Ministers yesterday promised new libel laws to loosen the grip of the courts on the work of academics, science authors and investigative journalists.

As France's parliament debates whether to ban burqa-like Muslim veils, one lawmaker compares them to muzzles, or "walking coffins."

For decades, no one in Germany took much notice of the imported Islamic holy men in their midst. Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs sent imams inconspicuously,...

The movement started in Belgium when a bill making it a crime to wear a face veil in public passed unanimously in the lower house of parliament in April.

Although these companies have manufactured weapons and components used in attacks on Palestinian civilians, Israel’s war against Lebanon in 2006...

The 7/7 bombings in London, in which Islamists killed 52 and injured 700, prompted British authorities to work with Muslims to avoid future violence.

A French proposal to ban full face veils has stoked debate in Europe and also provoked strong reactions across the Mediterranean in North Africa,...

Muslims who attended a conference in Austria's capital criticized European countries Sunday for considering the possibility of banning face-covering veils, saying it is counterproductive and regressive.

Judith Sunderland of Human Rights Watch (HRW) said she has been a bit surprised by how little debate consideration of the ban generated in Belgium.

The Ottoman Empire was the last major Islamic assault on Europe in order to Islamize the continent because the earlier Islamic conquest of Spain...

It can be argued this was merely the latest twist in the tit-for-tat going on between Libya and Switzerland since the arrest of Qaddafi’s son Hannibal...

French Prime Minister François Fillon announced to Parliament on April 27 that by next July his government would push for a new law prohibiting full head-coverings.

Judge Goldstone, we want to offer you our deepest thanks for upholding the principles of justice, compassion and truth that are the heart of Jewish religion...

Herzl’s Zionist vision was quite simple: the Jews, all the Jews, must go to the Jewish State. Those who do not will be Germans, Britons,...

The concern is that the longer it takes for the wheels of justice to turn, the more likely it is that the people of Swat will look for alternatives,...

The debate in Europe has stirred interest in Australia too. Some commentators have seized on calls to ban the burka, which they judge to be "un-Australian".

The French government will ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public, despite a warning from experts that such a law could be unconstitutional, it announced Wednesday.

The Russian government is vowing retaliation after suicide bombings ripped through two Moscow metro stations March 29, killing 40 people and injuring more than 80.

Chances of seeing a burqa in Belgium are only a little better than spotting a liquor shop in Saudi Arabia. Now Belgium soon may be...

Mohammad is the most popular name in Brussels, capital of Belgium and the European Union. About six per cent of the Belgian population is Muslim,...

Last month, in a speech from the Elysée Palace, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced his intention to enact a ban on the full Muslim veil.

Tackling the contemporary al-Qaida-inspired terrorist threat is a serious challenge for which the UK needs a targeted and sophisticated strategy.

Israel, which had hoped a row over the use of forged passports in the assassination of a top Hamas officer in Dubai was over, now fears other countries will follow Britain's lead in expelling diplomats.

At Copenhagen newspaper Berlingske Tidende, chief editor Lisbeth Knudsen called the apology "embarrassing and shameful." And Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard,...

Last Friday five NATO governments made it known that they want American nuclear weapons removed from their territory.

A French parliamentary commission’s recommendation to ban the burqa, or full veil, from public places such as buses, banks and hospitals,...

French authorities have denied citizenship to a man who forced his French wife to wear a face-covering veil, saying he had rejected...

The French parliamentary committee set up in June to look at the practices of radical Islam and the possibility of banning the full veil in France have today made their recommendations public.

Once renowned as the benchmark for fairness and accuracy, the BBC nowadays is careless with the truth when handling news from the Palestinian territories illegally...

The 46-year-old MP, creator of the controversial anti-Islam film Fitna, was greeted outside the Amsterdam district court by about 200 supporters,...