Willesden shooting: Police foil ‘active terror plot’
Source: BBC Police say they have foiled an active terror plot after a woman was shot during a raid on a house in Willesden, north-west London. The 21-year-old woman was […]
Somalia executes four it says were al Shabaab fighters behind 2016 attack
Source: Reuters A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were al Shabaab militants who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer […]
Terrorism has no religion
Source: Pakistan Observer Sadia Khan Islamabad Since the attack on world trade centre, Islamophobia has taken height in the West which forces it to clinch away from the Muslims. Religious […]
Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Source: Reuters Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant […]
Shooting at California primary school
Source: BBC ‘Multiple’ victims in shooting at primary school in San Bernardino, California, fire service says This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. […]
Deadly Explosions at Two Egyptian Churches on Palm Sunday Kill At Least 43
Source: Time BY Hamza Hendawi / AP (Tanta, EGYPT) — Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least […]
Police arrest 7 in wake of St. Petersburg subway bombing
Source: Associated Press By IRINA TITOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — As part of a sweeping hunt for any accomplices of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber, investigators […]
Pakistan blast: Lahore census team hit by suspected suicide bombing
Source: BBC At least six people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack targeting census workers and their security escort in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Four of the […]
Should we blame Islam for terrorism?
Source: Guardian By David Shariatmadari It’s a question even liberals can find themselves asking after attacks such as the one in Westminster. But the answer can’t be yes – and here’s why Since the Westminster attacks, many people seem to have been getting stuck on the following question, as they do […]
YOU SHOULDN’T BLAME ISLAM FOR TERRORISM. RELIGION ISN’T A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN ATTACKS.
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan What do you think of when you hear the word “terrorist”? Big beards and brown skins? Turban-wearing Muslim migrants from the Middle East? Refugees maybe? […]
The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
Source: The Guardian By Arwa Mahdawi It happened in history class. Heraa Hashmi, a 19-year-old American Muslim student at the University of Colorado, was supposed to be discussing the Crusades with […]
After Terrorist Attack, a British City Linked to Jihadis Winces and Asks Why
Source: The New York Times By KATRIN BENNHOLD and KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA MARCH 26, 2017 Photo The minaret of a mosque in Birmingham, England, where Khalid Masood resided before he attacked […]
‘We shouldn’t have to keep saying sorry’: After the London attack, Muslims react with fear and anger
Source: The Washington Post By Jennifer Hassan LONDON — Even before authorities named the assailant in the Westminster attack as 52-year-old Khalid Masood, the word “Muslims” began trending on Twitter. Despite limited details on the attacker’s […]
British Official: WhatsApp Can’t Be a ‘Secret Place for Terrorists’
Source: Time By Gregory Katz / AP Mar 26, 2017 LONDON — Encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp must make their platforms accessible to intelligence agencies, a top British security official declared […]
UK: Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns “brutal” terrorist acts
Source: https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/21210/islamic-leader-condemns-brutal-terrorist-acts/ By Toby Porter – March 23, 2017 Muslims in south-west London have condemned the terrorist attack which killed three people and left 40 injured yesterday. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which has followers in New Malden, Kingston, Putney & Wimbledon, has slammed the “barbaric” attacks on Westminster Bridge and in the […]
IS claims responsibility for London attack; UK’s May defiant
Source: Associated Press By JILL LAWLESS and PAISLEY DODDS LONDON (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack by a man who plowed an SUV into […]
London attack: What we know so far
Source: BBC Four people have died and 20 people have been injured after what police are treating as terrorist attacks in Westminster, earlier on Wednesday. Here is what we know […]
CNY Inspirations: True Islam Rejects All Acts of Terrorism
Source: Syracuse.com By Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, who is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Syracuse chapter. He is a radiation oncologist currently practicing as medical director of radiation […]
Pakistan army launches first nationwide anti-terrorism operation
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 23 at 2:44 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — When the Pakistan army announced that it was launching a nationwide military operation to “indiscriminately” […]
Merkel: ‘Islam is not the source of terrorism’
Aljazeera: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Islam is not the source of “terrorism” and that cooperating with predominantly Muslim states in the fight against it is vital. Merkel, who […]