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France’s far-right National Front leader said her party would prevent schools from providing non-pork alternatives to Muslim pupils. Marine Le Pen said on Friday that pupils would have to “eat pork or starve” in the 11 towns the National Front won in local elections, stating that such arrangements were a ...

At least 24 people have been killed and dozens others wounded in a bomb attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials say. The explosion took place on Wednesday morning in a busy fruit and vegetable market. “We have received 15 dead bodies and 35 injured people,” said Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences ...

Malaysia has a serious human rights problem, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which released a 100+ page report entitled “No Answers, No Apologies” detailing abuses by Malaysian authorities. The report comes on the heels of accounts that Malaysia arrested infants from the country’s minority Shia Muslim sect, based upon the “crime” ...

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that the Syrian regime is no longer in danger of being toppled by rebels, adding that the world wants to see a diplomatic solution to the country’s ongoing crisis. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that rebels taking over the country is no longer an option, ...

Ayatollah Jawadi Amoli, speaking to a group travelling to Syria with the message of peace, stated the important factors in leading the world towards this important objective. He said: “We are hopeful towards God that he guides this world towards intellectuality and justice so that the powerful do not walk ...

A high-ranking Omani official has praised Iran’s prominent role in the evolution of jurisprudential issues. Speaking on the sidelines of the 13th Meeting of Development of Jurisprudential Sciences in the Omani capital Muscat on Sunday, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah said Iran’s involvement in ideological and religious ...

CAIRO, Egypt — Since when does the British government take orders from Saudi Arabia? That’s the question raised by a seemingly dry news story out of the UK this past week. The story, which emerged Tuesday, was that UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently ordered an inquiry into the links between ...

Drive north from the capital, and you soon discover why relief workers call the Central African Republic a post-apocalyptic country. After a year of mass murder, the villages are abandoned and the roads eerily empty and desolate. The checkpoints are controlled by cold-eyed men from largely Christian militias who brandish ...

PARIS, April 4 (Reuters) – Far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen said on Friday it would prevent schools from offering special lunches to Muslim pupils in the 11 towns it won in local elections, saying such arrangements were contrary to France’s secular values. France’s republic has a strict secular ...

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, commemorating the martyrdom of Lady Zahra (s) in the Islamic Seminary of Amir al-Momineen (s), spoke about the importance of learning from the sermon of Lady Zahra (s) delivered by the blessed lady regarding Fadak. He said: “The famous sermon of Fadak by Lady Zahra (s) contains ...