Analysis: Iraq’s never-ending security crisis
By Michael Knights Washington Institute for Near East Policy In any other country, the detonation of 15 car bombs in a capital city on Monday and the dozens of resultant […]
Prominent British Muslims warned over ‘Shebab’ video
ET: LONDON: Several prominent British Muslims said Friday that police have warned they may be in danger, after they were named as enemies of Islam in a video purportedly made by […]
Prominent British Muslims warned over 'Shebab' video
ET: LONDON: Several prominent British Muslims said Friday that police have warned they may be in danger, after they were named as enemies of Islam in a video purportedly made by […]
Why Did Terrorists Strike An Upscale Mall In Kenya?
businessinsider.com: Kenyan officials said Saturday they had tightened security across the country in the wake of a terrorist attack that has underscored the challenges Kenya faces as it tries to rein in the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group next door in Somalia. The attack on Nairobi‘s upscale Westgate shopping mall killed at least 39 people and wounded about […]
Experts at seminar offer strategy to deal with radicalism in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 Pakistan is not alone in facing the menace of radicalism and extremism, as several other countries too face similar problems, and […]
From Boston to Beirut: A Comparison of “Terror”
By: Yazan al-Saadi Published Saturday, August 17, 2013 alakhbar English The Western media have double standards when it comes to “terrorism.” Within hours after two bombs were detonated at the Boston Marathon last April, many in the media had christened it a “terrorist attack.” Meanwhile, the August 15 bombing in […]
Revisiting the war on terror
ALSIR SIDAHMED ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 May 2013 US President Barack Obama in his first major speech on terrorism has hinted that the ongoing fight against terror will ultimately have come to an end. And this is where Muslims, especially those living in the West, can help. In fact the contribution […]
Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans is the fourth in a year
Washington: The Mothers’ Day parade shooting in New Orleans, coming less than a month after the April 15 Boston bombing, is the fourth major incident of mass shooting in the […]
Hezbollah denounces Turkey bombings
STORY SUMMARY Hezbollah denounced Sunday the car bombings that left dozens of people dead in south Turkey near the border with Syria and called for stopping terrorism that is targeting […]
The Politicization of the Boston Bombings Has Begun
Source: The Daily Beast The attacks has nothing to do with immigration reform, but partisans are rushing to exploit them anyway. Howard Kurtz examines the false arguments. More:
Dutch Raise Terror Threat Over Syria Fighters
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 […]
End the war on terror and save billions
By Fareed Zakaria The Daily Star, Lebanon STORY SUMMARY For 11 years, the United States has been operating under emergency wartime powers granted under the 2001 “Authorization for Use of Military Force”. It grants the president and the federal government extraordinary authorities at home and abroad, effectively suspends civil liberties […]
Innocence of Muslims 2? Belgium alarmed as another controversial film to be released
Belgium has heightened its terror alert level ahead of the release of another highly provocative film exploring Islam, reportedly made in cooperation with the notorious Koran-burning US pastor Terry Jones. […]
Saudi Arabia: Conference condemns terror and extremism
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 […]
Open letter to President Obama (on relationship between the Muslim World and ‘the West’)
Dr. Todenhoefer is requesting on his facebook page all of us to : PLEASE SHARE, PRINT, SIGN AND SEND THIS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA! The President of the United States […]
Heathrow arrests: are Islamists training in Syria for attacks in UK?
Terror arrests reflect a new mood of apprehension over the fallout from the Arab Spring by Robert Fox THE WEEK http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/49488/heathrow-arrests-are-islamists-training-syria-attacks-uk THE ARREST at Heathrow airport last night of a man and woman off a flight from Egypt has underscored fears that militant Islamists are going to fight in Syria, […]
Anti-Muslim bias in the British media, and the way forward
By MUDDASSAR AHMED AL ARABIYA NEWS Wednesday, 25 July 2012 Earlier this month, British journalists and editors submitted the report, Race and Reform: Islam and Muslims in the British Media, to the Leveson Inquiry. Led by Lord Justice Leveson, appointed last year by Prime Minister David Cameron, the Leveson Inquiry […]
‘US envoy visit to Pakistan, impossible’
Courtesy Press TV: Pakistan has rejected a request by US special envoy Marc Grossman to visit the country, saying it is “not possible at the moment”. “Ambassador Grossman asked to […]