Source: AFP DHAKA — At least 100,000 hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law blocked major highways on Sunday cutting off the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka from the rest of the country, police said. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is the greatest!”), activists from Hefajat-e-Islam marched down at least six highways, […]
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theguardian: Haroon Siddique. The call to prayer sounds and a serious-looking man with a bushy beard stares intently at the camera. At first appearance it is a familiar image of an angry Muslim but as the man breaks into laughter and begins to talk about his pride in being British, […]
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
RIYADH: SHARIF M. TAHA ARABNEWS Wednesday 28 November 2012 A recently concluded conference in Riyadh condemned all forms of terror and extremism. It called for Arab governments to boost developmental projects, curb unemployment and address youth problems. The conference on the impact of terrorism on social development was jointly organized […]
Source: Pakistan Today. Jubail, Saudi Arabia – It has been reported from Bangladesh that Hasina Wajid’s government has started monitoring weekly Friday prayer sermons to ensure imams are abiding by the given guidelines to highlight the dangers of extremism (read religious militancy). Guidelines on anti-militancy sermons were sent to […]
“And the Ahmadiyya Muslim community is perhaps the most persecuted of all”. Benedict Rogers (East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission) Source: A Christian, a Muslim and an atheist sounds like the beginning of joke. Instead, it could the beginning […]
Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider violence and “armed conflict” a legitimate form of political expression, experts will warn this week. The first audit into the attitudes […]
Express Tribune: Difa-e-Pakistan has organised three large gatherings in Punjab alone. The first was in Lahore, which was organised by Jamatud Dawa (JuD), whose leadership is in charge of coordination and communication between all members of the group. The movement will now hold a rally in Karachi on Sunday (today), […]
NY Times: Of 14,000 murders last year in the US not a single was attributed to Islamist radicalism. A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not […]
Source: Washington Post, VOA & Business week DHAKA, Bangladesh — The Bangladesh military said Thursday it foiled a plot by a group of hardline officers, their retired colleagues and Bangladeshi conspirators living abroad to overthrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The coup attempt underscored tension between Hasina’s government and elements of […]
Source / Courtesy: Daily Times (Reuters) – New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with 75 people inside and another against a Hindu place of worship. No injuries were reported. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday […]
RT: The rise of neo-Nazism across Europe has been progressing steadily, with Germany in particular seeing more and more young people being drawn to extreme-right groups. RT’s Egor Piskunov has been examining what is driving this dangerous trend. With a population of only 6,000, Zossen is a typical small German […]
She is Naama Margolese, 8, the daughter of American immigrants who are observant modern Orthodox Jews. An Israeli weekend television program told the story of how Naama had become terrified of walking to her elementary school here after ultra-Orthodox men spit on her, insulted her and called her a prostitute […]