The Lebanese journalist Ibrahim Moussawi was denied an entry visa to the UK to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Moussawi is editor of the Hezbollah-linked newspaper Al-Intiqad and the former political editor of Al-Manar, the group’s television station. ‘Station of Resistance’ by self-description, it broadcasts Hezbollah’s ideology, campaigns against…
According to a new report from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the administration of Barack Obama should reach out and work closely with Muslim communities to counter homegrown radicalization of extremist forms of Islam represented by al-Qaeda and its allies. While the report makes clear that US Muslims do not suffer from the…
Their propaganda notwithstanding, Hamas and, two years ago, Hezbollah suffered devastating military defeats that may diminish their ability to attack Israel with rocket fire. But these Iranian-backed terrorist organizations are deploying another dangerous weapon in their war against Western democracies — terrorist television stations. Thanks to Arab satellite companies, Hezbollah’s al-Manar and Hamas’s al-Aqsa TV…
A massive terror attack planned against an Israeli target in Europe was thwarted in recent weeks, according to intelligence shared between Israel and an undisclosed European country. The plot, which was linked to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, is reported to be have been aimed at an unnamed Israeli target. Israeli security officials said that they expected attempts…
The threat of Islamic terrorism in Germany remained high in 2007, according to an annual report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The report said Islamic militants are increasingly setting their sights on Germany and view the country as an “operational area” and that Islamists regard Germany as a “crusader” and as…
