Madrasas

Pakistan seminary raid finds students held in abusive conditions

2011-12-13 16:38:22

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AZERBAIJAN: Feud over ban on Islamic head scarves fuels fears of Iranian meddling

2010-12-30 16:32:21

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EGYPT: School curricula inciting extremism to be changed

2010-04-27 16:32:24

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IRAN: Strikes in Kurdistan, violent demonstrations at Scandinavian embassies over executions

2010-05-14 16:32:28

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IRAN: Simmering tensions in lead-up to student protest anniversary

2010-07-05 16:32:23

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The beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic?

2009-06-19 11:54:00

Today's topic: Do the massive protests threaten the regime in Iran? Is this the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic? The regime has been challenged, but will it change? Point: Matthew Duss Two days ago, I would have simply answered no. I'm...

EGYPT: Top Sunni Muslim cleric dies of heart attack at 81

2010-03-10 16:32:24

Taliban's cellphone terror

2008-03-01 00:00:00

The Taliban made good on its outlandish threat to blow up Afghan cellphone towers it (correctly) believes are being used by Western intelligence to target insurgents. Its success Friday in blowing up a telecommunications tower in Kandahar province, the...

Pakistan's extremist triumph

2009-02-24 00:00:00

Maulana Sufi Mohammed, a radical cleric who was freed last year after spending six years in jail for leading 10,000 Pashtun tribesmen in opposition to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, has begun a new campaign. He is leading a peace march...

In Anbar, Sunni rivalries surface

2008-01-21 00:00:00

Hadi Hussein, a Sunni fighter working with U.S. and Iraqi forces, was receiving well-wishers Sunday when his 18-year-old cousin walked up with a box of chocolates. The teenager offered a candy, but didn't wait for a response. He detonated hidden...

Britain returns control of Basra to Iraq

2007-12-17 09:20:00

During a low-key ceremony Sunday, Britain formally handed over control of security responsibility for Basra province to Iraqi authorities, marking a significant step toward full Iraqi sovereignty. "This day is a big day in the history of Basra and the...

As a child, Obama crossed a cultural divide in Indonesia

2007-03-15 00:00:00

As a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama crisscrossed the religious divide. At the local primary school, he prayed in thanks to a Catholic saint. In the neighborhood mosque, he bowed to Allah. Having a personal background in both Christianity and Islam...

Students of a Madrasa, or Islamic school, look on as they wait for transport at Teknaf, about 316 kilometers (196 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 7, 2010. International Women's Day will be observed on Monday.

2010-03-07 00:00:00

Students at Darul Uloom Haqqania, a madrasa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan, study the Koran. Amid talk of reform, the seminary s head says, We are too strong, and it will never happen. This is just talk for the Americans.

2009-05-11 00:00:00

Marchers display photos of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, left, and current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a celebration marking the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

2009-02-10 00:00:00