Denmark: Terror trial begins

The trial of two men accused of planning an attack has begin in Copenhagen. Two men of Pakistani and Afghani background are alleged to have made a bomb out of explosives that were used in the London 2005 bombings. Both men have pleaded not guilty, but have admitted to making triacetone triperoxide (TATP) saying that…

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Muslim Athletes Disadvantaged in 2012 Olympic Games in London

The 2012 Olympic Games in London will coincide with the month of Ramadan, and therein disadvantage fasting Muslim athletes, says this article in Islam Pluriel. Approximately one quarter of the 11 099 athletes in the 2004 Games in Athens came from Muslim-majority countries. Massoud Shadjareh, president of the Islam Association of Human Rights based in…

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Denmark: Terror trial begins

The trial of two men accused of planning an attack has begin in Copenhagen. Two men of Pakistani and Afghani background are alleged to have made a bomb out of explosives that were used in the London 2005 bombings. Both men have pleaded not guilty, but have admitted to making triacetone triperoxide (TATP) saying that…

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