Muslim Issues

Protesters gather across the country, demanding the prime minister step down.   Thousands took to the street across Jordan demanding the prime minister step down[Reuters] Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment. In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about …

  Buildings and vehicles set alight across the country as anti-government protests continue. Anti-government protesters continue to demand for an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule [Reuters] A nighttime curfew has begun in the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, after a day where thousands of protesters took the streets, demanding an end to Husni Mubarak's 30-year presidency. The curfew was implemented on …

  Tens of thousands of Yemenis have demonstrated in the capital Sanaa, calling on Ali Abdullah Saleh, president for 30 years, to step down. This comes after mass protests in Egypt and a popular uprising in Tunisia that ousted its long-time leader. Yemeni opposition members and youth activists gathered in four parts of the city, including Sanaa University, chanting anti-government …

The PA's chief negotiator suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites. Erekat proposed a "creative" solution for the Haram al-Sharif in a private meeting with US envoy George Mitchell.     Saeb Erekat, the chief negotiator of the Palestinian Authority (PA), had suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites, the …

Obama administration told Palestinian Authority its leaders must remain in office if it wants to retain US financial backing The Obama administration has privately made clear that it will not allow any change of Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, the leaked papers reveal, let alone any repetition of the Hamas election victory that briefly gave the Islamists control of the Palestinian …

  The Palestine Papers include a rendering of the Israeli land swap map presented in mid-2008 to Mahmoud Abbas.   The Palestinian Authority proposed an unprecedented land swap to the Israeli government, offering to annex virtually all of the illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem.   Not only did the Israeli government offer no concessions in return, but – as …