How was it that U.S. service personnel be converted into American mujahideen? Follow the dots to the Oil Kingdom.

Is the massacre at Ft. Hood, allegedly perpetrated by a Muslim who may have cried "Allah is great!" before killing 13, part of a broader ideological campaign against the US?

Human rights activist and columnist call for a return to Ali Jinnah’s vision, which includes freedom of religion. Islamist movements warn the government not to change the laws “if it wants to stay in power”. A suicide attack in Rawalpindi kills 34 and wounds 30.

Blasphemy laws, introduced by President Zia-ul-Haq, the mastermind of Afghani jihad, now comes under scrutiny even from Islamic scholars.

Benedict XVI tells Iranian Ambassador:“The Holy See trusts that the Iranian authorities will be able to reinforce and guarantee to Christians the liberty to profess their faith and to ensure for the Catholic community the essential conditions for its existence.”

An interview with Rev. Eliseo Mercado, a prominent figure in southern Philippines offers and analysis of the interplay of religion and politics in the phenomenon of abduction.