A federal jury convicted five men of conspiring to kill American soldiers at Fort Dix, but acquitted them of attempted murder. The jury returned its verdict against the defendants – three bothers and two others, all Muslim immigrants who lived in South Jersey or Philadelphia. New Jersey federal prosecutors said the men planned to attack…
A range of LEGO-style fighting figures – including Osama bin Laden – has sparked outrage among Muslims. The tiny figures – decked out as a follower of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden – have a removeable mask and are kitted out with a rocket launcher. A Muslim youth organisation condemned the toys for “satirising murder”….
The headstones of Muslim soldiers killed in the first World War have been vandalized in the North-western Slovenian Log pod Mangartom. The tombstones were sprayed with Serbian nationalistic symbols. Community Secretary Nizet Poric reacted angrily to the act of defacement, saying that the incidents are “first-class vandalism (and were) right out of order.” The local…
The Spanish Army is facing discrimination complaints coming from Muslims soldiers. Any soldiers that show sympathy or proximity with radicals or Islamists will be kept under close surveillance. Thirty percent of the 8,000 soldiers deployed in Ceuta and Melilla are Muslims; for most of them, being in the army it is a valid career path….
The Mid-Hudson Islamic Association held a prayer service in honor of Mohson Naqvi, a Muslim-American soldier who was killed in Afghanistan Wednesday by a roadside bomb. Naqvi was a charter member of the mosque, and held the title of second lieutenant with the US Army. The 26 year old of Pakistani heritage was among a…
