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A violent assault on a French Catholic nun in East Jerusalem has drawn international condemnation after footage of the incident circulated widely online. The attack took place on Mount Zion and was captured on video, which shows a man approaching the nun from behind before shoving her forcefully to the ground. Her head struck the pavement, narrowly missing a large stone nearby. Moments later, the attacker returned and kicked the nun while she was still lying on the ground. A passerby eventually intervened and confronted the suspect, who reportedly attempted to attack him as well. The victim, a French nun...

Cruz: "It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for America weakening NATO withdrawing from NATO we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamist terrorist attack."Cruz supporters: "How dare you say Cruz is blaming Trump for Brussels? Cruz said no such thing."

SAUDI ARABIA is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into Islamist groups in the Balkans, some of which spread hatred of the West and recruit fighters for jihad in Afghanistan. According to officials in Macedonia, Islamic fundamentalism threatens to destabilise the Balkans. Strict Wahhabi and Salafi factions funded by Saudi organisations are clashing with traditionally moderate local Muslim communities. Muslims stage a protest against the publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed Fundamentalists have financed the construction of scores of mosques and community centres as well as handing some followers up to £225 a month. They are expected not only to...