October 31, 2013
7:05 pm

Turkish member of parliament Sevde Beyazit Kacar, who wore a traditional headscarf in the parliament building, October 2013. (screen capture: Youtube/Aksu Televizyonu)

Turkish MPs enter parliament with headscarves

Ban on religious headgear lifted for lawmakers but remains in place for judges, prosecutors, and military and security personnel

By Desmond Butler

October 26, 2013
2:15 pm

Saudi Arabian woman drives car as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving, Friday, June 17, 2011 (photo credit: AP Photo/Change.org, File)

Activists: Saudi women’s driving protest kicks off

Armed with sunglasses and a black headscarf, Riyadh resident makes it all the way to the grocery store without being stopped

By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy

September 29, 2013
1:51 pm

Injured Nakumatt supermarket employee Mwaura, center, a father of five who was shot during the attack, is assisted by Kenyan soldiers inside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Mwaura was able to walk out of the mall hours after the initial attack but later died of his injuries. (AP Photo/James Quest)

Kenyan attackers spared Muslims by quizzing victims on Koran

Al-Shabab terrorists followed new al-Qaeda approach of protecting Muslim lives, papers show

By Rukmini Callimachi

September 29, 2013
9:43 am

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Israel warned Kenya about terror attack, officials say

Local newspapers report that intelligence indicating dates and locations at risk was given to high-ranking Nairobi officials

By Lazar Berman

September 25, 2013
2:39 pm

Armed police leave by vehicle at night from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Israeli forensics experts in Nairobi helping with attack aftermath

Cabinet secretary tweets that teams from Israel, US and UK joining effort after bloody four-day siege ends

By AP and Lazar Berman

September 25, 2013
11:20 am

Ramesh Vaya, right, lights the funeral pyre of his wife Malti, who was shot dead in the attack on the Westgate Mall, at her funeral at the Hindu Crematorium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Ramesh and his brother both lost their wives in the attack. (photo credit: AP Photo/Kate Holt)

Standoff over, but death toll expected to rise in Kenya

Initial plans to recover bodies put on hold due to continued skirmishes and fears of booby traps in mall

By AP

September 24, 2013
8:44 pm

A Kenyan soldier runs through a corridor on an upper floor, shortly before an explosion was heard, at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Kenya’s president: Westgate Mall terrorists defeated

62 civilians and 6 members of the security forces killed, says Kenyatta; three floors of mall collapsed, more bodies trapped in rubble

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 24, 2013
3:27 pm

Kenyan army soldiers and police officers patrol near the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

As morgue prepares for victims, terrorists ‘holding ground’ in Kenya

Unknown number of hostages still alive as siege continues; officials say troops in ‘mop-up operations’ but that three Kenyan soldiers have died

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 24, 2013
7:50 am

A plume of black smoke billows rising over the Westgate Mall, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. ( photo credit: AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)

Attackers say they still control Kenya mall, standoff continues

Government claims to have freed hostages, but source says at least 10 people still being held by attackers at besieged Nairobi shopping center

By Jason Straziuso and TOM ODULA

September 23, 2013
6:40 am

Westerners said to be among Kenya attackers

Islamist gunmen believed to include US, Canadian, UK citizens; renewed assault by security forces frees dozens of hostages

By Times of Israel staff and AP

September 22, 2013
8:41 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria. February 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Spy chief: 170 German Islamists have gone to Syria

Top intelligence official fears some extremists may return home with plans for terror attacks

By AP

September 22, 2013
8:14 pm

Kenyan security personnel walk to their positions outside the shopping mall in Nairobi where Islamic extremist attackers hold an unknown number of hostages (photo credit: Sayyid Azim/AP)

Death toll in Kenya raised to 68 as forces push to end standoff

Terrorists who stormed upscale mall said to be holed up in one part of shopping center; large explosion rocks area and gun battles ongoing

By Times of Israel staff and AP

September 22, 2013
4:02 pm

People run from the Westgate Mall, where shooting erupted when armed men staged an attack, on Saturday, September 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Jason Straziuso)

Israeli special forces said to be aiding Kenya rescue operation

Second security source says Israelis advising in negotiations, but not involved in ‘storming’ mall

By Gavriel Fiske and Times of Israel staff

September 22, 2013
11:46 am

Soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces carry a wounded colleague, following the sound of explosions and gunfire, out of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, September 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Fresh gunfire in Kenya mall as death toll climbs to 59

Over 175 wounded in terror attack and ensuing standoff between attackers and security forces

By Times of Israel staff and AP

September 22, 2013
12:15 am

Armed police at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire in an attack targeting non-Muslims at the upscale mall in Kenya's capital. (photo credit:AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan)

At least 39 killed by Somali terrorists in Nairobi mall

Gunmen order Muslims to exit before firing; officials have warned upscale Westgate mall made attractive target because of Israeli ownership

By Times of Israel staff and AP

Topic: Islam

Turkish MPs enter parliament with headscarves

Ban on religious headgear lifted for lawmakers but remains in place for judges, prosecutors, and military and security personnel

Activists: Saudi women’s driving protest kicks off

Armed with sunglasses and a black headscarf, Riyadh resident makes it all the way to the grocery store without being stopped

Kenyan attackers spared Muslims by quizzing victims on Koran

Al-Shabab terrorists followed new al-Qaeda approach of protecting Muslim lives, papers show

Israel warned Kenya about terror attack, officials say

Local newspapers report that intelligence indicating dates and locations at risk was given to high-ranking Nairobi officials

Israeli forensics experts in Nairobi helping with attack aftermath

Cabinet secretary tweets that teams from Israel, US and UK joining effort after bloody four-day siege ends

Standoff over, but death toll expected to rise in Kenya

Initial plans to recover bodies put on hold due to continued skirmishes and fears of booby traps in mall

Kenya’s president: Westgate Mall terrorists defeated

62 civilians and 6 members of the security forces killed, says Kenyatta; three floors of mall collapsed, more bodies trapped in rubble

As morgue prepares for victims, terrorists ‘holding ground’ in Kenya

Unknown number of hostages still alive as siege continues; officials say troops in ‘mop-up operations’ but that three Kenyan soldiers have died

Attackers say they still control Kenya mall, standoff continues

Government claims to have freed hostages, but source says at least 10 people still being held by attackers at besieged Nairobi shopping center

Westerners said to be among Kenya attackers

Islamist gunmen believed to include US, Canadian, UK citizens; renewed assault by security forces frees dozens of hostages

Spy chief: 170 German Islamists have gone to Syria

Top intelligence official fears some extremists may return home with plans for terror attacks

Death toll in Kenya raised to 68 as forces push to end standoff

Terrorists who stormed upscale mall said to be holed up in one part of shopping center; large explosion rocks area and gun battles ongoing

Israeli special forces said to be aiding Kenya rescue operation

Second security source says Israelis advising in negotiations, but not involved in ‘storming’ mall

Fresh gunfire in Kenya mall as death toll climbs to 59

Over 175 wounded in terror attack and ensuing standoff between attackers and security forces

At least 39 killed by Somali terrorists in Nairobi mall

Gunmen order Muslims to exit before firing; officials have warned upscale Westgate mall made attractive target because of Israeli ownership

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