The battle to deal with radicalisation in the fight against terrorism could take at least 15 years to achieve, the UK's new security minister has said.
CAIRO: Transparency International’s 2007 annual report listed Egypt among those countries which suffer from corruption in its legal system. For Egypt to achieve political progress and put an end to the corruption present in the legal system, the legal system and the public prosecutor have to be independent of the government, Hossam Bahgat, chairman of the Egyptian Initiative of Personal Rights told The Daily Star Egypt.
ISTANBUL, July 6 (Compass Direct News) – Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court this week quashed a previous ruling that had denied Coptic citizens the right to regain their legal Christian identity, ordering a retrial on the hotly contested case. The court based its ruling on Egypt’s civil law containing no reference to ridda [abandoning Islam], which is punishable by death under Islamic law. Ramses el-Nagar, one of the Christians’ defense attorneys, said the ruling establishes that the same legal principles apply to Muslim and Christian citizens alike,
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces arrested the leader of a radical mosque under siege in Islamabad as he tried to flee while disguised in a burqa on Wednesday, officials said.
SARAJEVO - Two armed men disguised as Muslim women in burqas held up a bank in Sarajevo and got away with some $40,000, Bosnian police said on Tuesday.
CAIRO - Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of Coptic converts to Islam seeking to legally revert back to Christianity, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.
"The decision by the Supreme Administrative Court to consider the case of Egyptian converts to Islam wanting to return to their Church is very positive," Ramsis al-Naggar said.
Eighty Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday called for a parliamentary debate to discuss Culture Minister Farouq Hosni's controversial remarks describing the Islamic veil as regressive, parliamentary sources said.
The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds.
An Italian court yesterday sentenced an Egyptian accused of being one of the masterminds of the 2004 Madrid bombings to 10 years in prison for terrorist association. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, also known as "Mohamed the Egyptian," was arrested in Milan three months after the March 11, 2004 blasts that killed 191 people and wounded 2,000 others. He is the first suspected Madrid plotter to be convicted following the attacks.
THE nation's most senior Muslim cleric has blamed immodestly dressed women who don't wear Islamic headdress for being preyed on by men and likened them to abandoned "meat" that attracts voracious animals.
LONDON - The Sudanese government is supporting the feared Janjaweed militia, which the United States accuses of genocide against non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
THE scene was peculiarly British. In an old cricket pavilion adorned with photographs of long-forgotten Essex batsmen, the Home Secretary was making much of being descended from an oil-and-water mix of Irish Catholics and Scottish Presbyterians, and of his ability to think on the dual level of being Scottish and British at the same time.
A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution. Anjem Choudary said those who insulted Islam would be "subject to capital punishment".
Pope Benedict's long mission to confront radical Islam This is not the first time the pontiff has spoken out on the links between fundamentalism and terrorism
John Hooper in Rome Sunday September 17, 2006 Four days into his reign, Pope Benedict called the journalists who had been covering his election to what was billed as a press conference.
Muslim fury after bikini model claimed to be Pakistan's entry
A prize winning bikini contest model who claimed she was the Pakistani representative has sparked outrage in the predominantly muslim country.
Stunning Mariyah Moten, 22, won the 'Best in Media' title - for being the most photographed and interviewed contestant - at the pageant in the Chinese resort of Beihai.
One of our objectives is making Copts in UK politically active. Writing to MP, MEP is probably the easiest and is guaranteed to prompt a reply from the MP, MEP who in turn will write to the Foreign Minister who in turn will write to the Egyptian Ambassador then you will get copy of the reply.
Airplane Terrorism Case Prompts Questions About the Work of Islamic Charities in Britain
LONDON, Aug. 23 — Once again, with another alleged terror plot that has a possible connection to a charity, the question is being asked here, with more urgency: To what extent do Muslim charities — on the surface noble and selfless — mask movements and money for terrorists and extremist groups?
By Christian Daily International#Authorities in Egypt have abetted the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Coptic Christian woman, according to a widely published expert on the Middle East and Islam.
Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old medical student at Asyut National University, disappeared on Jan. 22 between mid-term exams in Asyut, according to Raymond Ibrahim, distinguished senior Shillman fellow at the Gatestone Institute.
Her father reported in February that she had managed to make a desperate, tearful call to her brother before a man seized the phone and said, “OK, you heard her voice and know she’s OK, right? Now go to Hell!” before disconnecting, Ibrahim wrote in a report for human rights watchdog Coptic Solidarity.
"Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems." ~ John Stott
PAKISTAN: Mixed Outcomes for Christians Accused of Blasphemy
Sources: The News International, India Today, Morning Star News, Kross Konnection, AsiaNews, USCIRF
Patras Masih Photo: Morning Star News
In February 2018, 17-year-old Patras Masih allegedly shared content on social media which some found to be blasphemous. In the wake of this post, riots broke out in his neighbourhood of Lahore. Patras was taken into custody and authorities also tortured his cousin Sajid, who jumped from a window to escape, resulting in serious injuries.
A Coptic priest has been stabbed to death in Egypt by a passerby outside a beach club on a popular seaside promenade.
The knifeman stabbed Arsanious Wadid, 56, three times in the Sidi Bishr area of the northern city of Alexandria on Thursday.
Wadid, who served as a priest in the city's Meharam Bek district, was rushed to Mostafa Kamel Military hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Egyptian security services arrested an elderly man who was allegedly seen stabbing the priest to death by several witnesses in Alexandria, Egypt's interior ministry said.
استشهاد الجندي هاني صاروفيم وانتشار فيروس اضطهاد الأقباط في صفوف الجيش المصري
{mosimage}This young constcriopt was killed while serving in the army. His family complainm that his killing was due to religious persecution in his army unit. the full story in Arabic from Copts-United web site. More
Teacher is killed by female colleague and her nieces who slit her throat after a relative 'DREAMT' she had insulted the Prophet Mohammed in Pakistan
A teacher was killed by a female colleague and her nieces outside an all-girls school after a relative 'dreamt' she had insulted the Prophet Mohammed, Pakistan police said today. Pictured: Female students queue outside a school in Pakistan (file photo)
Police said two students and a teacher ambushed Safoora Bibi at the school gate
They attacked teacher at the all-girls school with a knife and a stick, police said
The two girls told police a relative had dreamt the murdered woman 'had committed blasphemy' against the Prophet Mohammed, officers said
Investigators are looking at whether the main suspect had a personal grudge
Petition handed to Home Secretary to help Christian Pakistan girl
Christian MP Fiona Bruce has handed a petition to Home Secretary Priti Patel, to raise continued concerns about Pakistan Christian girl Maira Shahbaz.
Maria, aged just 14 was kidnapped, forced into marriage and converted before escaping, only to be forced into hiding after her abductor accused her of apostasy.
More than 12,000 people signed an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) petition calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant asylum to Maira.
Dozens of influential Muslim figures were handpicked by the government to take part in the new Forum of Islam. Critics say it is an attempt by French President Emmanuel Macron to gain right-wing support.
The government has set up a new body to reshape Islam in France, including the domestic training of imams (prayer leaders)
France will host the first summit of the Forum of Islam on Saturday, a new body that aims to reshape life for Muslims in the country and rid the religion of extremism.
US Muslim critisize Bush for calling them "Fascist"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Muslim groups criticized President Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a "war with Islamic fascists," sayingthe term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions. Read more
A trove of data uncovered by the Middle East Forum details almost 46,000 grants made by the Qatari regime-controlled Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association, also known as the Eid Charity, to radical Islamic organizations all around the world. A significant amount ended up in Europe and North America: some 380 grants to 41 recipients, totaling just under $37 million, distributed between 2004 and 2019.
The Belgian government has stripped the residency permit of the chief imam of the Al Khalil Grand Mosque in Molenbeek Mohamed Toujgani over concerns relating to national security issues.
Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi announced this week that the government has stripped Imam Toujgani’s residency permit in light of concerns raised by the country’s security services who claimed that the imam showed signs of being a serious risk to Belgian national security.