Yemeni Faces Smear Campaign Over Pro-Gay Article
SANAA: A Yemeni filmmaker is facing a smear campaign from conservative and religious groups in his home country after publishing an article in a local magazine promoting gay rights. The…
Germany probing more Islamists than ever, say authorities
BERLIN: Germany is conducting more investigations against Islamic terror suspects than ever before, as the country's involvement in Afghanistan deepens, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said Monday. "Across the country,…
Unclear fate of Saudi religious cop shows tensions
your text here ŠΘ # RIYADH: A senior member of Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police who riled conservatives by backing gender mixing and prayers outside the mosque appeared to still…
The ethics of citizenship tests
PRINCETON: Can citizenship really be tested? An increasing number of countries — especially, but not only, in Europe — seem to think so. Over the last decade, tests and exams…
Israel's Messianic terrorists
Barely a week goes by without news of some act of violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. By any definition, what settlers and other religious…
Education for All campaign to tour Egypt governorates
CAIRO: A school bus tour around Egypt’s governorates is UNESCO Egypt’s mobile, innovative way to raise awareness about the global movement Education for All (EFA). As part of the EFA…
Christians walk fine line in Gaza balancing act
GAZA CITY: A tiny Palestinian Christian community has had to find a modus vivendi in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip, while enduring the same hardships as Muslims in the besieged and…
Israeli forces kill wanted Hamas man in West Bank, say police
BEIT AWWA, West Bank: Israeli forces on Monday killed a wanted Hamas insurgent in a hail of gunfire after surrounding a house in the southern West Bank where he was…
China curbs commodity exports to Egypt
China is taking steps to curb the shipment of goods to Egypt, according to the state-run General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC). The move comes as part of…