'First, account for the shirt you are wearing'

ISLAMABAD: Speculations were rife among people and were also conveyed on some Pakistani media channels that Taliban's overall chief and former Afghanistan ruler Mulla Omar is being talked about as Ameer ul Momineen (head of the Isamic people) and ...

Several roads were blocked Monday in the northern city of Tripoli in protest at remarks voiced by a cleric from the Msheik family that were deemed insulting to Islam's second Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab. The Hariri Project-Qobbeh road has been ...

February 12, 2014 RECORDER REPORT In a move that could affect the ongoing peace talks with the government, the Pakistani Taliban have said they want commander Mullah Fazlullah to lead the country. "In Pakistan, Mullah Fazlullah is ...

Omar Osman, a Jordanian scholar of Palestinian origin, also known as Abu Qatada al-Filistini, criticized imposing jizya in Syria in an interview with the newspaper Al-Hayat . He spoke about the imposition of jizya (Islamic tax) on Christians in ...

Omar Khalid [center], from a propaganda video released in 2012. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. An influential commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has issued a statement claiming that the group executed 23 Frontier ...

Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been liberated - not from Bashar al-Assad's troops but from al-Qaeda fighters who subjected them to a regime that included torture and public beheadings. For Syrians who ...

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Daily Readings for: March 11, 2014 (Readings on USCCB website) Collect: Look upon your family, Lord, that, through the chastening effects of bodily discipline, our minds may be ...

HOLLYWOOD As controversy surrounding the new Hollywood blockbuster Noah increases, three Arab countries have banned the new movie before it premiers, with more countries expected to follow suit. Censors for Qatar , Bahrain and the UAE (United ...

The chief Imam of Bait Al-Muqaddas (Masjid-e-Aqsa), Jerusalem, Al-Sheikh Ali Al-Abbasi Arabi, visited the historic Amir Mahal, the ancestral home of the Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, on his invitation, recently. The Imam expressed his ...