The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society

A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world’s second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics. In all but a handful of the 39 countries surveyed, a majority…

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Three British Muslims accused of plotting a suicide bombing campaign appear before court

22 October 2012   The suspects Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali were arrested last September in Birmingham on the suspicion of planning to cause “mass deaths and casualties” in Britain.  All three deny charges of preparing acts of terrorism in the UK.   The trial continues.

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Public face of anti-Muslim film: Vietnam vet, insurance agent with outspoken views on Islam

HEMET, Calif. — The public face for the anti-Muslim film inflaming the Middle East is not the filmmaker, but an insurance agent and Vietnam War veteran whose unabashed and outspoken hatred of radical Muslims has drawn the attention of civil libertarians, who say he’s a hate monger. Nakoula, the filmmaker, contacted Klein months ago for…

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Canadian woman runs safe house for Al Qaeda suicide bombers

The Toronto Star – July 12, 2012   A Canadian woman at the centre of Somalia’s Al Qaeda is known among the intelligence agencies that track her and the foreign militants who praise her simply as “Mama Shabab.” It is an honorific title for former Toronto resident Fadumo Jama, who intelligence agencies allege is the…

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Chicagoan accused of plotting to be suicide bomber for al-Qaida, al-Shabab to plead guilty

CHICAGO — A 29-year-old Chicago man accused of plotting a suicide bombing overseas and claiming he was inspired by a radical Muslim cleric has agreed to change his plea to guilty, bringing to an end one of the last terrorism trials pending in the city’s federal court. A lawyer for Shaker Masri — whose plea…

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