While the eyes of the world are on Iraq, where all the mistakes of a disastrous American policy (also towards counterterrorism) are clearly seen, it is another part of the world where Islamic extremism is growing and becoming even more radicalized. Even without the huge amount of dollars coming from […]
Kenya’s Western-funded anti-terrorism unit has carried out a series of killings and “enforced disappearances” during its fight against militant Islamists, a rights group says. READ MORE…
Reports are emerging of the rescue by Chadian troops of some 85 Nigerian villagers abducted earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants. A Nigerian SECURITY official told AFP that they had intercepted a convoy of buses transporting gunmen and the villagers in a routine security check. Neither the Nigerian or Chadian […]
FoxNews.com: A growing chorus of top Muslim leaders and Arab pundits around the world are strongly condemning the “cancerous” actions of extremist Islamic State militants, saying the ruthless group’s horrific campaign of murder in Iraq does serious harm to all Islam. In the past, Muslim leaders have faced criticism from […]
Residents of a Nigerian village on the shore of Lake Chad say at least 50 residents are missing after a raid by suspected Boko Haram militants. A witness told the BBC that 26 people were also killed during the raid on the village of Doron Baga on Sunday. READ MORE… […]
By MailOnline Reporter: A photo has emerged of the New Jersey man who sparked controversy among his neighbors for flying a flag that is now associated with the jihadist group Islamic State. Pictured holding the flag outside his home today, Mark Dunaway, of Garwood, says he’s been flying the it […]
The group calling itself “The Islamic State” continues its drive to conquer and rule a piece of the Middle East. Its violent campaign to spread its extreme form of Islam challenges the governments of both Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. A massive relief crisis is ongoing as hundreds of thousands of […]
For most Muslims, Eid marks the happy end to a month of fasting and spiritual development. It is a day filled with prayers, warm embraces and the smiling faces of children as they open their presents. For extremists, however, Eid only brings joy if it is coloured by the blood […]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/embed/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fplaylists.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-28772646A%2Fplaylist.sxml&title=Islamic%20State%3A%20Young%20British%20Muslims%20debate%20Caliphate&product=news For the Muslim Times’ collection on Separation of Mosque-Church and State, please click here. When the extremist group widely known as Isis (now renamed Islamic State) declared a Caliphate […]
The Vatican has called on Muslim leaders to denounce unambiguously the persecution of Christians and Yazidis in Iraq – and hinted that it is considering breaking off dialogue with Islamic representatives if they fail to do so. READ MORE…
According to the AP, at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Tuesday U.S. President Barack Obama announced $14 Billion USD in investment commitments from U.S. companies including such heavyweights as General Electric, Marriott and IBM. Even with this massive announcement, former President Bill Clinton went out of his way to point […]
Here we go again. Another so-called Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, is committing horrific atrocities. And Muslims are again called upon to denounce them. How can anyone believe that small groups […]
Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC’s Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, looks at the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds in Lebanon. “In the Middle East, conspiracy theories are in our blood,” one former Lebanese official said over lunch in a restaurant in central Beirut. He […]
The wives of Nigerian soldiers have protested against their husbands being sent to fight militant Islamist group Boko Haram, a demonstrator has said. The protest at the main military barracks in north-eastern Maiduguri city came as the government vowed to retake Gwoza town from the militants. Hundreds of people were […]
Telegraph: Mark Simmonds resignation follows Baroness Warsi’s decision to quit over the crisis in Gaza. He will stand down as an MP at the election because of the “so huge and so negative” impact on family life. Mark Simmonds became the second minister to resign from the department in a […]
The Express Tribune: 1954 was the year of the Munir Report; and there haven’t been many like it since. The report raised some of the most profound moral questions splitting Pakistan at the seams, questions that haunt us today. Justice Munir found that, while the ulema were adamant as to […]
The former Chief of the Australian Army, professor Peter Leahy, has warned that Australia needs to prepare itself for a century-long war, both overseas and at home, against radical Islamic militants. Currently the director of the National Security Institute at the University of Canberra, professor Leahy told Daily Mail Australia […]
French forces have bombed Islamist militant positions in northern Mali. READ MORE…
The United States is exploring options to evacuate thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq by Islamic militants after four nights of humanitarian relief airdrops, officials in Washington said. At least half of the 40,000 people besieged by jihadists on Mount Sinjar had escaped by Sunday […]
The sufferings of the Ahmadis are not confined to killings and destruction of their property. Whole generations of their young men and women have been forced to stay imprisoned within their mental recesses. Forty years ago Zulfikar Ali Bhutto claimed credit for solving the 90-year-old problem relating to the status […]