Man Accused Of Shooting At Meriden Mosque To Plead Guilty To Federal Hate Crime
Source: Hartford Courant HARTFORD — A Meriden man accused of firing a rifle at a mosque next to his home shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris is scheduled to […]
Does Nigeria Have What It Takes to Defeat Boko Haram?
Source: Time The Islamist terror group massacres dozens in the northeast as the country is frozen by corruption and economic malaise Organized assaults from multiple directions. Check. An arsenal of […]
Syria conflict: Dozens killed near Sayyida Zeinab shrine
Source: BBC At least 45 people have been killed in three blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media say. The Islamic […]
Linking Terrorism With Religion Will Help Terror Groups: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Source: NDTV BENGALURU: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said linking terrorism with any particular religion would only help terror forces to succeed in their motives as they use “division […]
The Religious Sources of Christian Terrorism
Huff Post: by Babak Rahimi, Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego — News reports live a short life in the media. Many seem to have already forgotten the militant organization that continues to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. But then many […]
The Religious Sources of Christian Terrorism
KKK rally For the Muslim Times’ collection to counter terrorism Source: Huffington Post By Babak Rahimi; Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego News reports live […]
Netanyahu says UN chief Ban Ki-moon ‘encouraging terror’
Source: BBC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror”. Referring to the Palestinians, Mr Ban said it was human nature for oppressed […]
France to overhaul secularism teaching to help stop radicalisation
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Education minister says pupils should be taught that separation of church and state is there to protect them, accusing rightwing politicians of […]
FBI: Milwaukee man planned mass shooting at Masonic temple
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A 23-year-old Milwaukee resident charged […]
Budget Deficit Slips as Public Priority
Source: Pew Research Center As Obama enters his final year, mixed views of his legacy As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in […]
More Than 20 People Killed as Somali Forces End Siege of Restaurant
Source: Time Al-Shabab, the Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with […]
Jail to jihad: Indonesian prisons a breeding ground for militancy
Source: Reuters Afif was an inmate in a high-security Indonesian jail when he transformed from aspiring radical Islamist to soldier for Islamic State, ready to sacrifice his life for a […]
At least 22 dead in a university in Pakistan: Finding solutions to the menace of terrorism
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) Militants raided a university in northwest Pakistan on […]
Pakistan Charsadda: Deadly assault on university
Source: BBC Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 50 injured. Four suspected attackers also […]
5 radical Islamists jailed in Bangladesh over 2005 blasts
Source: Fox News NEW DELHI – A court in Bangladesh has sentenced five alleged radical Islamists to 10 years in jail after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of explosions in 2005 to demand Shariah law in the Muslim-majority nation. Police Inspector Mominul Islam said the court sentenced […]
23 Dead in a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso: Finding solutions to the menace of terrorism
Source: BBC At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaeda militants attacked the […]
Indonesia on alert as police probe attacks
Source: Gulf News JAKARTA: Army trucks thundered through Indonesia’s capital Friday as authorities boosted security at possible terror targets and probed the suspected Daesh terror cell blamed for Jakarta’s deadly […]
Turkish artillery ‘kills 200 Isis militants’ in revenge for Blue Mosque bombing
Source: Independent Turkey claims to have killed nearly 200 Isis fighters in a series of retaliatory attacks after the deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul. While there was no immediate claim of […]
Has Belgium created ‘a system of apartheid’?
Source: BBC Two months after the Paris attacks, Belgium is in the midst of an anguished debate about Islamist radicalisation. There’s anger in Molenbeek – the Brussels district that was […]
Jakarta attacks: Bombs and gunfire rock Indonesian capital
Source: BBC A series of explosions has rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with gun battles on the streets. The blasts were centred around Thamrin Street, a major shopping and business […]