Pakistani Muslim convicted of plot to blow up Manhattan subway
Same media obfuscation in the original headline that I noted here. He didn't do all this because he is a Pakistani immigrant, or a high school dropout. He did all this because he believed that it was a proper response for him to make as a Muslim to the perceived injustice of Abu Ghraib. "Pakistani immigrant convicted in NYC plot," from AP, with thanks to Andrew Bostom:
PARIS: Moroccan police have arrested a man suspected of sending death threats to a French philosophy teacher who has been in hiding since September after airing his thoughts about Islam in a newspaper, the daily Le Parisien reported Tuesday.
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Saturday rejected appeals by 12 political parties against the decision of a committee dominated by the country's ruling party that denied them official recognition, judicial sources said.
An official report published recently by the French government says that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not bring an end to the threat of global terrorism.
LONDON: A British Muslim said yesterday he regretted calling for the United States and Denmark to be bombed during a protest in London last year against publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.
A Muslim protester called for the bombing of Denmark and the United States during a demonstration against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the Old Bailey was told yesterday. Umran Javed is accused of soliciting to murder unbelievers and Danes and Americans, and of inciting racial hatred, in a speech outside the Danish Embassy in Central London in February last year.
Many of the Somalians living in Oslo strongly support the Islamist regime now on the run in their homeland.Zakharia Ahmed (left) and his friend Ibrahim claim that support for the Islamists in Somalia is widespread.
An influential cleric of Saudi Arabia's hardline Sunni school of Islam has denounced Shi'ite Muslims as "infidels" in a new religious edict that comes amid rising sectarian tension in the region.
A Muslim couple who missed a flight out of Britain after being detained under terrorism laws said yesterday they plan to take legal action against the police.
Muslims in British hospitals are apparently refusing to wash their hands when visiting sick relatives in hospitals.Dispensers containing anti-bacterial gel have been placed outside wards at hospitals all over Britain in a bid to get rid of superbugs like MRSA and PVL. It prevents people bringing in more infections.
Spanish Muslims said they had appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to be allowed to prostrate themselves in worship in Córdoba Cathedral, built as a mosque in southern Spain during the nation’s centuries of Islamic rule and converted into a church in the 13th century.
United Copts of Great Britain demand the immediate release of Mr. Magdi Girgis Fam the correspondent of "Sot-Elmohager" News Paper in Alexandria, Egypt who was arrested at about 1pm 26th December 2006 Egyptian timeand currently held in Bab-Shark Police Station in Alexandria without charge he was prevented from seeing his lawyer and relatives and The United Copts of Great Britain reminds everyone that the Egyptian constitution and international agreements prohibits torture.
LONDON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Immigration officers at British airports will begin lifting the veils of passengers to verify identity, The Scotsman said Sunday.
Mohammed, and its most common alternative spelling Muhammad, are now more popular babies' names in England and Wales than George, reflecting the diverse ethnic mix of the population.
هزت الوجدان الانساني في بريطانيا جريمة قتل بشعة ارتكبها وحش بشري، منزوع القلب والضمير، واحتلت الصدارة في نشرات اخبار تلفزيون وراديو هيئة الاذاعة البريطانية BBC والقناة المستقلة ITV . كما افردت لها الصحف البريطانية مساحات كبيرة أياماً متتالية، منذ وقوعها يوم الاربعاء 29 نوفمبر2006، وتتكهن تقارير التحقيقات الاولية أن القاتل المجرم وجه لكمات قاتلة لرأس الضحية السيدة ليلى رزق في منزلها الكائن بأحد الاحياء الهادئة والراقية بمنطقة كينجستون (جنوب غرب العاصمة لندن).
According to a press release, Hana F. al Jader, a Saudi Princess, was arrested today on charges of forced labor. According to the allegation, al Jader used coercion to keep two Indonesian women as domestic servants.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrapped up a Middle East tour Wednesday with a blunt speech warning that the world faces a monumental struggle between moderates and extremists - and labeling Iran the main obstacle to hopes for peace.
هدم منزل مسيحي في المنيا بعد انتشار إشاعة أنه كنيسة!!ة
مجرد اشاعة انطلقت بين مسلمين قرية كوم اللوف بمركز سمالوط محافظة المنيا بان منزل عم سعد كامل شحاتة سيتحول الي كنيسة للقرية تبني تحت ستار الليل وبدأ بعدها التآمر والتخطيط لهدم المنزل المذكور اتجه سعد كامل شحاتة فلاح في العقد السادس من عمره لنقطة الشرطة التي قامت بابلاغ المركز ومكتب مباحث امن الدولة بالمركز
Police arrested the gunman at the scene of the shooting A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for a gun attack that killed a British tourist visiting Amman and injured six other people. Nabil Ahmad Jaoura, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is said to have been motivated by anger at Western policies towards Arabs in the region.
