Oil money exports hardline ideology
Malise Ruthven: How the Saudis used oil money to export a hardline ideology that fuels Islamist terror Since the 1970s, when rising oil revenues enabled the Saudis to export the Wahhabi brand of fundamentalist Sunni Islam, Saudi Arabia has been a major exporter of ideas and values that differ from those espoused by Osama bin Laden [...]
Muslims to pray just three times a day
Turkey: Fatwa allows Muslims to pray just three times a day Turkish Muslims will be allowed to pray only three times a day from Wednesday instead of the usual five – without fear of committing a sin.
A member of the scientific council of Istanbul University, Muhammad Nour Dughan, has issued a controversial fatwa or religious edict [...]
Muslim minister detained at US airport
Britain’s first Muslim minister detained at US airport Britain’s first Muslim minister has described his disappointment after he was detained at a US airport, where his hand luggage was analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury and International Development Minister, was returning to Heathrow after a series of meetings and talks on tackling [...]
Calls to shut Saudi-sponsored school
Washington: US State Department Urged to Shut Saudi School in Fairfax A federal panel yesterday urged the State Department to shut down a Saudi government-supported private school in Northern Virginia unless it can prove it is not teaching religious intolerance.
In a report released yesterday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized what it called the [...]
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