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Friday's bombing occurred after yet another violent struggle for control of the controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in central Islamabad, which has become a symbol of the extremist anti-Musharraf movement in the country. Government forces stormed the mosque in early July to dislodge hundreds of armed militants...
TERRORISM 34% Percentage of Muslims in Lebanon who say that suicide attacks are sometimes or often justified, down from 74% in 2002, according to a Pew Research Center study that showed declining support for terror tactics in much of the Islamic world 1% Percentage of respondents in Lebanon who say...
Not necessarily by the mutaween, however. While commission officials have proved increasingly willing to give statements to the Saudi press and have even acknowledged that individual commission members can make mistakes, they repeatedly turned down Time's requests for interviews. Contacted at the organization's headquarters in Riyadh, the commission...
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF The President faces criticism from Islamic militants and pro-democracy opponents. Now opposition political parties say they will file a legal claim challenging Musharraf's re-election plans
In the best-case scenario, Pakistan would gradually become more like Turkey, whose powerful military meddles in politics but so far has tolerated the emergence of a moderately Islamic but fairly liberal ruling party, re-elected on July 22, which has strengthened civil liberties and the rule of law. Nothing...