UK: Muslims should get politically active says MP 0
UK: Muslims should get politically active says MP Young Muslims need to get involved in the UK political system if they want to see change advised a top politician during a visit to Manchester.
Belgium: ‘A daughter is a small catastrophe’ for a Muslim 0
Belgium: ‘A daughter is a small catastrophe’ for a Muslim A briefing about Islam earlier this week for Belgian soldiers just before departure to Afghanistan has given rise to controversy. During the briefing professor Jacques Rifflet gave a highly remarkable explanation in which he said that a daughter is a catastrophe for a Muslim man, as it’s considered a sign of poor sperm quality and she must be married off, reports Le Soir
Russia: Police kill ‘the Sword of Islam’ 0
Russia: Police kill ‘the Sword of Islam’ A militant shot dead by police in the south Russian republic of Dagestan was one of the co-founders of al-Qaeda in the North Caucasus, a security service spokesman said on Wednesday.
Belgium: Iraqi smuggling network arrested 0
Belgium: Iraqi smuggling network arrested Belgian police arrested nine people of Iraqi origin Tuesday in raids on an international people smuggling network, mainly around the port city of Antwerp, policing agency Europol said. “Those arrested belong to a network of criminals, mainly from Iraq, suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants from Belgium to the United Kingdom,” it said in a statement in The Hague
Netherlands: Center of Jihadi counterfeiting 0
Netherlands: Center of Jihadi counterfeiting Jihadists in the Netherlands have been key in recent years in counterfeiting passports and other identity documents for attackers all over the world, including suicide bombers.
Chechnya: Those who call for Sharia law and for jihad have never prayed 0
Chechnya: Those who call for Sharia law and for jihad have never prayed Besides which, according to Kadyrov, the US is the root of all evil. ————- Those who call for Sharia law and for jihad have never prayed, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov told RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. (…) SS: Mr
Pakistan: Journalist interviews Belgian al-Qaeda fighter 0
Pakistan: Journalist interviews Belgian al-Qaeda fighter A video of the report is available here (in French) ———— His face hidden by a dark veil, wearing camouflage and armed with a knife and a machine gun. Ghent resident ‘Adelbert Naaktgeboren’ appeared this way on TV last night. As a real al-Qaeda fighter in Afghanistan, with a new name – Abu Adam Saifoula.
London: Senior HuT figure teaching at LSE 0
London: Senior HuT figure teaching at LSE A senior figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a hardline Islamist group that the Government keeps “under continuous review” and the Conservatives want to ban, is teaching and preaching at a top university. The Times has learnt that Reza Pankhurst, who was imprisoned in Egypt for membership of the group, is a teacher at the London School of Economics and regularly preaches to students at Friday prayers
Choudary: "Belgian soldiers also have the blood of Afghan Muslims on their hands" 0
Choudary: “Belgian soldiers also have the blood of Afghan Muslims on their hands” Belgian newspaper De Standaard interviewed Anjem Choudary, head of Islam4UK. The group (see about them here ) intends to march in Wootton Bassett, though Choudary already announced he would call it off if Gordon Brown would face him in debate
UK: Islamist radicals targeting snipers 0
UK: Islamist radicals targeting snipers British-based Islamist radicals are targeting Army soldiers – especially snipers – returning from fighting in southern Afghanistan, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.