Saudi newspapers ran front page pictures on Friday of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz in a crowd of women with their faces bared, adding fuel to the growing fight over mixing in the kingdom. The undated photograph showed the kingdom’s two most powerful men together with more than three dozen smiling [...]

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims are flocking to the home of a 9-month-old boy in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan to see the verses from the Koran that seem to appear and fade on his body every few days.

An excellent documentary, a National Geographic Special! For those of you wishing to go, or just curious about the holy city of Makkah and Hajj this is must see tv. Discover the city of Mecca and everything associated with it. Follow 3 people from different parts of the world in their Hajj pilgrimage with views [...]

Yvonne Ridley (born 1968, Stanley, County Durham, England) is a British journalist and RespectPartypolitician best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release.   Capture by the Taliban, conversion to Islam after release Yvonne Ridley came to prominence in September 2001 when she was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan whilst working for the Sunday Express. Repeatedly refused an entrance visa, she decided to follow the example [...]