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“Urgent — Soldiers of the Islamic State captured 21 Christian Crusaders in various areas of Tripoli Province,” declared a caption below three photographs of...

  "The soldiers of the Islamic State in the province of Tripoli hold captive (war prisoner) 21 Christian (Nusrani) crusaders," the photo caption read.   Abu Makar,...

    These recent cases were preceded by well-known assassinations or assassination attempts against individuals accused of insulting Islam or the Prophet, such as the fatwa...

I’ve spent the past four years writing a book about the mystery religions of the Middle East — ancient versions of Judaism, gnostic sects, breakaway...

Karim al-Banna, a 21-year-old whose own father testified against him, was jailed by a court in the Nile Delta province of Baheira on Saturday,...

“Today, Raif Badawi was the victim of a cruel and barbaric act carried out by the Saudi justice system – unfortunately, business as usual...

Borno’s senator, Ahmed Zanna, said that Nigerian soldiers deserted their posts, handing Boko Haram heavy weaponry and vehicles in the process. Locals say that militants razed 16...

The Police Club in al-Arish, once a frequent home to Christian services and celebrations, has since become a military barracks that civilians avoid for...