President worships with Muslims (Ghanaweb.com)
President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday reiterated Government's commitment to distribute the national cake equitably and ensure freedom of worship.
COMMENTARY: Pilgrim non grata in Saudi Arabia (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
I was tempted to turn my abaya into a black masquerade cloak and sneak into Mecca. But in the end, it seemed disrespectful, not to mention dangerous.
Ford Kenya to meet over elections (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
Ford Kenya National Executive Committee will meet on Tuesday over the impending grassroot elections slated for this month.
IN KYRGYZSTAN, POLYGAMY’S RISE TAKES ITS TOLL (EurasiaNet)
Ainagul is 58 years old. A native of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, she has been married for 34 years and has four children and several grandchildren. Her husband, an ambitious manager during the Soviet era, went on to start his own business and became a devout Muslim.
Pilgrim non grata in Mecca (Hutchinson News)
I was tempted to turn my abaya into a black masquerade cloak and sneak into Mecca, just hop over the ...
Friend: Suspected U.S. al-Qaida member grew radical (The Mercury)
BUENA, N.J. (AP) — Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school, but his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago.
Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP via Yahoo! News)
He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.
Kuwait- Govt corruption remains a problem (MENAFN)
Kuwait- Govt corruption remains a problem
NJ: Terrorism suspect didn't breach nuke plants (AP via Yahoo! News)
A New Jersey official says a suspected terrorist who worked at a complex of nuclear power plants did not breach security there.
Lawmakers, political advisors from Tibet, Xinjiang counterattack U.S. rights report (People's Daily)
Chinese lawmakers and political advisors from Tibet and Xinjiang said Friday that cultural and religious freedom is fully respected and protected according to law in the two ethnic regions, fighting back against an annual U.S. human rights report. "If you go to Tibet, you will find scripture halls or shrines in almost all believers' families, and see prayer banners or cairns of stones with ...