A Muslim woman alleges she was mistreated by border officials at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport after she was denied entry to the United States. Ayat Manna, who lives in Halifax, said she had a one-way ticket leaving Monday for Cleveland, where she was planning to spend several months to visit her husband. The 25-year-old…
Foreigners in Yemen say they have to go online to recall that the country is at war. They feel their surroundings are calm and normal, and that the issues highlighted by the Abdulmutallab terror attack are nothing new. Many are therefore taking the current issues with a grain of salt. All services are still in…
The Liberal Muslim network LIM (Equality, Integration, Diversity) supports the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and challenges the Norwegian Islamic Council (Islamisk Råd) and the Muslim Student Organization (Muslimsk Studentersamfunn) to join them in a manifestation against religious violence and in support of the freedom of speech. LIM representatives say conservative Muslims and organizations, such as…
National security advisor James Jones says the account of US security practice lapses being released this week will shock Americans, and that information that was legitimately available and questionable were not properly acted upon. He counts the incident as “two strikes” on America’s security strategies, Hasan being strike one. Despite all the information on Abdulmutallab,…
According to this editorial, Obama must remain creative in addressing security lapses and not focus on large-scale airport security screening to thwart al-Qaida. The Abdulmutallab attack proves strides have been made in security since 9/11, but Obama must ensure the response is creative and doesn’t just react to this particular tactic, as al-Qaida’s job is…
