Toy Gun Affair With Images of Islam, Auchan Apologizes

A toy gun sold in the French supermarket Auchan has sparked debate. The gun features a logo that resembles a star and a crescent moon, symbols generally associated with Islam or Muslim-majority countries. The toy gun was sold for one euro and was reportedly distributed in the Paris area. The gun resembles an AK-47. Numerous

Share Button
Read More

Four British nationals killed fighting alongside al-Qa’ida in Syria

November 21, 2013   Four British nationals have died while fighting for a rebel extremist group against the forces of president Bashar al-Assad in Syria, reports say. Their deaths highlight the increasing international scale of the conflict, and come amid fears of the threat posed by extremists returning to the UK once their part in

Share Button
Read More

FBI: Florida bombing suspect killed in Okla. was paranoid that cops were after him, hated Muslims

OKLAHOMA CITY — The man wanted in the bombing of a Florida mosque who was shot and killed when he pulled a gun on agents trying to arrest him in Oklahoma hated Muslims and had become increasingly erratic, according to FBI documents. The FBI says Sandlin Matthews Smith of St. Johns County, Fla., was shot

Share Button
Read More

Muslim German wanted for attack plan probably not in country

A German convert to Islam who is wanted by police on suspicion of planning a suicide attack is probably not in Germany, federal police said Sunday. A three-week-long nationwide manhunt with wanted posters and online pictures has prompted 333 reports from the public about possible sightings of the man, Eric Breininger, 21, and his friend

Share Button
Read More

Muslim leader’s protest at police ‘spy tactics’

Strathclyde Police are facing accusations that it operates a covert intelligence monitoring unit which is infringing the rights of Muslims, after the force launched an investigation into claims that a group of Asians on a clay pigeon shoot had behaved “like terrorists”. Osama Saeed, chief executive of the Scottish Islamic Foundation, has written to Strathclyde’s

Share Button
Read More