Radicalization
Did time in London radicalize Abdulmutallab?
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab spent 2005-08 living in a 3-bedroom apartment in London’s West End as an engineering and business finance student at University College London. Experts wonder whether those years, characterized by anger over the Iraq War and the 2005 London subway/bus bombing, could have played a role in radicalizing Abdulmutallab. While London is an…
“Saifullah” allegedly recruited Americans for jihad training in Pakistan
As Pakistani law enforcement officials began questioning the group from a multiethnic, working-class enclave in Virginia, investigators sought more information about a suspected Pakistani militant they knew only as Saifullah. Investigators believe that Saifullah recruited the Americans, some of whom were college students, through an exchange of emails in late summer and the fall. Saifullah…
Pakistan seeking information on Americans seeking to train for jihad; no plans to deport
Police raided a hotel where the five American would-be jihadists stayed upon arrival in Pakistan. They recovered a mobile phone and five bags, but no major clues were discovered. There has been speculation about Pakistan deporting the men, but no plans to send them back the US are currently in place. They cannot be handed…
Op-ed compares homegrown radicalism situation in Europe, US
This Op-ed compares US and European Muslims, and calls upon the US Congress to establish a commission for investigating homegrown radicalism.
Swiss websites have been hacked by Islamists
Islamists, some of them from Turkey, have hacked over 2,000 Swiss websites and sabotaged them by putting up Swastikas and other fascist symbols, equating the Swiss to fascists after the vote on the minaret ban. They also left a message, saying “Our war against the enemies of the true religion of Islam will go on”….