http://www.mail.com/subjects/17010-islamism.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/subjects/17010-islamism.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death. Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html 2013-05-19T18:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of th... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html 2013-05-18T13:34:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography teacher in the southern city of Luxor, 24-year-old Dimiana Abdul-Nour paid L.E. 20,000 (almost $3,000 dollars) to be freed pending further investigation, the lawyer, Badawi Abu-Shanab sai... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html 2013-05-14T15:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081128-pakistans-premier-islamist-comeback-kid.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — The man set to become Pakistan's next prime minister after historic elections over the weekend could be called the Islamist comeback kid. Nawaz Sharif has held the job twice before, but the last time didn't end so well. The 63-year-old was toppled in a coup by the country's army chief in 1999 and sent into exile in Saudi Arabia. He spent ... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:06:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081128-pakistans-premier-islamist-comeback-kid.html 2013-05-13T07:06:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076346-prominent-youth-activist-detained-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security official said, in the latest case of a pro-democracy activist being held over similar charges. The detention sparked a wave of anger among activists and the Apri... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:06:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076346-prominent-youth-activist-detained-egypt.html 2013-05-10T22:06:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073306-jihadi-peril-way-to-tunisia.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia's borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace of the Arab Spring has become the latest battleground for violent jihadis. With neighboring Algeria and Libya full of weapons and violent movements of their own, Tunisia is struggling ... Thu, 09 May 2013 10:07:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073306-jihadi-peril-way-to-tunisia.html 2013-05-09T10:07:41Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html 2013-05-09T06:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2067766-pakistans-minorities-faith-democracy.html 2013-05-07T07:47:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065816-bomb-pakistan-islamist-party-rally-kills-16.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed 16 people and underscored an increase in violence ahead of the May 11 vote. The explosion, at a rally held in the village of Sewak in the northwest Kurram tribal area, was... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:22:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065816-bomb-pakistan-islamist-party-rally-kills-16.html 2013-05-06T17:22:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html BEIRUT (AP) — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In the Syrian civil war's latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime tro... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:09:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html 2013-05-03T19:09:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2056012-islamist-preacher-arrested-egypt-slander.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says a hard-line Islamist preacher has been arrested for slandering a famous actress by accusing her of "practicing prostitution." In December, Abdullah Badr was sentenced to a year in prison and fined for his remarks about Elham Chahine on el-Hafiz TV, which is associated with the ultraconservative Salafi movement. ... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:35:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2056012-islamist-preacher-arrested-egypt-slander.html 2013-05-01T14:35:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044862-egypts-rights-group-decries-draft-ngo-law.html CAIRO (AP) — A leading Egyptian human rights group on Thursday denounced a draft law prepared by the country's Islamist government to grant licenses and monitor the funding for non-governmental groups, describing it as continuation of the former regime's policy which sought to "besiege" civil society. The Egyptian government already is in a tug-of-war ove... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:51:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044862-egypts-rights-group-decries-draft-ngo-law.html 2013-04-25T20:51:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044156-un-approves-peacekeeping-force-mali.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half of the country, which was controlled by Islamist jihadists until a France-led military operation ousted them three months ago. The resolution authorizes the deployment of a U.N. force ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:42:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044156-un-approves-peacekeeping-force-mali.html 2013-04-25T18:42:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042942-officials-dead-bomber-terrorism-database.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The CIA made the request to add Tamerlan Tsarnaev's name to the terrorist database after the Russian government contacted the agency with ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042942-officials-dead-bomber-terrorism-database.html 2013-04-25T01:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040908-qatar-faces-backlash-rebel-groups-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad grumbles about the lack of ammunition for his men. He blames Qatar, saying the oil-rich Gulf state directs its backing to rebels with a more Islamist ideology. Tiny, U.S.-allied Qatar has emerged as o... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040908-qatar-faces-backlash-rebel-groups-syria.html 2013-04-24T06:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036174-egypt-probes-prosecutor-who-ordered-drunk-flogged.html ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian prosecutor who cited the Quran as he ordered police to flog a man with 80 lashes for public drunkenness has been suspended and put under investigation, the prosecutor-general's office said. Spokesman Mahmoud el-Hefnawi said late Sunday that the country's top prosecutor had ordered Hussein Anani's decision cancelled and a j... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036174-egypt-probes-prosecutor-who-ordered-drunk-flogged.html 2013-04-22T15:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030852-pro-anti-islamist-protesters-clash-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist rally demanding a purge of the judiciary devolved into violence. The rally centered on a contentious aspect of the country's deep political polarization — the courts. Islamist backers of President Mohammed Morsi say the ju... