Islamic caliphate a dream, not reality-experts
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The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's deal with Islamists may weaken the broader war on terror.
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The archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday called for a limited application of Islamic law in Britain. Muslims praised the proposal but the government rejected it
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Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding $5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France&#39;s prime minister said Monday.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
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While the Islamic country says the terrorist leader is not within its borders, Americans feel thwarted. By James Risen and David Rohde.
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It is feared that Islamists may one day turn Turkey into a fundamentalist state. Unlikely as it may be in view of Turkeyâs deeply rooted secularism, such a risk cannot be totally excluded.
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Vatican relations with the Islamic world must be restarted from square one because Muslims insist on misinterpreting Pope Benedict's recent comments on Islam, Germany's top Catholic cardinal said in an article on Wednesday.
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Â· Barber denies part in Shia cult Soldiers of HeavenÂ· FO says it is unable to give full consular support
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Its foes like to accuse  Turkey&#39;s ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style  Islamic state, but many among the country&#39;s Christian minority  seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.
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BIYARA, Iraq -- During the two years that Ansar al-Islam ruled this mountain redoubt, its secular Kurdish population had to learn to live under a brutal Islamic code modeled on the Taliban.
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A Friday vote was seen as a regional test for political Islam in the Arab world.
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Why the approach that seems to have worked in Anbar province may not pay off elsewhere
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Islamic militants may be in charge, but that doesn't mean there won't be Christmas this year.
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To bin Laden, Iraq may be more important as a symbol than as a physical battlefield or training ground.
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After the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, distraught U.S. Muslim leaders feared the next casualty would be their religion.