TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing a poor job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported ... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Several hundred demonstrators angry over attacks against Sunni Muslim clerics blocked roads with garbage bins and burning tires in Beirut and other Lebanese cities on Monday, enflaming old tensions already boiling over the conflict in S... [Full Article]
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani clerics have threated to boycott a peace conference slated to be held in Kabul after disputes with a visiting Afghan delegation. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Some anti-American Muslim clerics have cast the deadly Superstorm Sandy as divine punishment for a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad or for other perceived ills of American society. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Russia's top Orthodox clerics on Saturday asked for mercy for the punk band Pussy Riot for its anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, but the church's forgiveness is unlikely to change the band's punishment in a case that cause... [Full Article]
Saudi Shiite clerics and local dignitaries called on Wednesday for calm and self restraint in the eastern province of the kingdom, just days after two Shiites were killed in clashes with police, a statement said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Some of the most famed Shiite clerics of modern times have gathered together in a modest room under a religious school in Najaf in central Iraq -- as wax figures, waiting to be put on display. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Malaysian clerics have issued a fatwa against demonstrations, days after Prime Minister Najib Razak said a quashed election reform rally was being used to topple the government ahead of polls. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Egypt's presidential contenders have been passing through a new campaign rite of passage. One by one over recent weeks, they appeared before a panel of bearded, ultraconservative Muslim clerics who meticulously question them, including on how th... [Full Article]
The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency is lobbying hard for support of ultraconservative Muslim clerics, promising them a say over legislation in the future to ensure it is in line with Islamic law, as he tries to rally t... [Full Article]