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 Conservative local election candidate who tweeted that it was good to be anti-Islam and that the Islam was the “religion of rape”, has had to resign just weeks after being chosen to represent the party in the Brentwood local elections. David Bishop, who was due to stand as the Conservative …

Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani, in a gathering for the birth anniversary of Imam Baqir (a), expressed the importance of motivating those who do well with a show of appreciation. His eminence stated: “Steps which are taken to gain the satisfaction of Allah and are executed in the bounds of the divine …

The mystery has deepened over the exact contents of the cargo on-board Flight MH370 when it disappeared eight weeks ago. It has now emerged the Malaysia Airlines plane was loaded with items which have not been made clear on the publicly-released manifest. It is known the aircraft was carrying 4.566 tonnes …

Today my four years at the Lebanese American University were summed up with a one-hour event hosting the American ambassador in Lebanon, David Hale. As I was sitting in the event questions were going backward and forward about how the US will carry out the tasks on its agenda in …

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 …