Afrika Islam

1) If solidly middle-class Westernized Muslims mouth the al-Qaeda line of radical Islamic, anti-American boilerplate, please take them seriously — i.e., worry less about their feelings and more about the lives of innocents they may in the future seek to annihilate. Read More

December 18 marked the beginning of the month of Moharram. Read More

A reformist Web site in Iran says clashes have erupted between security forces and opposition supporters in central Tehran. Read More

Intelligence agencies Friday sounded a terror alert in Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi following reports that terrorists had sneaked into these cities to target vital installations. Read More

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels rescued a kidnapped college official and handed him over to a government official in the southern island province of Basilan, officials said Friday. Read More

TURKEY SETS AN EXAMPLE by Marwan Al Kabalan Gulf News http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/turkey-sets-an-example-1.557649 Dec 25 2009 UAE Under Erdogan, Ankara has made swift progress towards full democracy If former US president George W. Bush got one thing right in his understanding of the Middle East, it was picking Turkey as an example of democratic transformation in the region. Read More

The NATO-led international military mission in Afghanistan has confirmed that the man in a Taliban video is a missing American soldier. Read More