Lee Rigby killing: two British Muslim converts convicted of murder

The first Islamist terrorists to carry out their plan to murder on British soil without killing themselves in the process have been convicted of mutilating and attempting to behead a soldier, as the prime minister vowed to step up efforts to defeat the al-Qaida ideology of violence. British-born Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale (Adebolajo has…

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Lee Rigby murder: UK’s street gangs are the next breeding ground for new brand of extremist’

December 19, 2013   Young urban gang members have been targeted by charismatic preachers for conversion to a radical form of Islam, in a development not being properly addressed by the Government’s security programme, community leaders claimed in the wake of the Woolwich trial. The case of two black Muslim converts, both from criminal backgrounds…

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Muslims in Britain: Seeking to Combat Extremism

The brutal killing of Lee Rigby in London in May by two Muslim converts was widely condemned by Muslim religious leaders, but still led to a rise in threats made against Muslims and mosques. Many Muslims in Britain, however, work to try to counter extremism. Joanna Impey reports. Qantara: http://en.qantara.de/content/muslims-in-britain-seeking-to-combat-extremism

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Islamic converts threatened to ‘kill non-believers’ in vigilante patrol

November 11, 2013   Two Islamic converts threatened to stab members of the public and “kill non-believers” as they roamed the streets of east London in the early hours of the morning. Ricardo McFarlane, 36, and a 23-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons joined a self-styled “Muslim Patrol” attempting to impose Sharia…

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“I’ll tell you why I chose Islam” by Anna Assumma

October 30, 2013   By Anna Assumma An Italian girl like many others. But she converts to Islam and decides to veil herself from head to foot. Hers is a choice that disturbs everyone: except her. She’s a girl like any other, or perhaps she was a little brighter than others. She studied humanistic scientific…

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