An international conference on the threats of Takfiri movements has kicked off in the Iranian city of Qom.

Researchers in Germany have discovered an old manuscript of the Holy Qur’an at the library of the University of Tübingen. Scholars at the Coranica Project, part of the University of Tübingen, found the book, written between 20 and 40 years after the death of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Written in Kufic script, the ...

The leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza, Mohamed Al-Hindi, insisted on Wednesday that his movement is "solely a Sunni, Palestinian and resistance movement", stressing that "it is far from sectarian colours," Anadolu news agency reported. In a press release sent to Anadolu, Al-Hindi denied the remarks made by Iraqi Shia ...

Some of the 1,500 new US troops authorized to “advise and train” Iraqi forces in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants will be deployed in Iraq within the next few weeks without waiting for Congress to fund the mission, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Meanwhile, clashes broke out all over the city of Ramadi, ...

Using Islam in the service of politics is not limited to Arab nations and communities, or individuals in Europe who broke with their societies to join the takfiri groups in the Middle East. There is a real threat to the society and the state in Kosovo, where a ‘tolerant’ brand of Islam, which is becoming more and more rare in our world, today prevails....

Bahraini rulers' failure to loosen their grip on power could trigger a surge in violence, the chief of the kingdom's main opposition movement warned Friday, a day before the oil-rich kingdom holds elections without the participation of opposition groups. On Friday, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the village of Diraz pledging to boycott ...

A board member of the newly formed Egyptian Zakat and Sadaqah Fund, Momtaz El-Saeed, has confirmed that the government is considering investing Zakat money, and as Al-Araby Al-Jadid news website reported on Thursday, this has raised fears amongst economic analysts and those working in the charity sector that the government will try to seize this money,...

International cooperation" is necessary to crush the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday, while Israeli media claimed Wednesday that hundreds of wounded Syria rebels have been treated in Israel. "The region is going through decisive times" and the most important factor ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described on Wednesday his government's strict measures against Palestinians in Jerusalem as part of a battle over the holy city.

A Palestinian human rights organisation announced on Tuesday that 475 Palestinians are currently serving life sentences inside Israeli jails, Anadolu news agency reported.

Analysts were right to say that the Republican takeover of Congress bodes well for the war machine: already we see the levers of power slowly shifting in reverse, eager to get back to salad days of post-9/11 wartime spending.

Libyan journalist and political analyst, Ali Al-Kasih, has said that over 6,000 militants have recently arrived in Libya, adding that these militants contributed to the civil war and to the difficulty in resolving the Libyan crisis.

Egyptian authorities are to finish the demolition of houses in the buffer zone along its border with the Gaza Strip; pls48.net reported an Egyptian official in northern Sinai saying yesterday.

The Islamic resistance movement Hamas has described Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes as a "racist policy", Anadolu news agency reported .

Two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed during an operation by the forces of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to remove the bodies of three crew members of a downed Armenian helicopter, the Karabakh army says.

Bahrain’s main opposition party has censured the country’s recent legislative vote, saying the regime forced security personnel to vote.