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The unanimous UN Security Council resolution on Iraq was hailed by countries around the world Saturday as a diplomatic victory in which Washington's harsh rhetoric toward Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain was tempered over months with a restrained international  approach articulated by France and Russia.

Standing in the desert-grit haze outside his mosque, cleric Feham Mutairy defends the Islamic principles that guide his nation, but condemns imams inspired by that religious fervour to invoke jihad against the West.

Ansar opens disputed camp Foreign

Rift between Turkey, Kurds muddies war plans

From the perfume counters at Saks Fifth Avenue to the sheep markets on this city's edge, Saudis are unnerved about terrorists plotting in their neighbourhoods and police lights flashing as the call to prayer echoes over skyscrapers and into the desert wind.

The young Nobel Peace Prize laureate believes there is no going back after the revolution

Temper religious fervour with pragmatism to get mass support, scholar says

Hundreds line up for final glimpse

Movie by a Salafi adds comedic twist to serious issue

The playwright-novelist whose work has dealt with religion and tradition now offers ‘The Who & the What’

Those continuing to protest are being treated as troublemakers

The party is torn by need to be more modern and pluralistic