Islamists who post fierce messages on the internet along with bomb-making instructions are becoming a key part of international terrorism, Germany’s prosecutor general Monika Harms said Friday. The internet served as a means of communications between different terrorist groups and as a source of information on how to mount attacks, she said in Karlsruhe. “The…
A Staffordshire doctor accused of helping finance a terrorist plot would not have been wanted in the gang behind the plan because he was a “swot”, a court has heard. Mohammed Asha, 28, was treated as an “outsider” and with a certain amount of disdain by two alleged co-conspirators, Woolwich Crown Court was told. Summing…
The remix of Busta Rhymes’ song Arab Money which contains verses from the first chapter of the Holy Qur’an caused complaints to flood into a radio station. The song, which features some of the biggest names in Hip Hop – including P Diddy, Lil Wayne and Akon, and produced by hip hop powerhouse Swiss Beats…
Most Muslim students in Britain are more likely to join Amnesty International than Al-Qaida, according to a study published yesterday. British universities are not hotbeds of radicalism in spite of fears about the rise of campus extremism, according to the report by Cambridge University. Earlier this year, the Government issued guidelines for university staff on…
A legal assistant from Birmingham has won a £75,000 payout from her former employer after she was nicknamed “Tent Head” and “Mother Teresa” by a senior colleague, it has been revealed. Saleca Faisal-Parkar, 31, from Great Barr, agreed to an out-of-court settlement at the start of a three-day tribunal in Birmingham. Mrs Faisal-Parkar was claiming…
