News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Two Islamic extremists from Germany may be planning attacks against targets in Afghanistan, investigators have warned. The men, who share connections to the Sauerland terror cell and suicide bomber Cüneyt Ciftci, are thought to have trained at terror camps in Pakistan. Two German Islamists may be planning a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, German investigators are
According to Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, Israel, Zionists, and unidentified oppressive powers are behind the production of the anti-Islamic film ‘Fitna.’ During a Friday prayer sermon, Khatami was quoted as saying Behind these satanic acts can be found the oppressive powers and the Zionist regime […] We see the hand of the Zionist regime
Alleged jet bomb plotters had drawn up plans to target nuclear power stations, gas and oil refineries, and the National Grid and Canary Wharf – a gas pipeline which extends between Belgium and the UK. Prosecutors told a UK court that police had recovered a video showing five of the eight suspects recording suicide messages
A gang of British Islamic terrorists drew up a list of targets across the UK with “limitless” ambition, a court heard. Canary Wharf, a gas pipeline, oil refineries and nuclear power stations may have been in their sights, a jury was told. Woolwich Crown Court heard how eight men plotted to take liquid bombs disguised
The person responsible for a mosque in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) requested the tribunal of Bobigny to restrict ownership of the buildings where his prayer halls were built in 1995 so that he can purchase them. The transaction between Mohammed Ta_four and Marie-Louise Duport, the current owner of the buildings, has stalled since 1996 by the pre-emption