Theocracy
THEOCRACY means "rule by God" and refers to a type of government in which God or gods are thought to have sovereignty, or to any state so governed. The concept has been widely ...
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Puritanism is defined as the strict interpretation of the fundamental Protestant philosophy. As a result of this stringent community, characters challenged the town's restrictions to cause utter pande...
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Troops stepped up security across the Somali capital Saturday after Islamists threatened to disrupt a peace conference, saying anyone who takes part "is sentenced to death."The threat came from the...
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A long-awaited Somali peace conference was delayed again Sunday after Islamic insurgents fired eight mortar rounds at the venue on the opening day and hundreds of delegates failed to arrive, offici...
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An armed group killed 11 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in clashes in the country's lawless southeast, state-run television reported Saturday.The report said the Revolutionary Guards c...
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The United State alone cannot force Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. Gates called Iran as "an ambitious and fanatical theocracy," and said he has y...
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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Bangladesh
authorities will install nine U.S.-built container scanners at
the country's main Chittagong port following a security review
conducted by a U...
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To the Editor:
Re “Tea With Miss Coulter” [Oct. 8]:
I realize the best way to confound aberrancy is to expose it to the general view. But is it necessary to give us a whole page of An...
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WASHINGTON — Christmas is over, and fortunately no one was hurt. Every year, it seems the holiday becomes more divisive, which seems odd. More than 80 percent of our fellow Americans consider...
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Iran refused to allow the Iraqi prime minister to fly across its airspace as he was traveling to Tokyo, members of the delegation traveling with Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press early Sund...
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Iran refused to allow the Iraqi prime minister to fly across its airspace as he was traveling to Tokyo, members of the delegation traveling with Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press early Sund...
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The U.S. ambassador said Wednesday that one of the Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq during two raids over the past month was the director of operations for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds f...
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Theocracy
The Dangers of a Theocracy
Islamists threaten Somali peace talks
