Relations between Sunni and Shia countries in the Middle East have deteriorated dramatically after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia Muslim cleric on Saturday.
Dozens of mostly Muslim countries from across the Middle East, Africa and Asia have joined a new military alliance to combat terrorism, Saudi Arabia has announced.
The US and five Arab states have launched the first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets within Syria.
The US has negotiated support from ten Arab states to help them tackle the threat of the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere.
The Darren Aronofsky-directed biblical blockbuster ‘Noah’, which stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson, has been banned in Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates for violating Islamic law.