MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax reported. Full story
ANKARA (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date. Full story
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels in the northern Syrian town of Saraqeb have publicly flogged two men for violating an Islamic ban on marriage to recently divorced women, according to an internet video uploaded this week. Full story
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's c Full story
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." Full story
Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion. Full story
Amid a heated war of words between Israel and Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions, one musician is hoping that an unconventional weapon will help cool the tensions.
At least 20 people have died in violence between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.
A Meet the Press panel of pundits examines the administration’s response to the Boston bombings and crisis in Syria.
Time Magazine’s Michael Crowley joins The Cycle hosts to discuss the decade-old debate: Are Americans willing to compromise some of their civil liberties to prevent future attacks?
After George W. Bush’s famous “you’re with us or against us” line after the 9/11 attacks, Melissa Harris-Perry’s panel examines how language shapes the discussion after a tragic event like the Boston bombings.
A family member of a victim cries as she offers prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the garment building structure collapse last month, in Savar, near Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended the nearly three-week, painstakin
Egypt's newly appointed Finance Minister Fayyad Abdel Moneim speaks at a conference on sukuk implementations of the Islamic bond in Cairo, May 12, 2013. Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has approved a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds, the official gazette said on Wednesday, ending a trou
Egypt's Islamic Jurist Mohamed Hussein Hamed Hassan speaks at a conference on sukuk implementations of the Islamic bond in Cairo, May 12, 2013. Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has approved a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds, the official gazette said on Wednesday, ending a troubled pass
Egypt's newly appointed Finance Minister Fayyad Abdel Moneim speaks to the media after a conference on sukuk implementations of the Islamic bond in Cairo, May 12, 2013. Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has approved a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds, the official gazette said on Wednesda
