No one knew on Thursday whether stress, fear, anger over mistreatment, mental illness or a warped understanding of his religion might have motivated Major Hasan. But there is a rush

" -- Thursday's shootings at Fort Hood army base in Texas -- which have left at least 11 people dead and 31 others wounded -- were of course the "horrific

Peace is holy, war is not. Nevertheless, holy war is today a main theme in the Western media. Wrongly seen by Westerners as an Islamic innovation, for Muslims it is

Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohammed Mahdi Akef made an appeal to the world, especially those who value principles of freedom, righthousness, justice and humanity; to stand in solidarity with the oppressed