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TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Gunmen from rival sectarian factions exchanged machinegun and grenade fire on Friday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, killing at least three people and wounding 17, medical sources said.

Residents fled from the fighting between the Sunni Muslim Bab Tibbaneh and the Alawite Jabal Mohsen districts of Tripoli, where sectarian violence linked to Lebanon's political troubles has killed at least 16 people in the past two months.

One soldier had been seriously wounded by Friday's clashes, a military source said, adding that more troops had deployed in the area.

Lebanese police say sectarian fighting in the northern city of Tripoli has killed one person and wounded 10.

Athletes and officials of all faith can pray in the Olympic Village, and many religious places and multi-language priests are geared up to provide a serene religious atmosphere to visitors in Beijing.

ISLAMABAD - The suicide bomber who carried out an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad last month came from the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, an al Qaeda leader said in a rare interview with a ...

An Islamic TV station using a Bugs Bunny lookalike to preach hatred to children has been slammed by religious leaders in the UK who fear it could brainwash vulnerable British children.

New Delhi, July 21 : The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement poses a real threat to the Beijing Olympics because investigations point out that it has been plotting terror attacks on venues, a senior Chinese ...

The executions of three death-row Bali bombers could trigger some mob violence but a revenge terrorist attack seems unlikely, a terrorism expert says.

Osama bin Laden's driver overheard the al Qaeda leader saying he was happy about the death toll in the September 11 attacks and thought the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was shot down, according ...

Either way, it was a surprise for Alsanea, a soft-spoken 26-year-old Saudi who is studying dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

For more movie summaries, see Kam's Kapsules . LOVE CAN FLOURISH IN THE MOST UNUSUAL PLACES: After enduring 16 years of a loveless arranged marriage, Nazneen finds romance in what appears to be a clothing ...

This is a picture of a piece of meat gristle from a diner in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria.

BKIRKI: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Wednesday that it is good to realize that the Lebanese nationality should be given to Lebanese emigrants, who he said, "deserve it." "According to many ...

Proud Black Muslimah said in the Islam Forum:

[QUOTE who="Wilberhum"] When did we disrespect Osama bin Lauden? Woudn't it be nice if the world was so simple?[/QUOTE] America has disrespected every Muslim by helping Israel against Palestinians. Osama bin Laden has stated this many times. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and look what America is doing to them! The world would be a better place if understanding and respect replaced hatred and prejudice.

A MINDANAO bishop yesterday said Catholics in Basilan could no longer sleep soundly at night after getting threatening letters from the dreaded Abu Sayyaf.

AMMAN * King Abdullah II was urged yesterday to pardon a Jordanian soldier who is serving a life sentence for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997.

A Temecula group has launched a Muslim version of YouTube. MuslimChannels.tv aims to educate non-Muslims about Islam and provide an Internet site for Muslims to view videos without worrying about anti-Islamic ...

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The future of the Jewish community in Ireland is bleak, as its committed members age and the young immigrate to other European countries and Israel, according to Dr.

Turkey's increasingly Islamic Government wants to relax a ban on the Muslim headscarf as traditional secularists fight to maintain it - and Turkish women are caught in the crossfire.