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Radical UK Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offences

July 30, 2024 6:37 pm

Choudary, 57, was convicted last week of directing al-Muhajiroun, which was banned as a terrorist organisation more than a decade ago, and encouraging others to support the proscribed group.

ICC convicts Mali insurgency chief of war crimes

June 26, 2024 5:46 pm

Al Hassan Mahmoud was convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants' one-year rule over Timbuktu in 2012. His crimes against women were particularly marked.

India does have a jihadist movement that must be confronted as French President has done

October 25, 2020 8:36 am

In India, there is no room for either the Islamic State, its evil ideology, or for ‘scholars’ who talk such rubbish. Our religions and the foundational values of our nation do not sanction primitive concepts like blasphemy and apostasy.

Nigerian troops save 25 more kids, women from Boko Haram

May 06, 2015 6:59 pm

It is unclear if those rescued include the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago from a boarding school in Chibok town.

Three arrested in Bangladesh raid after blogger Avijit Roy's murder

March 01, 2015 2:56 pm

"We have seized 30 grenades...it appears they (militants) could have made some 300-400 bombs," he said.

4 US military personnel being held in Libyan custody freed

December 28, 2013 12:22 pm

The four were released just two hours after the State Department announced their detention.

Britain's spy chief warns against Muslim terror threat

October 09, 2013 10:42 pm

Being on our radar does not necessarily mean being under our microscope,said Andrew Parker.

Teenage girl lashed 60 times for 'speaking to men on street'

October 18, 2012 3:25 pm

The received 60 lashes after Islamist extremists convicted her of speaking to men on the street.

'London Taliban' target women,homosexuals

April 18, 2011 4:22 pm

Women who do not wear headscarves are being threatened with violence and even death.

Pakistan army turns to war movies to counter jehad

February 14, 2011 9:24 pm

The films are described as re-enactments of real clashes in the military campaign in northwest Pak.

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