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030852-pro-anti-islamist-protesters-clash-egypt.html 2013-04-19T20:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029612-egyptian-jewish-leader-buried-rundown-cemetery.html CAIRO (AP) — The late leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ground she tirelessly worked to restore but which has now suffered looting and is drenched in sewage water and strewn with trash. Because of the sewage water that recently seeped up from undergro... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:44:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029612-egyptian-jewish-leader-buried-rundown-cemetery.html 2013-04-18T21:44:52Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2029168-desert-retreat-monks-feel-egypts-turmoil.html 2013-04-18T19:49:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013512-egypts-legislature-approves-election-law.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist-dominated legislature approved a revised version of the law organizing the country's parliamentary elections on Thursday, after a court ruled an earlier version was invalid and delayed the vote. The parliamentary elections had been scheduled to start this month, but the ruling said the law must be reviewed by the Supreme Cons... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:09:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013512-egypts-legislature-approves-election-law.html 2013-04-11T22:09:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012968-frances-top-rabbi-takes-leave-amid-scandal.html PARIS (AP) — France's top rabbi announced Thursday he is taking leave from his post, hoping to end a scandal that has unsettled the Jewish community after he acknowledged "borrowing" other people's work and lying about his educational pedigree. The Central Consistory of France accepted Rabbi Gilles Bernheim's request for time away at an urgent meeting to ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012968-frances-top-rabbi-takes-leave-amid-scandal.html 2013-04-11T15:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007586-egypts-pope-sharply-criticizes-president.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Christian pope delivered an unprecedented direct criticism of the Islamist president Tuesday after a mob attack on the church's main cathedral, saying he had failed to protect the building and warning that the country is collapsing. The comments by Pope Tawadros II and the cathedral attack itself illustrate a new reality in Egy... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:21:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007586-egypts-pope-sharply-criticizes-president.html 2013-04-09T21:21:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008788-egypts-revolutionary-cleric-suspended-sermon.html CAIRO (AP) — A Muslim cleric who became known as "the preacher of the revolution" for his sermons in Tahrir Square during the uprising against ousted President Hosni Mubarak and subsequent anti-government protests said he was suspended Tuesday by a ministerial decree following a citizen's complaint about his criticism of the current Islamist president. Sh... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008788-egypts-revolutionary-cleric-suspended-sermon.html 2013-04-09T19:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004884-violence-egypt-opposition-presses-morsi.html CAIRO (AP) — After Egypt's worst sectarian violence in months left seven dead the past two days, Egypt's leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday called on the Islamist president to make serious concessions to bring the opposition into decision-making, saying national reconciliation is the only way out of the country's myriad problems. The vi... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:24:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004884-violence-egypt-opposition-presses-morsi.html 2013-04-08T20:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2002308-egyptian-court-drops-lawsuit-to-ban-comedy.html CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly insulting the president and containing excessive sexual innuendo. Judge Hassouna Tawfiq said the court dropped the complaint against Bassem Youssef's "ElBernameg," or "The Program," because the... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:47:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2002308-egyptian-court-drops-lawsuit-to-ban-comedy.html 2013-04-06T18:47:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001728-eyeing-syria-white-house-woos-regional-rulers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try to rally the Syrian opposition's main backers around a unified strategy to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — whose Sunni Muslim leaders... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:30:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001728-eyeing-syria-white-house-woos-regional-rulers.html 2013-04-05T23:30:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2001586-egypts-top-satirist-undeterred-questioning.html CAIRO (AP) — Undeterred at being interrogated by prosecutors, a popular Egyptian TV satirist was back on the air Friday poking new fun at the international publicity he received after lampooning the Egyptian president. Bassem Youssef — known as Egypt's Jon Stewart — was interrogated this week for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, questio... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:17:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2001586-egypts-top-satirist-undeterred-questioning.html 2013-04-05T22:17:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998510-kidnappers-target-christians-egyptian-province.html MATAI, Egypt (AP) — Ezzat Kromer's resistance to his kidnappers did not last long. One of the masked gunmen fired a round between his feet as he sat behind the wheel of his car and said with chilling calm, "The next one will go into your heart." The Christian gynecologist says he was bundled into his abductors' vehicle, forced to lie under their feet in t... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998510-kidnappers-target-christians-egyptian-province.html 2013-04-04T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996278-fierce-clash-egypts-crisis-takes-turn.html CAIRO (AP) — It has come to be known as the "Battle of the Mountain": a ferocious fight between members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents near the group's Cairo headquarters. In a country that has already seen crisis after crisis, it could mark a dangerous turning point in the political turmoil. The aftermath of the fighting is raising wor... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:41:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996278-fierce-clash-egypts-crisis-takes-turn.html 2013-04-03T20:41:10Z