Turkish authorities confirmed that they had arrested a suspected al-Qaida member wanted in Germany. Atilla Selek was detained in the central Anatolian city of Konya on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and preparing to carry out bomb attacks, with the aim of extraditing him to Germany, police said in a statement. Two German…
Ednan Aslan, religion pedagogue at the University of Vienna, demands more acceptance for Muslims. The state, he says, has also to accept Islam as a partner. Christine Imlinger reports.
The Muslim community of Ca_ada Real Galiana denied that an emerging jihadist feeling is taking place among the community, as a result of the demolishing of an illegal house in October. The spokesman of the Islamic Center of Madrid said that anyone who commits a crime must be judged, but if nothing illegal has been…
A British terrorist who helped plot the failed suicide bomb attacks on July 21 has been sentenced to nearly seven years in jail. Adel Yahya, 24, a student from Tottenham, North London, admitted collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. The charge related to hydrogen peroxide, the main ingredient…
