An Al Qaeda member was planning to smash a plane into a US ship in Dubai’s Port Rashid, it has been claimed before a US court. The Americans claim that Abd Al Rahim Al Nashiri was in the process of recruiting a suicide bomb crew to carry out the mission ...
Read More »Antagonising Iran: A strategic Miscalculation?
Tehran- Even though it was a major exporter of crude oil and held some of the world’s most largest natural gas reserves, Iran made a compelling case over half-a-century ago that it needed, almost immediately, to produce an additional 20,000 megawatts of electricity by constructing 23 nuclear power plants. At ...
Read More »Saudi Ambassador to Iran meets Ayatollah Araki
Saudi Ambassador to Tehran Abdulrahman bin Gharman al-Shihri underlined Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s important role in strengthening unity and solidarity in the Muslim world. The Saudi ambassador made the remarks in a meeting with Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought Ayatollah Mohsen Araki in ...
Read More »Yasser Al-Habib being investigated by Ofcom after hate rants on Fadak TV
A satellite TV station based in suburban England is being investigated after allegations it broadcast a cleric’s “hate sermons” and “vile rants” to audiences across the Middle East. The UK’s independent television regulator says it has launched an investigation into Fadak TV, which was founded by Sheikh Yasser al-Habib. The ...
Read More »Birmingham Central Mosque chairman passes away
Dr Mohammed Naseem, the founder and chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, has passed away aged 90 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Dr Naseem was one of the most outspoken and sometimes controversial leaders of the British Muslim community over many decades. In a statement The Muslim Council of Britain ...
Read More »UAE mothers divided over breastfeeding law
Debate heats up as UAE considers new law requiring mothers, to nurse their children until the age of two Dubai, United Arab Emirates – It is one of the most personal decisions facing any new mother. But in the UAE, the question of whether or not to breastfeed has in recent months, ...
Read More »Man guilty of beheading girlfriend
A man who beheaded his teenage girlfriend with a kitchen knife has been found guilty of her murder. Pizza delivery driver Aras Hussein decapitated 18-year-old student Reema Ramzan at his flat in Sheffield in June before stabbing himself in the chest. The 21-year-old was jailed for life at Sheffield Crown ...
Read More »Racist EDL protests outside Regent’s Park mosque
LONDON: Members of the racist English Defence League (EDL) staged a protest outside Regent’s Park Mosque here during Jummah prayers, attempting to spark confrontation between the worshippers and the EDL but the Metropolitan police intervened to stop the break out of violence. Dozens of EDL members arrived outside London’s historic ...
Read More »18 Percent of Mercenaries in Syria Are UK Citizens: Report
UK citizens make up the largest proportion of foreign mercenaries in Syria, according to a new report published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization. The ICSR stated that 17.9% of gunmen in Syria were from the UK, based on their database of fighters identified from their social ...
Read More »How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
Five Muslim community workers have accused MI5 of waging a campaign of blackmail and harassment in an attempt to recruit them as informants. The men claim they were given a choice of working for the Security Service or face detention and harassment in the UK and overseas. They have made ...
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