Ayatollah Ahmed Jannati, the leader of the Friday prayers in Tehran, dedicated a part of his sermon in remembrance of Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari. “Martyr Mutahhari was an exemplary example of light whose account has been added to the virtues of the scholars.” His eminence highlighted sincerity as a key virtue …

Naser Abu Shammala had quit smoking a few years ago. But the stress of waiting to travel from Gaza led him to resume. A Canadian citizen, Abu Shammala had been living outside his native Gaza for fifteen years. Two months ago, he returned to visit relatives. When The Electronic Intifada met him, …

In a letter to the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN), Canada’s RCMP confirmed that the Harper government “has added the group to a list of “terrorist entities” as of April 24″. IRFAN has been involved in channeling humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Canadian government’s naming of …

Palestinian administrative prisoners inside Israeli jails who have now been on hunger strike for five days announced on Sunday that they will continue the open-ended battle of the “empty stomachs” until they regain their freedom. The prisoners also called upon the Palestinian people and all the different factions to continue …

A senior Iranian cleric has denounced life sentences for nearly 700 people in Egypt, saying such measures would make it easier for the Israeli regime to commit atrocities against Palestinians. Speaking in the holy city of Qom on Wednesday, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi slammed an Egyptian court’s decision to execute …

BEIRUT: The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced it had executed seven prisoners in its bastion in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, two of them by crucifixion. ISIL, which has been disavowed even by Al-Qaeda, said it held the seven responsible for a grenade attack on one of its fighters earlier this month in …

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that religious organizations are largely exempt from anti-discrimination lawsin their hiring and firing decisions. For those who are thinking of getting into the God business, which religion offers its clergy the best pay? Judaism. The American Jewish newspaper Forward conducted a survey in 2010 …

The backlash over US Secretary of State John Kerry’s use of the word “apartheid” to describe what would become of Israel if there is no “two-state solution” continues. Leading anti-Palestinian group the Anti-Defamation League, for instance, welcomed Kerry’s craven apology:   “We welcome Secretary @JohnKerry’s clear affirmation that #Israel is not an #apartheid state” …

Quoting Winston Churchill can get you arrested, as one British candidate in the European elections found out after referring to the iconic wartime leader’s thoughts on Islam from his book ‘The River War’, published in 1899. The book chronicles young Churchill’s service in Sudan at the time of the Anglo-Egyptian …

  Government computers have been used to insert insults into Wikipedia entries about Muslims. An investigation by the BBC revealed the phrase “all Muslims are terrorists” had been added to an article on veils. The changes were made from a Whitehall IP address around October 2006. Stevie Benton from Wikimedia UK, …