No one except the elected parliament has the right to draft legislation," Khairat al-Shater, ...

Bulgaria's Muslim minority are not deeply religious, although they enthusiastically practise traditional rituals, a study showed Friday.Only 28.5 percent of respondents said they were deeply religious, a negligible 0.5 percent believed that disputes should be resolved using Islamic Sharia law and as ...

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Topic: Islam

Qaeda leader's brother among 11 dead in Yemen

Two Yemen soldiers, 13 Islamists killed in clashes

Film shows spread of conservative Islam in secular Syria

Indonesian sharia stronghold 'rehabilitates' punks

Islamists look to build on success in Egypt polls

Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery "shocking"

Lowe's defends pulling ads from Muslim TV show

Lowe's defends pulling ads from U.S. Muslim TV show

Egypt Islamists reject army interference in constitution

Bulgaria's Muslims not deeply religious: study

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