President Barack Obama spoke of the tensions Thursday between the United States and Muslims saying " the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
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Indonesia ready to give Obama a chance
As U.S. President Barack Obama makes the final tweeks to his key speech in Egypt to the Muslim world, half a world away the world’s largest Muslim nation will be watching
Al Qaeda deputy criticizes Obama’s Egypt trip
On the eve of President Obama’s highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world, al Qaeda’s second-in-command issued an audio statement saying the president of the United States is not welcome in Egypt.
Commentary: Obama must speak to young Muslims
In his speech Thursday to the Muslim world from Egypt, President Obama must seize the moment to stress that the U.S. is not at war with Islam, to appeal to millions of young men and women burdened by economic hardship and political oppression, and to help broker an Arab-Israeli peace settlement
Market bombs kill two, injure 70, in Pakistan
Back-to-back explosions shook two markets in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday evening, killing two civilians and wounding 70 others, an official from the deputy police superintendent’s office said. Another official, Sahib Zada Muhammad Anis Khan, the district coordination officer for Peshawar District, told CNN the blasts took place in the center of the city at adjacent markets: Qissa Khawani Bazaar and Kabari Bazaar.
Taliban claims responsibility for Lahore suicide attack
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, eastern Pakistan that killed at least 27 — and vowed similar attacks in other cities.
Halal: Buying Muslim
Khalfan Mohammed has long been buffeted by culture shock while staying in five-star hotels.
Commentary: Wife-slapping not OK in Islam
A judge in Saudi Arabia has said husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi newspaper reported this past weekend.
Pope asks for greater respect of women during Mass
Pope Benedict XVI urged greater respect for women Sunday at a historic Mass in the Middle East.
Commentary: Pope’s message to Muslims might prove risky
For more than 20 years, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then the Vatican’s top doctrinal czar, was the intellectual architect of the papacy of John Paul II.