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A growing chorus of Muslim leaders worldwide were united Friday, September 15, in insisting on a clear-cut apology from Pope Benedict over his comments that showed how little he understands Islam and could hurt religious harmony.

"The pope spoke about Islam without reading first its scriptures, the Noble Qur’an, and Prophet Muhammad’s hadiths, but sufficed to ..

The head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue said on March 26, 2006 that the war in Iraq should not be viewed as a "

The general secretariat of the Syrian National Salvation Front Held its third session in Brussels, which lasted for three days from 13th to 15th of this September, with the Front reviewing decisions taken in the two previous sessions as well as taking a new set of decisions on its envisaged plan on the road to peaceful national change. The Front also discussed the recent regional and internatio..

The statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of Vatican have caused hue and cry throughout the world especially that they came at a  time when killings and bloody wars in the name of combating terrorism are rife. Instead of calling for clam and halt of bloodshed worldwide, the pontiff’s statements were seen as working in favor of policies adopted by President Bush in his heated quest of what h..

Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief Islamic judge in Palestine, on Monday rejected assaults on churches of various sects in Palestine and the Islamic world as contrary to Islamic teachings.

Tamimi charged, in a statement, that such attacks served "enemies of Islam", and stressed that Muslims and Christians live in absolute respect to each other’s creed in all Muslim countries.

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The Israeli prisons authority (IPA) moved 16 Palestinian female prisoners from Talmund jail to Ramle prison and threw four others in solitary confinement after allegedly discovering a tunnel that was being dug by those inmates to escape prison, legal sources revealed.

The lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner’s club said after visiting the Talmund jail a couple of days ago that the prisone..

Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egypt’s president, proposed Tuesday that his country pursue nuclear energy, drawing strong applause from the nation’s political elite, while raising expectations that Mr. Mubarak is being positioned to rep..

The State Security Prosecution on Tuesday September 19, 2006, ordered another 15-day extension of detention to 26 Muslim Brotherhood members in what the Prosecution names as the Ras el Bar Camp Case.

The story started when the authorities stormed the homes of those MB members several months ago and detained them after confiscating personal properties such as computers and books. ..

A number of Palestinian abductees, including ministers and lawmakers, have described the “physical and psychological torture” they experienced at the hands of Jewish torturers, otherwise known as Shin Bet interrogators as “a clear expression of Jewish sadism.”

“They seemed to enjoy hurting us and making us suffer,” said a Palestinian cabinet minister via a letter smuggled by his lawyer...

The U.S. invasion of Iraq was among the "dumbest moves of all time" that ranks with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German invasion of Russia, billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner said on Tuesday.

The founder of CNN and unabashed internationalist also defended the right of Iran to have nuclear weapons and the effectiveness of the United Nations and, in a jocular mood, advoc..

At the National Party’s fourth annual Congress which started Tuesday September 19,2006, Gamal Mubarak dropped a bombshell when he spoke of Egypt’s right to have a nuclear energy program, regarding it as one of the most crucial issues which encounters Egypt and its coming generations” It is time that Egypt weighs the nuclear energy as one of the alternatives on its agenda”. Gamal Mubarak ad..

As the presidential and municipal elections in Yemen come to a close, allegations were voiced by the Yemeni Joint Alliance on election irregularities and violations by the Yemeni ruling party.

Mohammed Kahtan, a leader within the Coalition for Reform (Muslim Brotherhood chapter in Yemen) told Ikhwanweb that representatives from the opposition reported a number ..

Chairman of MB Parliamentary Bloc Dr. Mohammed Saad el Katatny said that the Bloc will hold its first internal elctions on Saturday September 23rd at the People’s Assembly premises to choose the Bloc’s General Secretariat which comprises the chairman and nine leading members including the Bloc secretary general and its media spokesman.

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An Israeli  Arab Knesset member last week described  growing fascist trends among Israeli Jews, especially with regard to Palestinians and Israel’s own non-Jewish citizens, as “strikingly similar” to the anti-Jewish atmosphere in Germany prior to the Second World War.

“There is similarity in the epithets and terms being used in reference to the Arabs, things like calling Israe..

Friends of Humanity calls the Israeli Authorities to revoke its resolution to close the Prisoners Support Association.

Friends of Humanity International stated that the resolution adopted by the Israeli Authorities to ban the activity of the Prisoners Support Association in the occupied Palestinian territories and close all its branch offices is based on political bias and is legally un..

In an exclusive statement to Ikhwanweb, Deputy Chairman of Muslim Brotherhood offshoot in Sudan Dr. Alhabr Nour Yousuf Al Dayem said that the US seeks to occupy Darfur as the UN gives cover, adding that Resolution 1706 consolidates occupation sanctioned by the international organization.

“There are attempts that target the Sudan and its wealth, and there is a suspected scheme to remap ..

Although fears overwhelmed many Egyptian Elites and some people as a result of Muslim Brotherhood group’s rise in the recent parliamentary elections, yet the most who were more panicked and awe-stricken were the intellectual elite; without exaggeration, it became a state of phobia!!

Many people were surprised to find this panicked reaction from intellectuals’ part. The fact is that all ..