Indonesia, Pakistan seek Muslim Mideast initiative
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Muslim countries need to join together in a new initiative to resolve turbulence and violence in the Middle East, the leaders of Indonesia and Pakistan said on Wednesday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian leaders headed to the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday for what officials depicted as a last-ditch effort to end factional fighting and a crippling Western embargo.
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JAKARTA : Indonesia, the world&#39;s most populous Muslim nation, urged Thailand Friday to bring to justice officers responsible for the deaths of more than 80 Muslims in the country&#39;s violence-plagued south.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions began a second day of crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, focusing on the platform of a unity government that would honor past agreements with Israel.
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Foreign ministers from seven key Muslim states gathered in the Pakistani capital for talks on a new Islamic initiative to end the turmoil in the Middle East.
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AUSTRALIA and Indonesia take the fight against extremists to a new front today in a joint summit of religious moderates from around the region.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia Feb. 7 â Leaders of Hamas and Fatah, the two main Palestinian political factions, opened a Saudi-sponsored emergency meeting in Islamâs holiest city today with promises to compromise on a new government that could salvage the dormant Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations and end a wave of violence in Gaza and the West Bank in recent months.
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World powers sought common ground Wednesday to confront Palestinian Hamas militants who are politically emboldened by a new power-sharing pact with moderates.
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Indonesia&#39;s president will open an international religious conference in the world&#39;s most populous Muslim nation on Monday aimed at sending a message of moderation
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BERLIN, Sep 28 (IPS) - German politicians met Muslim leaders this week for  an unprecedented Islam Conference -- a debate that the government  hopes will pave the way for smoother integration of the  country's Muslims, even though community representatives  warn that more needs to be done.
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While Iraq remains the controversial center of debate about the war against terrorism, Indonesia is quietly emerging under its new leader as a potentially significant counter to Islamic extremism.
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Even when America is doing something for Muslims &#151; in this case, helping mostly Muslim Indonesia and other tsunami-battered nations &#151; it comes in for criticism in the Middle East, where resentment and suspicion color thinking about the United States.
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The meeting in Islamabad is part of wider efforts to improve relations between the South Asian rivals. Officials from both sides will discuss putting in place safeguards to avert a possible nuclear conflict.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf is appealing to moderate Muslims to stand up and confront Islamic extremists who are promoting terrorism.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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TONY EASTLEY: In central Java today, one of the more unusual meetings for the year. The gathering, co-hosted by Australia&#39;s and Indonesia&#39;s foreign ministers brings together 14 religious leaders to sponsor peace and cooperation in our region.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 16 â In hopes of restoring a fragile peace with militant groups in the region along its border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani government dispatched a team of tribal elders there today to meet with leaders of the groups.