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Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterwaysUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that imposing tolls on ships in the Strait of Hormuz would lead to "total chaos," a stance reitera...
'Pragmatists' vs 'hardliners': Is Iran split over US deal?Despite internal divisions and opposition, analysts believe Iran's factional splits won't derail ongoing talks with the US. While hardliner...
West Asia War: Iran's Guards seize wartime power, blunting Supreme Leader's roleWest Asia War: Iran's leadership has changed dramatically. The Supreme Leader is gone, and the military commanders now hold the real power....
Trump’s art of the deal collides with Iran’s patient diplomacyFresh US–Iran talks to end a two-month conflict face deep mistrust, hardened positions and starkly different negotiating styles, raising do...
A quiet Gulf player may steal Pakistan’s ‘miracle’ momentNegotiations around a possible Iran–US ceasefire have shifted focus towards a Gulf state near the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions over ...
Meet Gen Ahmad Vahidi, the man who now calls the shots in IranIran's internal hardliners are now dictating policy. Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, a key figure, leads the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. His...
Who is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi? Meet the cleric helping steer Iran through war after Khamenei’s deathAyatollah Alireza Arafi now leads Iran's interim council. He guides the nation through a war crisis and succession. Arafi, a hardline cleri...
Egypt to intensify India ties to counter extremist ideology: EAM AbdelattyEgypt has taken a bold step in addressing the complexities of global terrorism by highlighting the Muslim Brotherhood’s implications. The c...
Russia's security head says the US shares blame for a concert hall attack that killed 144The head of Russia's national security council suggested that the United States shares blame for the Moscow concert hall attack that killed...
SCO Summit adopts declaration countering extremist ideologyThe SCO member states reaffirmed their unwavering support for the efforts to strengthen the central coordinating role of the UN and its Sec...
Austrian police raid more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to 'radical-Islamist' targetsThe operation came a week after a convicted Islamic State group supporter killed four people in a shooting rampage in the heart of Vienna, ...
About the growth of radical organisations in the West and their anti-India rhetoricThe Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is a top Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) group in the U.S. that was founded in the 1960s by Jamaatis who ha...
Pakistan Islamic body condemns use of term 'Black Friday'Citing the importance of Friday in Islam, and the negative connotations of the colour black, the Council of Islamic Ideology suggests 'Bles...
Fatwa against Hafiz Saeed, declaring him anti-IslamicA 'fatwa' is a legal pronouncement in Islam which is given by a mufti, a Muslim scholar of a recognised authority, who is an interpreter or...
Kashmiris won’t embrace any ideology coming from outside: Mehbooba Mufti“Some Muslim countries are trying to replace our culture with something else. It will never happen. Our women still go to shrines for praye...
Ban Ki moon warns against ISIS spread in South AsiaIn his report, Ban said ISIL has also benefited from the arrival of a steady stream of foreign terrorist fighters, who continue to leave th...
Pakistani Islamic body says full face veil not mandatory for women"The covering of face, hands, up to the wrists, and feet is not mandatory for Muslim women," the CII chief told media after the meeting.
Islamic State's ideology increasingly resonating with Americans: US' National Security AgencyThe head of US Cyber Command said that the ability of ISIS to recruit adherents online is "a trend that is clearly increasing, not decreasi...
Pakistani Hindu lawmaker Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani demands law against forced conversionVankwani, who is also the patron of the Pakistan Hindu Council, was talking to media after briefing Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Is...
- By condemning violence, clerics can isolate Islamist terrorists
By identifying the terror attacks as un-Islamic, the clerics undermine the religious legitimacy that the terrorists seek to bring to their ...