Marches by the far right “drive Muslims to militancy”

19 November 2010 Demonstrations by far right groups like the English Defence League (EDL) act like recruiting sergeants for Islamic militants across Britain, the head of a regional counter terrorism unit said on Friday. Detective Superintendent John Larkin from West Midlands police said EDL marches and counter-demonstrations often ended in violence, with evidence they end…

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Should the internet game Muslim Massacre be banned?

Critics say the game of modern religious genocide contains a blatantly destructive message but there is little authorities can do about it. Computer games in which players aim to kill as many people as possible are, sadly, pretty common. But what sets “Muslim Massacre – the game of modern religious genocide” – apart from the…

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    Most Muslim coverage ‘negative’

    Researchers looking at the way British Muslims are represented by the media say they have found that most coverage is negative in tone. A Cardiff University team behind the study looked at nearly 1,000 newspaper articles from the past eight years. Two-thirds focused on terrorism or cultural differences, and much of it used words such…

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      French arrest suspected radical Islamists

      French authorities have detained seven suspected Islamic militants, who were allegedly training to fight in Iraq by firing weapons in the woods of eastern France. Ranging in age from early 20’s to mid-40’s, six of the men are French citizens of Bosnian origin, and the seventh is Algerian. All of the men were arrested in…

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