Radical cleric emerges for sermon
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KUFA, Iraq -- Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr resurfaced yesterday after months in hiding and delivered a fiery sermon in this Shi'ite Muslim holy city in which he reiterated his demand for the immediate departure of US forces and called for unity among Iraqis.
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Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
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MANAMA, Bahrain - A big, bearded cleric caught the eye of a mosque official as he approached the stand to deliver the sermon, the chief imam at Bahrain's largest mosque recalled Thursday.  The official asked the cleric what he wanted to do.
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The Pope was due on Sunday to make   his first public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over   remarks he made about Islam, with pressure growing for a   personal apology.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 4 -- The cleric at the heart of a months-long standoff between the Pakistani government and a radical mosque here was arrested Wednesday as he attempted to flee the mosque disguised in a burqa, government officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 5 -- The bombastic cleric at the center of a deadly months-long standoff between the Pakistani government and a radical mosque was arrested Wednesday night as he attempted to flee, disguised in a burqa, government officials said.
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Senior clerics are publishing a guide for Britain's Muslim community offering advice on dealing with a terror attack.
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Thousands attend the funeral of a Pakistani cleric who died in controversial circumstances.
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Pope John Paul II makes his first appearance in public after being rushed to hospital earlier in the week.
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WINDHAM, N.H., Jan. 6 -- A pastor from Texas was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday at a church here called the Crossing.
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LONDON Less than a week before a hearing on whether he should be sent to the US to face terrorism charges, British authorities have reportedly decided to put a radical Muslim cleric on trial themselves.
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After a four-month sojourn, Moktada al- Sadr today delivered a sermon calling for U.S. forces to leave Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical cleric prepared to hand  control of a shrine at the heart of a Shi'ite uprising in Iraq  to religious authorities on Friday, but still rejected demands  by the interim prime minister to disband his militia.
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A key witness in the trial of Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has told a court on Tuesday that the ageing firebrand preacher was head of Jemaah Islamiah, a militant
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KUFA, Iraq  - Fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday to renew his opposition to U.S. forces in Iraq and paint himself as a leader for all Iraqis.
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Moqtada Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shia cleric, appears in public for the first time since a US troop surge in Baghdad.
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An extremist London cleric is appealing to young British Muslims to join Al-Qaeda in live broadcasts on the Internet, the Times reported.