7/19/2010 Indonesian Muslims Facing Africa during Prayers

People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa — not Mecca — while praying.
Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edi...read more

7/16/2010 X-ray Reveals Da Vinci's Light Touch on Mona Lisa

French scientists have shone new light on the painting technique that allowed Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci to give the Mona Lisa such an extraordinary delicate charm.
Working with an X-...read more

7/14/2010 Arabia's Ancient Past on Show at the Louvre

For the first time, the ancient past of Saudi Arabia is at the heart of an exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris, which is showing works that have never left their country before.

The e...read more

7/9/2010 Unholy Noise: UAE Fatwa Bans Vuvuzelas

The horns that have blared at World Cup matches in South Africa make an unholy racket — according to a religious edict in the United Arab Emirates.
A fatwa by the UAE's General Authority of Isl...read more