News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
NEW YORK — Ten years after 9/11, the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims has exposed a bitter divide between New Yorkers and their neighbors across the Hudson River, with city leaders defending the police force and out-of-town politicians angry to learn of New York detectives working their turf. In New York, where random
8 August 2010 Warwick University this weekend was the venue for what is billed as the UK’s first anti-terrorism camp: 1,300 young Muslim men and women were listening to Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, an Islamic scholar with a gift for rhetorical flourishes and what he describes as a message of love for mankind. Talking in
Two Pakistani students arrested over an alleged terror plot have returned to Pakistan after deciding to leave the UK voluntarily, the Home Office has said. Abdul Khan, 26, and Shoaib Khan, 27, were among 12 people held by police after raids in north-west England in April, but the pair were never charged. It is understood
Twenty-six foreigners suspected of links to international terrorism and aiding illegal immigration, are being investigated by Italian police, after raids carried out in several Italian cities. The raids were carried out in the northern cities of Vicenza, Venice, Padova, Brescia, Como, Cuneo, Trento, and Florence. Anti-terrorism and criminal investigators began probing fundamentalists attending the Via
The governments of Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands have pledged to increase cooperation on countering Islamic extremism. The agreement was made at the opening of a joint symposium aimed to find unified approaches to the problems posed by Islamist extremism in Europe. “It’s clear that we share a common threat that demands a united response,