Tag Archives : Muslim

The anti-terrorist police elite arrested in Indonesia on Monday influential radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, for alleged ties to a group accused of planning terrorist attacks against foreigners and the killing of top people. Bashir, 71, has been arrested twice and spent several years in prison. This time, he was arrested in western Java Island [...]

Religions and religious bodies seem to be becoming all prevalent and omnipresent once again. It is unbelievable that Best Buy should get flak for greeting US Muslims Happy Eid on 27th Nov and Gap should inform AFA (American Family Association) about its holiday campaign. Times are changing but this religious fervor will only take us back to medieval [...]

Iran could be the ‘savior’ of the Middle East. If it wants to, that is. The conflict between Sunni and Shia, ‘dating back to the seventh-century dispute over who was meant to be the Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successor, is the most consequential in the Middle East because it is so profound and elemental. But precisely because it is so intractable, [...]