The NYPD’s understanding of the threat from Islamic-based terrorism to New York City has evolved since September 11, 2001. While the threat from overseas remains, terrorist attacks or thwarted plots against cities in Europe, Australia and Canada since 2001 fit a different paradigm. Rather than being directed from al-Qaeda abroad, these plots have been conceptualized…
A council which refused to sell land for a new mosque has been criticised for its handling of the case. Ribble Valley Borough Council provoked anger when it refused the application in Clitheroe, Lancashire, in 2004. Local Government Ombudsman Anne Seex investigated a claim that the decision was taken in response to racially motivated opposition…
By Philip Johnston LONDON – A leading figure in a militant Islamic group banned by the Government yesterday warned of further attacks like the July 7 bombings in London last year. Anjem Choudary said Al-Ghurabaa (AG) was a purely ”political organisation” campaigning against British foreign policy. Along with a group called the Saved Sect, it…
In the run-up to the Integration Summit, an interview with Dr. Maria Bohmer (CDU), the Integration Commissioner of the Federal Government, who names education as the silver bullet.
Ulrich William, the spokesman of the government, announced that the Federal Cabinet agreed to extend the deadline for constructing Germany’s integration plan from the end of 2006 to the middle of 2007. The forthcoming integration summit will be the prelude to the development of a proper plan of action. The Cabinet adopted a position paper,…
