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Uzbekistan: A conqueror's imposing legacy
In the ancient city of Samarkand stands a monument to the grandiose vision of a brutal warlord. Jim Eagles writes.

Australia a nation of intolerance: report
There is a current of anti-Muslim feeling in Australia that suggests an entrenched hostility often related to overseas events.

Irfan Yusuf: Witch-hunt has no place in civilised democracy
Sydney lawyer and author of Once Were Radicals: My Years as a Teenage Islamo-facist writes that republican-steered terrorism hearings entirely off the mark.

Oil, gold prices soar on Libya turmoil
Investors flocked to oil and gold on world markets overnight amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, with violence in Libya gathering steam.

Hands off on Valentine's Day, unmarried Muslims warned
Unmarried Muslims are being told it would be "un-Islamic" to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Three Wise Men and a couple of burqas
The presenters of motoring show Top Gear have caused controversy after dressing in burqas while filming in the Middle East.

Three guilty of planning Australian terror attack
A Victorian court has found three men guilty of planning a terrorist attack on an Australian army base in Sydney.

FBI plant 'too extreme' for mosque
The spying game wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Craig Monteilh, a convicted criminal recruited by the FBI to investigate the march of radical Islam into southern California.

14-year-old's marriage fuels debate
A 14-year-old girl and 23-year-old man have celebrated their recent marriage in Malaysia.

MP Carter makes quick u-turn
A farming company part-owned by a Cabinet minister was able to brief him on how the Govt could protect its trade with Muslim countries.