Is there a “Plan B” in Barack Obama’s brain? Or in David Cameron’s, for that matter? I mean, we’re vaguely told that air strikes against the ferocious “Islamic State” may […]
Source: crawleynews.co.uk Arif Syed, chairman of Crawley Mosque, thinks Britain should have stayed out of the war. Ahsan Ahmedi, regional president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA), also feels that Britain […]
Source: birminghammail.co.uk More than 150 people covered distances of 5km and 10km in the first Where’s Wally run in the city to help the National Literacy Trust. First to cross the finish line in the 10k was Ataul Quddous Ahmed, a 27-year-old journalism student who’s raising £35,000 for eight different charities. He said: […]
Previous news posted about Alan Henning: LIFE AT RISK: British man Alan Henning from Manchester now held hostage by ISIS militants @ http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2014/09/religion/islam/life-at-risk-british-man-alan-henning-from-manchester-now-held-hostage-by-isis-militants ANOTHER LIFE AT RISK: Isis hostage Peter Kassig threatened […]
Source: peacesymposium.org.uk About the event The National Peace Symposium, held at the largest mosque in Western Europe, is a key event of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and 2014 marks the 11th Symposium to date. […]
BBC News: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that Britain will always be a “strong partner and good friend”. Mr Cameron, on an unannounced visit to Kabul, said British armed forces had paid a “very high price” for their involvement in Afghanistan. Mr Ghani […]
Why Young Muslim Women Are Speaking Out Against The Islamic State On The Streets Of London By Radhika Sanghani 24 Sep 2014 Young British Muslim women are sick of not being heard. With the regular news updates of the horrors committed by the Islamic State, and stories about British women […]
RAF jets have carried out their first strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq, attacking a “heavy weapon position” and an armed pick-up truck. The Ministry of Defence said the attacks were in support of Kurdish units in the north-west of the country. The strikes – by two GR4 Tornados […]
Home Secretary Theresa May warns Isil could acquire “chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons” in the “world’s first truly terrorist state” The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) could acquire nuclear weapons if they are allowed to consolidate their hold in Iraq and Syria, Theresa May has warned. […]
Home Secretary Theresa May warns Isil could acquire “chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons” in the “world’s first truly terrorist state” The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) could acquire nuclear weapons if they are allowed to consolidate their hold in Iraq and Syria, Theresa May has warned. […]
PM says plans for £3bn-a-year cuts set out by George Osborne are better than reducing benefits for wealthier pensioners. David Cameron has defended his plan to carry out billions of pounds of extra cuts to benefits for the working poor, saying it is only fair to ensure welfare payments are […]
Forget Radicalisation in Mosques – ‘Sheikh Google’ Is the Real Threat to Young Muslims By Radhika Sanghani 25 Sep 2014 In recent weeks, the so-called Islamic State has committed horrific acts of terrorism. They’re thought to have murdered British hostage David Haines, and American journalists James Foley and Steven […]
Homoeconomicusnet.wordpress.com: The billing is “British Muslims Sign Historic Intra-Faith Unity Statement: Intra-Faith Unity Statement Aims to Provide Common Ground Between Muslims of All Traditions.” Tonight at an event, special guests […]
theguardian: by Tim Lott — The seismic constitutional rearrangement that is now taking place between England and Scotland has got me thinking about constitutions in general. Countries have them – why shouldn’t families? One of the most difficult things about being part of a family, after all, is that it […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — US President George Bush aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in May 2003, declaring the war to topple Saddam Hussein over – with a banner declaring ‘mission accomplished’ behind him. Photograph: J Scott Applewith/AP Remember “mission accomplished”? President George Bush, standing on the deck of […]
Patrick Cockburn, who led the world in warning of the rise of Isis, wonders if David Cameron has really thought through his plans Britain is set to join the air campaign against Isis in Iraq, but, going by David Cameron’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Government has no […]
theguardian: by Simon Jenkins — This is the moment in any war when peace goes dumb. The cause is just. The enemy is in our sights, and the provocation is extreme. Blood races through tabloid veins. It is white feathers for dissenters. The British government’s evident eagerness to bomb Iraq […]
Russia Today: Financially stable British-born Muslims who take their security for granted are most at risk of radicalization by terror groups, according to new research. Socially isolated and depressed Muslims […]
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary is one of nine men arrested in terror raid in London Men aged 22, 31, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39, 47 and 51 arrested this morning Premises in London and Stoke-on-Trent being searched by police Officers: ‘Part of ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism’ Al-Muhajiroun is understood […]
David Cameron has said the UK is ready to “play its part” in fighting Islamic State, which he called an “evil against which the whole world must unite”. Speaking at the UN in New York, the prime minister said “past mistakes” must not be an “excuse” for inaction. He spoke […]