Headlines: Egypt's New Pope Opposes Religious Constitution Turkey Seeks NATO Deployment of Patriot Missiles on Syria Border UAE to become Militarily Dependent on the UK Assad's Henchmen Stealing Medical Aid and Leaving Patients to Die Details: Egypt's New Pope Opposes Religious Constitution: Egypt's new Coptic Pope said on Monday the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious, a sign he would campaign with his…

Headlines: Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. Playing Geopolitical Game in the Middle East Qatar Aims to Rehabilitate Hamas Image in the Eyes of the West 'Pakistan to Remain at Receiving End Regardless of Whether Obama or Romney Wins' Hudud will not Impact Non-Muslims, Malaysian Minister Says East Turkistan: Chinese Authorities Multiply Raids on Uyghur Homes Details: Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. Playing Geopolitical Game in the Middle East: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

Headlines: Africa facing intensified 'food crisis' Draft of Egypt's new constitution under fire for its Islamic influence 2014: ‘Afghanistan is hurtling toward a devastating collapse' Pakistan blocks protest against US drones Details: Africa facing intensified 'food crisis': New report suggests that numerous African and Middle East countries are at a high or extreme risk of a food crisis. Seventy-five per cent of countries on the African continent and several Arab…

Reaction to my BBC interview As I stepped out of the BBC studio interview and checked my phone, I noticed that my twitter feed (@tajimustafa) had exploded with countless reactions to the interview I had just done covering Muslim reaction to the film insulting Prophet Muhammad (saw) and ‘free speech'. Listeners to the program were tweeting me their responses; some agreeing with points I made, some disagreeing, and some raising…