Israel Intensifies Incursions in West Bank, Gaza
More Palestinians were killed as Israel ignored U.S. calls for restraint in its continuing military campaign against Palestinian-ruled towns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Post-Taliban Conference Opens In Peshawar
A conference on the future of a post-Taliban Afghanistan, attended by some 1,000 delegates, including Islamic scholars, tribal chiefs and Afghan exiles, opened in Peshawar Wednesday, news agencies reported.
Pakistan Copes With Afghan Refugee Influx
Foreign aid workers Wednesday began screening thousands of Afghans waiting at the border for admittance to a new camp in Pakistan - opened to handle a growing refugee crisis.
Debate
Rising on Participation of U.S. Muslims in War Against Other
Muslims
With the war on Afghanistan already three weeks under way, questions surrounding the participation of American Muslim soldiers in the war, fighting against other Muslims, have sparked intense debate among U.S. and Middle Eastern/ Muslim scholars and laypeople alike.