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NICOSIA — The Syrian Army has been working on encircling the nation’s largest city. Western diplomats said the Army, backed by Hizbullah and other Iranian proxies, was moving steadily into Aleppo. They said forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad were advancing into Aleppo from three directions and reached the …

In its basement sanctuary, the boxing ring is, like the altar inside the church above it, sacred. Within its four roped corners, fighters wash away their past, submit to the present and come clean in the truth of battle where there can only be one winner and one loser. Tucked …

By Saad Rasool This week, I happened to meet a man whose story represents a deep rupture in the soul of our “Muslim” nation. This young man, barely in his early thirties, is a bookseller in one of the densely populated urban centers of Lahore. I had been told by …

A French Muslim man has rejected accusations by the French government that he has four wives, insisting that he has only one wife and several mistresses. A French muslim man accused by the government of practicing polygamy insisted on Monday that he had only one wife and several mistresses, and …

The number of Muslims in the prison population has more than doubled to nearly 12,000 in a decade, figures from the Ministry of Justice show. The dramatic rise prompted calls for ministers to investigate whether police and the courts are treating Muslims more harshly, with some suggesting the rise is …

Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani, a senior religious authority in the Hawza, spoke to the officials of the Institute of Propagation and Answering Enquiries, in which, his eminence explained the necessity of understanding the proper method of propagation and also the divine blessings reserved for those who help clear the doubts of …

Islamophobes always invoke the “freedom of speech” argument to peddle their racist ideology. This nasty campaign has also been joined by opportunist Muslims that want to ingratiate themselves to the white master to advance their political career. Since the infamous Salman Rushdie affair, many like-minded opportunists have been seeking to …

“He should be ashamed to meet a leader that has four grown women locked up” – the message from two Saudi princesses to President Obama as he meets with their father, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. In an exclusive on-camera interview with Channel 4 News, we talk to Princesses Sahar and …

Turkey has reportedly launched an espionage investigation after a secret state meeting over possible military intervention in neighboring Syria was leaked on YouTube. Turkish media reported on Saturday that police had briefly detained Onder Aytac, a columnist known to be close to the Hizmet movement of the US-based cleric, Fethullah …

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah announced Saturday that the resistance these days is stronger and more capable at all levels, adding that the resistance issue had always been a matter of controversy. In a televised speech at the launch of the Jabal Amel Culture and Literature forum in Ainatha, …