Christians Under Attack

Muslim workers receive $1.35 million under a religious discrimination settlement.

ONE of a gang who terrorised a group of schoolchilden has paid the price with a two-and-a-half-year jail term.

CAIRO - An online campaign for boycotting Coptic businesses in Egypt is drawing fire from scholars and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s biggest opposition group, as a violation of the tenets of Islam and a threat to social fabric.

In the Islamic Center of Washington, beneath the 160-foot minaret that towers over Embassy Row, a tale of intrigue has simmered for years. It is marked by bitter recriminations between two men who are credited with rehabilitating its reputation as a prominent symbol of Islam in the United States.

“I think Islam has made a very significant contribution to getting a debate about religion into public life,” Williams said.

Washington, Mar.30 : Many in the United States have started expressing concern over the growth of the Muslim population in the country, and the simultaneous influential outreach of Islamic law in the daily lives of Americans.