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Egyptian Court Reduces 5-Year Blasphemy Sentence for TV Host Islam Beheiry to One Year

    Beheiry received the five-year sentence in May. He was out on LE50,000 bail.   In June, he was acquitted in a separate case on similar charges.   Following the...

ISIS in Gaza

  Hams is a Salafist sheikh. “A Salaf means an original ancestor—one of those who lived close to the Prophet and observed his actions intimately,...

Boko Haram Kill 14 in Christmas Day Attack in Nigeria

      At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in...

Egypt’s Sisi Meets Yezidi Woman Held as Sex Slave by ISIS

    According to a statement released by Presidency spokesperson Alaa Youssef, Murad and Sisi talked about ISIS’ atrocities against Yazidis in Iraq and how ISIS...

French Children Add to ISIS Ranks

  When Ms. Aubry-Dumont last saw her daughter, Cléa was a 16-year-old girl attending Catholic school in a Paris suburb. After a breakup, Cléa met...

A Christmas of Despair for Syrian Christian Refugees in Lebanon

    Neighbors would stop by to extend holiday greetings. Children would play next to the Christmas tree.   That was before the Islamic State and other extremists...

ISIS Okays Taking Organs of Living Non-Muslims

    The ruling, contained in a January 31, 2015 document reviewed by Reuters, says taking organs from a living captive to save a Muslim's life,...

Egypt’s Coptic Pope Wishes the Country’s Catholics Merry Christmas

    The pope expressed his joy that members of all of Egypt's religious denominations and faiths were participating in this year's Christmas celebrations.   "Let the birthday...

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