He cut a smart figure in his grey suit and crisply ironed shirt. The 6ft tall Somalian bowed to the judge, calling him 'Sir', before begging for his wife, Fatima, and their teenage son to be allowed to stay in Britain.
Fatima, with a black khimar veil covering her hair and shoulders, sat quietly next to her husband.
Kirollos Refat Ibrahim, 14-year-old Coptic boy, was returned after being kidnapped for nine months. He was forcible [sic] detained by two Imams (Muslim spiritual leaders) on the roof top of a mosque, in Manshiet Nasr, Cairo.
Islamic fundamentalism promoted on websites at some Muslim schools in the UK, think tank finds
Islamic fundamentalism that encourages children to despise British society is being promoted on websites at some Muslim schools in the UK, think tank Civitas has revealed.
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It warns the messages are threatening social cohesion and could fuel "ghettoization" and segregation.
A site linked to one primary school said playing Monopoly or chess was forbidden and likened the latter to "one who dips his hands in the blood of swine".
A Spanish soldier and his Russian girlfriend were arrested on Tuesday for posting videos on the Internet calling for Islamist attacks in Spain, the National Police said.
Christian Peso Ruiz and Maria Choubina, both 24, were arrested in the city of Granada in Andalusia over the videos, which called for the recovery of territories in Spain -- known as Al Andalus -- which were under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, the police said in a news release.
Radical preacher Abu Qatada will 'stay in country' despite deportation order
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Radical cleric Abu Qatada will stay in Britain for months despite a House of Lords ruling that he should be deported to Jordan where he faces terror charges.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says she's 'delighted' that the man described as 'Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man' can be deported to Jordan. Watch
I've just come up for air after several weeks investigating claims that dozens of Islamic extremists have returned to Britain from training camps in Somalia.
The security services believe that they may end up using the skills they have learned in Somalia to commit acts of terror here in the UK.
Somali radicals 'importing terror to UK' say intelligence analysts
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Islamic militants on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Fighting has cost 16,000 lives since 2007
Dozens of Islamic extremists have returned to Britain from terror training camps in Somalia, the British security services believe.
Intelligence analysts are worried that they may attempt to launch attacks in this country or use the kudos from having trained and fought in Somalia to try to attract new recruits. The issue was raised by Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, in his first interview last month.
UK conference to "emphasise the need for all Muslims worldwide to struggle as much as they can for the sake of Allah (SWT) to implement the Shari'ah on the earth"
The black flag of jihad
"For over 1300 years this magnificent superpower dominated world affairs and introduced a law and order that lifted the masses from the darkness of man-made law and into the light of al-Islam." And institutionalized discrimination against and the subjugation of non-Muslims and women. Yet its reestablishment is "inevitable."
Maher Mu’Tasim is only the second Egyptian Muslim-born Christian to file for legal acknowledgement of his religious conversion. Last August, he sued the Interior Minister and other government figures to change the official religious affiliation of himself and his 14-year-old daughter Dina (at right) from Islam to Christianity.
Pakistan: Evidence shows "blasphemous" text message was used to frame Christian, but over 100 protestors still demand the unbeliever's death
Reasonable doubt versus an unreasonable mob inflamed with self-righteous hatred: Whether one or the other wins has obvious implications for a society's future.
ISTANBUL, February 5 (Compass Direct News) – More than 100 protestors last week surrounded a Pakistani courthouse and chanted death threats against a Punjabi Christian said to be framed for sending a “blasphemous” text message on his cell phone.
UK: Muslim prisoners at top security jail double in two years
Islamic terrorists and other Muslim prisoners at one of Britain's highest security jails have almost doubled in number in the past two years, according to new figures.
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Muslims represent around a third of all prisoners at Whitemoor Prison in CambridgeshirePhoto: PA