Topic: Organization of the Islamic Conference
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Africa Monitor Were health care workers in Nigeria murdered for doling out polio vaccines?
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram is thought to be behind the recent gruesome attacks. But suspicion about vaccination campaigns has deeper historical roots in northern Nigeria, writes John Campbell.
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America should not apologize for values that clash with hostile Islam
In an interview, 'Infidel' author Ayaan Hirsi Ali says violent protests against an anti-Islam video stem from a religion and culture with no room for criticism. 'Westerners should quit the moral relativist posturing and get down to the hard work of defending their values,' she says.
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In Lebanon, a worrying sectarian spillover from Syria
Tripoli, Lebanon witnessed some of the worst sectarian fighting in the country since its civil war ended two decades ago, with Alawite and Sunni communities inflamed by the deepening war across the border in Syria.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Will Muslim Brotherhood succeed where Osama bin Laden failed?
Osama bin Laden is dead. Al Qaeda may soon follow him to the grave. But the doctrine of jihad – exemplified by the Muslim Brotherhood – lives on.
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Libya no-fly zone: Moment of reckoning for the United Nations?
The United Nations' early response to the Libya crisis shows it can be relevant, some say. Now the Security Council is poised to take up a no-fly zone.
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Kuwaiti PM visits Baghdad for the first time since Gulf war
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki embraced his Kuwaiti counterpart with kisses on both cheeks, a marked departure from the hostile relations both countries seek to put behind them.
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Afghanistan war: What the Taliban is doing about its image problem
The Taliban is proposing a joint commission to investigate civilian casualties, revealing that the militants are increasingly concerned about their image in the Afghanistan war.
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Islamic countries pledge $850 million to develop Darfur
The $850 million pledge for development projects in Sudan's troubled Darfur region comes out of a one-day donor conference of Islamic countries in Cairo Sunday, just one month after a significant Darfur peace agreement.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad: Capitalism is dead
At an Islamic economic summit in Turkey, Iran's President Ahmadinejad called for a new world order – a bid, perhaps, to deflect attention from protests at home and nuclear talks abroad.
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Darfur groups press US to get tough with Turkey over Bashir trip
President Bashir of Sudan, who faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes in Darfur, is scheduled to arrive Sunday in Turkey for an Islamic conference. Darfur groups want Bashir arrested.
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A 10-year truce between Islam and the West
Obama should follow his speech in Cairo with a global conference and a call for a 10-year hudna.
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Obama's speech in Cairo: full text
The president, speaking at Cairo University, called for a 'new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.'
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US rejoins UN’s human rights forum
Bush had shunned it as an ineffective dictators' club. Obama's team pledges to work from within to 'improve' it.
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Why the US will boycott global racism conference
A meeting to judge progress on racism is likely to be captive to Israeli-Palestinian and Islamic defamation issues.
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The new threat to freedom of expression
The UN passage of a resolution barring defamation of religion, especially Islam, should be a wake-up call.
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Saudi Muslim cleric warns that biofuels could be sinful
A prominent Muslim scholar in Saudi Arabia has warned that those using alcohol-based biofuels in their cars could be committing a sin.
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Obama, Darfur, and ICC justice
We must stand up to Sudan's shocking threats.
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The Saudis' dubious interfaith agenda at the UN
The country's lack of religious freedom betrays its lofty rhetoric. The real aim of its 'dialogue' is to promote a global blasphemy law.
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Philippine court ruling deals blow to peace agreement with Muslim militants
A deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to expand a Muslim autonomous area would have created an illegal partition, the Supreme Court ruled.
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Republished Danish cartoon of prophet Muhammad ignites tensions
Muslims have protested Danish and Dutch actions they see as insulting to Islam.
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