WASHINGTON: The United States condemned as a violation of fundamental religious rights an Egyptian court's decision to deny members of the Bahai religion the right to have their faith recognized on official identification documents.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared last Friday that “no distinctive culture or religion supercedes our duty to be part of an integrated United Kingdom.” He listed “respect for this country and its shared heritage,” along with “belief in democracy, the rule of law, tolerance, equal treatment for all,” as the things that “we hold in common” and give “us the right to call ourselves British.”
Mr Blair says moderate countries must take on IranModerate Muslim states must form an "alliance of moderation" to counter Iran and challenge its influence, UK prime minister Tony Blair has urged. He called on the world to "wake up" to the monumental struggle between the forces of moderation and extremism.
The imprisoned blind cleric who inspired the 1993 WorldTradeCenter bombing has been hospitalized, raising fears of new attacks if he dies in U.S. custody, the FBI said in a bulletin.
Mustaf Jamma is thought to have returned to SomaliaPolice seeking a man over the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky are considering the theory he may have fled the UK dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.
Mustaf Jamma is thought to have returned to Somalia
The Muslim Brotherhood is the leading opposition group in EgyptOne of the top leaders of Egypt's opposition Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, has been detained. Police also rounded up about 10 other prominent members and dozens of students in dawn raids.
Four-fifths of ‘vicious killers’ released after return to home countries.The Pentagon called them "among the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the Earth," sweeping them up after Sept. 11 and hauling them in chains to a U.S. military prison in southeastern Cuba.
A toddlers' group has been warned it will lose its funding unless children stop singing songs about Jesus and it removes the word "Christian" from its title.
A senior official at Haringey council issued the warning in a letter to the group, which was set up four years ago by the Polish community in the north London borough.
Saudi Arabia threatened to stop sharing vital intelligence - particularly intercepted communications between al-Qaeda members active there - unless Britain suspended its investigation into a controversial arms deal, The Observer can reveal.
Summary:LOS ANGELES, December 14 (Compass Direct News) – The government of Eritrea wrested financial and personnel control away from the Eritrean Orthodox Church last week, the day after security police jailed nine staff of a Christian aid agency. In an ultimatum delivered to the church’s Asmara headquarters on December 5, the state demanded that all offerings and tithes collected through the Orthodox Church be deposited directly into a government account. Asmara sources also confirmed that on December 4 security officials arrested nine truck drivers working for Samaritan’s Purse, an international aid agency ordered to leave the country last month. Finally, local Christians report that gospel singer Helen Berhane, released in late October after more than two years in jail for refusing to recant her faith, is recuperating at her home in Asmara.
In a closely watched case that has become the focus of a national debate on religious freedom, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court today ruled against the right of Baha'is to be properly identified on government documents.
TWO Christian pastors found to have vilified Muslims stood on the steps of the Court of Appeal yesterday after the ruling was overturned and vowed to keep telling "the truth" about Islam.
Egyptian prosecutors have ordered that 140 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, including deputy leader Khairat el-Shatir, stay in detention for 15 days for questioning, judicial sources said on Saturday.
A COUNCIL has sparked fury by virtually shutting a swimming pool on Sunday afternoons for “Muslim-only” sessions.
All women are banned — and non-Muslim men may swim IF they follow the strict Islamic dress code of swim shorts that hide the navel and extend below the knee.
The Egyptian government has released the name of the American - Grey Warren, from Ohio - who was arrested and is being held incommunicado along with a French national in connection with a terror investigation possibly involving the Muslim Brotherhood.
Prime Minister Tony Blair said immigrants have a duty to integrate into society, his latest attempt to limit divisions between Muslims and other cultures in the U.K.
``The right to be in a multicultural society was always implicitly balanced by a duty to integrate, to be part of Britain,'' Blair said in a speech in London today.
ضبط مليون جنيه داخل منزل وشركة نائب المرشد لتمويل أنشطة الجماعةلأول مرة وجهت نيابة أمن الدولة العليا تهمة الإرهاب واللجوء للعنف لقيادات وعناصر من جماعة الإخوان المحظورة قانونا, وكانت أجهزة الأمن قد ألقت القبض عليهم عقب أحداث الأحد الماضي داخل جامعة الأزهر, ولجوء طلاب الجماعة المحظورة لاستعراض القوة وفنون القتال وإرهاب الأساتذة والطلاب بارتداء ملابس وأقنعة سوداء.
Islamic Leaders in Malaysia Drop Claim to Ex-Muslim’s Body Bruial
FLASH from COMPASS DIRECT NEWS
Summary:KUALA LUMPUR, December 8 (Compass Direct News) – Islamic authorities in Malaysia gave up their claim to the body of a Muslim convert yesterday, ending a nine-day dispute with the family. Authorities had planned to give Rayappan Anthony a Muslim burial despite his conversion to Christianity. The 71-year-old Rayappan (his surname, first in order for names in Malaysia), died on November 29
CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian security forces stormed the dormitories of the world's most prestigious Islamic university Thursday morning and arrested scores of student activists in a sweeping raid targeting the powerful Muslim Brotherhood.
Tony Blair is to make an appeal to local health chiefs to back his NHS reforms.The "duty" of immigrants to integrate must be reasserted in response to recent challenges to British values, the Prime Minister will say.