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“When I encounter that, I’m revved up like a douche.” Houston, June 27 – A survey of music consumers revealed this week that a solid majority believe the name of the monthlong Islamic practice of daytime fasting called Ramadan is ...

The name “Vail” gives undeserved tribute to a culture that subjugates women, promotes terrorism, and suppresses dissent. Vail, CO, June 17 – A group of semiliterate activists opposed to Islamic practices demonstrated in this Rocky Mountain resort town Wednesday, demanding ...

In many Mideast societies it takes force to unite opposite sects. Jerusalem, June 10 – A survey of Middle East religious communities and their host countries shows that Israel remains the only country in the region that makes it a policy ...

Jerusalem’s history bears evidence of this repeating pattern, from the initial Islamic conquest in the seventh century CE to the relatively short-lived Jordanian occupation of 1948-1967. Ar-Raqqah, Syria, June 3 – A spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and ...

Many believe that the institution exists to serve their spiritual needs and sense of community, but that no reciprocal element of that relationship exists. Jerusalem, May 26 – To a man, each person present at Friday night services has convinced ...

  The photograph in question also included two other female cabinet members, Minister of Culture Miri Regev and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, but their hotness has been overshadowed by that of Minister Shaked. Jerusalem, May 17 – An ultra-orthodox ...

Judaism authority Ali Abunimah says the Rabbis saw fit to warn Israelis not to use it because of their fundamental insecurity about their faith. Jerusalem, May 6 – In advance of the minor festival of Lag BaOmer that begins Wednesday night, ...

Aides to the minister said existing licenses would not be recalled and reissued to conform to the guidelines, as such a ruling would be unduly disruptive and unfair to the public. Jerusalem, April 30 – Incoming Minister of Transport Moshe ...

Historically, the Muslim rulers of Jerusalem were able to enforce a ban on non-Muslim structures higher than Al Aqsa, but did not always choose to do so. Mecca, April 23 – Islamic authorities expressed outrage today that any structure would ...

Congregation members would instead be invited to a colloquium with local Muslim leaders to discuss the Palestinian experience of oppression. New York, April 16 – A metropolitan-area synagogue called off its planned ceremony in memory of the Holocaust to avoid giving ...