Aside from sentiments or rhetoric of conspiracy, as opposed to fully-fledged political thinking, what happened and is happening to the Muslim Brotherhood is a tragedy of its own making. BY RAED OMARI AL ARABIYA In response to what happened to Egypt’s Brotherhood, Arabs, like many other people around the globe, […]
Summary The threat of experienced militants returning to Europe from combat in North Africa and the Middle East is fueling debate about immigration and integration in Europe and strengthening xenophobic and nationalist sentiments. It is not a new phenomenon for Europeans to travel abroad to fight. Reports have circulated for […]
By ERIC SCHMITT The New York Times July 27, 2013 WASHINGTON — A rising number of radicalized young Muslims with Western passports are traveling to Syria to fight with the rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, raising fears among American and European intelligence officials of a new terrorist threat […]
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Mon, 07/22/2013 8:57 PM | Archipelago A group of Muslim clerics from various regions in Central Java have condemned a series of sweeps conducted by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in several regions, such as those in Sukorharjo and Kendal regencies last week that […]
AFP | Jul 10, 2013 | ARABNEWS DUBAI — Qatar, a key supporter of Islamists who rose to power in Arab Spring countries, is losing ground in regional politics to Saudi Arabia which appears to have seized the reins on key issues, notably Egypt and Syria. The decline in Qatar’s […]
STORY SUMMARY The appointment of liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister hit a snag on Saturday, as the army-backed transitional authorities were under pressure to restore order after deadly Islamist protests. The Nour Party, Egypt’s second biggest Islamist force, said it opposed ElBaradei and threatened to withdraw […]
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT — Syria’s fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar Assad. The Syrian National Coalition chose Ahmad Jarba as its president after a […]
Nathan J. Brown Op-Ed July 3, 2013 New Republic The final, desperate hours of Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president ousted by the military on Wednesday, were in one sense merciful, but also pathetic. After a brief feint that called to mind the image of Salvadore Allende picking up a gun […]
July 5, 2013 – 09:20 By Alexander Dziadosz SWISSINFO.CH CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 200,000 people died in a decade of civil war in Algeria after uniformed officers rejected a popular vote for Islamists, an example some in Cairo darkly cite after the army ousted Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president on Wednesday. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK World Exclusive: US urges UK and France to join in supplying arms to Syrian rebels as MPs fear that UK will be drawn into growing conflict Washington’s decision to arm Syria’s Sunni Muslim rebels has plunged America into the great Sunni-Shia conflict of the […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Monday 6 May 2013 Saudi Arabia released yesterday 166 former Al-Qaeda members and repentant militants after they underwent a long-term state-sponsored counseling program (Munasaha) aimed at reintegrating them into society, said Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior. The rehabilitation program and release […]
Reports from Syria say Wahhabi extremists have desecrated the grave of an ancient Muslim figure near the capital, Damascus. The militants have reportedly attacked the mausoleum and exhumed the grave […]
April 30, 2013 – 13:50 Switzerland is still not a priority target for jihadists according to the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), although it cannot rule out that these organisations could […]
AFP | Apr 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — As many as 600 Europeans have joined the rebels fighting government forces in Syria, according to a British study. Jihadists from 14 European countries including France, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands are among those to enter the conflict, according to […]
Citizens who go abroad to fight for Islamist militant groups are returning “radicalised” and “traumatised”, Dutch officials say. The Dutch government has raised its terror threat level over fears Dutch […]
AFP | Mar 02, 2013 | 23:09 Updated: Mar 02, 2013 | 23:09 DEIR EZZOR, Syria — Victory in Syria’s civil war is still up for grabs, but some rebel […]
DUBAI — Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran strongman. What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahayan is […]
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay meets an increasingly influential group which says jihad is spreading and will not stop at Syria. By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The number of Jihadist groups flooding […]
By AFP NAIROBI Once his reputation was of a feared fighter, an American-born extremist who left small town of Alabama to wage war alongside Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamists and who called […]
By DECLAN WALSH NEW YORK TIMES LAHORE, Pakistan — Ten million dollars does not seem to buy much in this bustling Pakistani city. That is the sum the United States […]