Orlando shootings: ‘No clear evidence’ of IS link
Source: BBC There is no clear evidence that the Orlando shooter was directed by the so-called Islamic State group (IS), US President Barack Obama has said. The inquiry into Sunday […]
CNN Documentary Today: Why they hate us
Watch a new hour-long special, “Why They Hate Us,” Monday, May 23 on CNN/U.S. and CNN International at 9:00 p.m. ET. Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” […]
Israel arrests six members of ‘Jewish terror cell’
Source: BBC Israel says the suspects tried to copy an arson attack that killed three Palestinians last year Israel’s security agency says it has arrested six West Bank settlers who […]
Can Pakistan win its war against the Taliban?
Source: The Guardian By Mohammed Hanif, whose novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes was longlisted for the Booker prize, shortlisted for the Guardian first book award, Commonwealth literary prize and […]
Belgian Muslims fear growing anti-Islam backlash in wake of terror attacks
Source: USA Today BRUSSELS — It’s already been a rough few months for Belgian Muslims in the wake of November’s terrorist attacks in Paris and the search for suspects in Belgium: Lockdowns, increased security and raids on homes. Now, in the wake of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks Tuesday, Muslims who live in Belgium fret more […]
Donald Trump: Muslim communities ‘not reporting’ terror suspects
Source: The Guardian Muslim communities are “absolutely not reporting” suspected terrorists and need to “open up to society”, Donald Trump has said in his first UK interview since launching his bid for the US presidency. Appearing on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB), Trump said there was “very little assimilation” in […]
The Muslim Times’ Collection on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism
Did Prophet Muhammad teach Muslims to use terrorism and Jihad to spread Islam? Source: Muhammad Fact Check Critics claim that “the crux of Islam is an ideology of global war” […]
Twitter’s role in modern warfare
Source: BBC Virtual warfare is being waged on social networks with the majority of users unaware that nations and militant groups alike are targeting their hearts and minds. Modern conflicts […]
ISIS lures with video game themes
Source: RNS (RNS) The footage, to gamers who like to play “Grand Theft Auto,” looks familiar. From the point of view of a gunman looking for targets through the speeding […]
Anonymous claims Twitter is shutting accounts which target the IS group
Source: BBC Online activists targeting so-called Islamic State on social media say Twitter has suspended accounts which were being used to harass the terrorist group. An Anonymous hacker made the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Syria conflict: Russia’s build-up looks long-term
Source: BBC It is now four months since Russia launched its military intervention in Syria, with air strikes and a build-up of troops on the ground. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg has been embedded with Russian troops and has sent this diary of his four-day visit. Crowded skies We last visited […]
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 […]
Why Donald Trump Can’t Actually Close ‘Parts of the Internet’
Source: Time During Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, frontrunner Donald Trump doubled down on his call for “closing off parts of the Internet” in order to stymie terrorist groups’ online recruitment efforts. “I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody,” Trump said, referring to […]
Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Alnatour; Palestinian-American Muslim. Student. Humanitarian. Every time an act of terror or shooting occurs, Muslims closely watch the news with extreme trepidation praying that the suspect […]
The Republican obsession with ‘radical Islam’ is a smokescreen for something else
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor Writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. He previously was a senior editor at TIME, based first in Hong Kong and later in New York. It has become a sort of mantra in the U.S. election cycle. When faced with questions of national […]
Dear Media: Stop Using the Term ‘Radicalized’ Unless You Apply It to White Christian Extremists, Too
Source: Huffington Post Michelangelo Signorile; Gay Voices Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post The double standard can’t be more jarring: For days television networks and media outlets have been parroting the FBI […]
Trump’s Muslim ban call ‘endangers US security’
Source: BBC Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon has warned. The leading Republican presidential candidate has said Muslims should […]