http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/8238-religious-strife.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/8238-religious-strife.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Baghdad police said the first blast hit a bus and taxi stop during the morning rush hour in the city's eastern Sadr... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html 2013-05-16T17:39:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they dist... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html 2013-05-16T04:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. The bloodshed came amid growing tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis following a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html 2013-05-15T20:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers of power in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Wishing to rebuild the nation rather than revert to o... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html 2013-05-13T20:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) — The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic holy war blares over loudspeakers. Before a chanting crowd, he praises the Afghan Taliban and blasts Pakistan's government for not protecting Osama bin Laden from U.S. commandos. Maulan... Thu, 09 May 2013 06:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html 2013-05-09T06:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2067766-pakistans-minorities-faith-democracy.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country's communities of Shiite ... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:47:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2067766-pakistans-minorities-faith-democracy.html 2013-05-07T07:47:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The fighter's body was collected at an Iraqi border crossing with Iran, then carried on Monday through the streets of this southern city as mourners hailed his sacrifice in protecting a revered shrine in Syria. Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi was one of several Shiite fighters from Iraq who have trickled into Syria for months, providing a measu... Mon, 06 May 2013 20:53:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html 2013-05-06T20:53:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060640-bomb-explosion-iraq-mosque-kills-7.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb attack outside a Sunni mosque on Friday killed seven worshippers as Sunnis continued to hold demonstrations in Iraq to protest what they say is second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government. Sunni mosques have been targeted in several recent attacks amid rising sectarian tension in Iraq following a deadly crackdown by security ... Fri, 03 May 2013 13:03:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060640-bomb-explosion-iraq-mosque-kills-7.html 2013-05-03T13:03:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2059986-indonesia-2-arrested-myanmar-embassy-plot.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside the mission Friday calling for jihad in that country to fight against persecution of their Islamic brothers. Two suspected militants were arrested the night before, and five homemade... Fri, 03 May 2013 09:33:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2059986-indonesia-2-arrested-myanmar-embassy-plot.html 2013-05-03T09:33:17Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html OKKAN, Myanmar (AP) — They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ash and debris. One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the closest explosion of sectarian violence yet to Myanmar's main city, Yang... Wed, 01 May 2013 13:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html 2013-05-01T13:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2054758-hezbollah-warns-syria-intervention.html BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, warning that Syria's "real friends," including his Iranian-backed militant group, were ready to intervene on the government's side. In Damascus, a powerful bomb ripped through a bustling comm... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:50:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2054758-hezbollah-warns-syria-intervention.html 2013-04-30T21:50:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2052844-hezbollah-hints-syria-intervention.html BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, strongly suggesting that Syria's "real friends" including his Iranian-backed militant group would intervene on the government's side if the need arises. The powerful Shiite Muslim group is kn... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:30:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2052844-hezbollah-hints-syria-intervention.html 2013-04-30T19:30:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051926-syrian-prime-minister-escapes-bombing-damascus.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare the vulnerability of President Bashar Assad's regime. The bombing, which killed several other people, highlights an accelerating campaign targeting government officials, from mid-level c... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051926-syrian-prime-minister-escapes-bombing-damascus.html 2013-04-29T20:10:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bomb blasts tore through Shiite areas south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 and deepening fears that Iraq is rapidly spiraling back out of control. The attacks capped a week of turmoil that is posing the greatest test of Iraq's stability since U.S. troops left the country in late 2011. At least 218 people have been k... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:29:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html 2013-04-29T17:29:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and clerics called for the formation of a tribal army to protect Sunni cities. The Sunni gunmen had seized Suleiman Beg on Thursday after a firefight with security f... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html 2013-04-26T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2047216-muslim-christian-relationship-fuels-row-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural Egyptian town where police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Muslims who surrounded a Coptic church in anger over the inter-faith relationship, a security official and priest said. The Muslim... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:08:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2047216-muslim-christian-relationship-fuels-row-egypt.html 2013-04-26T20:08:17Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a broader battle merged with the Syrian civil war across the border. With more than 100 people killed over the past t... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:37:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html 2013-04-24T20:37:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at the Shiite-led government. The unrest and a spate of other attacks, mostly targeting Sunni mosques, killed at least 56 people. The violence could mark an ominous turning point in the four-month ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html 2013-04-23T19:58:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038610-syrian-war-increasingly-drawing-lebanon.html BEIRUT (AP) — As fighting rages just across the border, Lebanese are giving signs of joining the battle on rival sides of Syria's civil war — Sunnis on the side of the rebels, Shiites on the side of the regime — raising fears that Lebanon with its volatile sectarian divisions will be dragged into the conflict. Two influential Lebanese Sunni clerics this w... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:37:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038610-syrian-war-increasingly-drawing-lebanon.html 2013-04-23T19:37:10Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2039076-escaped-psychiatric-patient-attacks-rabbi-paris.html PARIS (AP) — An escapee from a psychiatric institution slashed a rabbi and his son with a box-cutter on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to tackle and subdue the attacker after a chase through a Paris synagogue, officials said. The rabbi, who is in his late 40s, was recovering from surgery for a neck injury and his 18-year-old son sustained lesser injuries in... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:28:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2039076-escaped-psychiatric-patient-attacks-rabbi-paris.html 2013-04-23T17:28:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2039220-complex-history-iran-al-qaida.html Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two suspects. What falls in between is Iran's complicated history with the terror group that has included outright hostility, alliances of convenience and even overtures by Tehran to assist Washington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:53:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2039220-complex-history-iran-al-qaida.html 2013-04-23T16:53:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2030600-attacks-kill-9-worshippers-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Mortar shells and bombs targeted worshippers shortly after noon prayers on Friday at two mosques north of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said. It's unclear what prompted the attacks, but violence has been on the rise ahead of provincial elections set for Saturday. The vote is for local officials... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:31:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2030600-attacks-kill-9-worshippers-iraq.html 2013-04-19T16:31:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2029168-desert-retreat-monks-feel-egypts-turmoil.html ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony's Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition. But even this remote spo... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:49:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2029168-desert-retreat-monks-feel-egypts-turmoil.html 2013-04-18T19:49:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025408-nigeria-sets-up-islamic-extremist-amnesty-group.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria formed a panel that will create an amnesty program for Islamic extremists to try to quell a bloody guerrilla campaign of bombings and shootings that's killed hundreds of people across its north, the government said Wednesday. The 26-person panel, created by President Goodluck Jonathan, has a 60-day deadline to come up with an... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:08:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025408-nigeria-sets-up-islamic-extremist-amnesty-group.html 2013-04-17T17:08:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2021028-nigeria-violence-worries-us-religious-commission.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has warned that ongoing violence between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria exposes the country's "failure to effectively deal" with the unrest. The independent, bipartisan governmental commission issued the warning Monday from Washington. The commission said its own docum... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:03:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2021028-nigeria-violence-worries-us-religious-commission.html 2013-04-15T18:03:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2019022-hezbollah-backed-lebanese-shiites-fight-syria.html AL QASR, Lebanon (AP) — Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who are patrolling both sides of a porous border stretch with Syria. The gunmen on the edge of the border village of al-Qasr say their mission is to protect Shiites on the Syrian side who... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:59:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2019022-hezbollah-backed-lebanese-shiites-fight-syria.html 2013-04-14T19:59:34Z