Dayton calls Bloomington mosque blast “act of terrorism”
Source: Star Tribune By Rochelle Olson The attack on a Bloomington Islamic center is “an act of terrorism” and a hate crime, Gov. Mark Dayton declared Sunday during a visit to […]
Australian terror suspect ‘planted plane bomb on brother’
Source: BBC News A terror suspect in Australia tried to smuggle a bomb on to a plane by planting it on his unsuspecting brother, say Australian police. The plan was […]
Globally, People Point to ISIS and Climate Change as Leading Security Threats
Source: Pew Research Center Concern about cyberattacks, world economy also widespread BY JACOB POUSHTER AND DOROTHY MANEVICH People around the globe identify ISIS and climate change as the leading threats to national security, […]
YouTube Has Started Redirecting Searches for Violent Extremism to Anti-Terrorism Videos
Source: Time By Aric Jenkins Jul 22, 2017 YouTube has started to redirect searches for violent extremism content sometimes used to recruit ISIS members to anti-terrorism videos. The technique, implemented with Google as […]
Afghan mosque blast ‘kills many’
Source: BBC News An explosion at a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat has killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more. The blast, which struck the Jawadia […]
Australia police ‘foil terror plot to bring down plane’
Source: BBC News Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people were […]
In France, murder of a Jewish woman ignites debate over the word ‘terrorism’
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley July 23 PARIS — What happened to Sarah Halimi resembles the plot of a horror film. In the early hours of April 4, the 65-year-old retired […]
Decimated Muslim Brotherhood Still Inspires Fear. Its Members Wonder Why.
Source: The New York Times Photo Defendants in the 2015 killing of an Egyptian prosecutor flash the Rabaa sign, symbolizing support for the Muslim Brotherhood, while being held in a […]
Man charged with terrorism-related murder in London van attack
Source: Reuters A man suspected of driving a van at Muslim worshippers leaving a London mosque has been charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder, British police said on Friday. […]
Muslims ‘absolutely’ the group most victimized by global terrorism, researchers say
Source: ABC News By MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN This week’s terrorist attack targeting people leaving a London mosque after Ramadan prayers is part of a wider phenomenon, in which Muslims are […]
Brussels bomb suspect was Moroccan and ‘known to police’
Source: BBC News A man suspected of setting off a bomb at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday has been identified as a 36-year-old Moroccan from a city district that has […]
‘Deadlier than terrorism’ – the right’s fatal obsession with red tape
Guardian: Everyone loves to hate “red tape”. The EU rules and regulations that supposedly restrict Britain’s freedom were the primary theme of the non-racist wing of the leave campaign during the referendum. Brexit, we continue to be told by its champions, is a golden opportunity to make a “bonfire of […]
Suspect in London Mosque Attack Is Facing Terror Charges
Source: Time Associated Press 9:17 AM ET (LONDON) — British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from […]
Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Connolly in Berlin The Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – march has been planned as opposition to violence in the name of […]
Terrorism has changed. Blaming Islam is blinding us to the new reality
Source: The Guardian By Joumanah El Matrah, who is the CEO of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights and a PhD student at Swinburne University Today’s terrorists […]
Religious conservatism doesn’t make a terrorist. But crime and exclusion can
Source: The Guardian BY Z Fareen Parvez In her comments in the aftermath of last weekend’s attacks in London, Theresa May suggested a new direction in the struggle against terrorism. […]
Conservatives say Muslims need to stop terrorism. I wish we could.
Source: The Washington Post By Afshan Jafar June 6 Afshan Jafar is an associate professor of sociology at Connecticut College and a Public Voices fellow with the OpEd Project. Speaking […]
British voters head to polls in a political landscape jolted by terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker LONDON — A country once again buffeted by terrorism will go to the polls Thursday in the latest test of the relationship between […]
Theresa May wants to talk about extremism? Let’s start with our ties with the Saudis
Source: The Guardian By Moni Mohsin, who is a Pakistani writer based in London. Her debut novel The End of Innocence is out now in paperback and a collection of […]
London attack: Third London Bridge attacker named
Source: BBC News The third London Bridge attacker has been named as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, a Moroccan-Italian man. Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking were […]