Radicalization
Radically Wrong: Misstated Threats – Terrorism isn’t an American-Muslim Problem
Despite evidence to the contrary, the government continues to embrace a theory that adopting radical ideas is a first step toward terrorist violence. Based on this discredited model, “preventive” policies are being pursued, resulting in discrimination, suspicionless surveillance of entire communities, and selective law enforcement against belief communities and political activists. The following is the…
South Florida Imam Found Guilty of Supporting Pakistani Taliban
MIAMI — The imam of a small mosque in a working-class neighborhood here was found guilty in federal court on Monday of providing thousands of dollars of support to the Pakistani Taliban. Capping a two-month trial, the imam, Hafiz Khan, 77, an American citizen who came to the United States in 1994, was found guilty…
French imams condemn Cameroon hostage taking
20.02.2013 Le Figaro Members of the Muslim community of Montpellier, central France, have launched an appeal to free the seven French hostages and all other hostages taken by members by Muslim extremists in Cameroon. The appeal was joined by the Imam of the mosque in Montpellier-Mosson, the Association of Mosson and the Mosque Association of…
Terror Suspect Will Not Be Extradited To US
A Dutch-Pakistani terror suspect will not be immediately extradited to the US, justice minister Ivo Opstellen has announced. Sabir K., who according to the US worked with al-Qaida in planning attacks, initially lost an appeal against extradition which was then overturned by Opstellen. The extradition has been denied based on the 26 year old’s medical…
Terror suspect pleads guilty in phony NY plot to blow up Federal Reserve Bank in New York
NEW YORK — A Bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb pleaded guilty Thursday to terrorism charges stemming from an FBI sting. “I had intentions to commit a violent jihadist act,” Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis said in…