RIYADH (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai canceled a meeting on Wednesday with a major Muslim group in Saudi Arabia that had been aimed at helping reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. The meeting was called off because Karzai had reservations about the agenda, a senior official from the group, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), said. However, an Afghan diplomat traveling ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai canceled on Wednesday a meeting with the world's top Muslim body in Saudi Arabia that was aimed at pushing for dialogue to help reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. The meeting was called off because Karzai had reservations over the agenda, a senior Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) official said, without elaborating ...

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Saturday strongly condemned the desecration of a West Bank mosque allegedly carried about by hardline Jewish settlers. "The profanation of the mosque and the torching of Koran copies found in it, and the spraying of racist graffiti slogans on the mosque's walls against Islam and Muslims represent a blatant aggression against the ...