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Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of inciting murder and race hate. Abu Hamza, 47, who preached at Finsbury Park Mosque, London, was convicted of 11 of the 15 charges he faced. BBC News Good riddance. This terrorist should not have been allowed anywhere near …

Update 060208-1444: Check out my brother Jamal’s photostream on Flickr. He has good shots of the precession of last night. Here are other tags you might want to have a look at as well: Ashoora and Ashura. Same thing but different spelling. I can’t do a better job than that fish Chan’ad is doing, so …

Cartoon discussion was not exclusive to Bahrain or the Middle East last week. That subject took the world by storm; some for and some very against the depiction of the Prophet of Islam not only in a graphical form, which on its own is regarded by Muslims as blasphemous, but the representation was seen as …

King optimistic about larger role for women His Majesty the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, expressed hope that all citizens will be able to afford their own land in his first interview of the year on issues concerning the country and the region. HM the King’s initiative is integral to his keenness to tackle …