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Abu Qatada treaty endorsed by King

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 18 (News) - The King of Jordan endorses a treaty with the UK, paving the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada.

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Cartoonist’s Pen Leaves Mark Across Arab World

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH - Jun. 08 (Special Report) - By day, Khalid Albaih works in a museum. After hours, he is a cartoonist with an attitude, inspiring discontented youth across the Arab world.

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Britain to target radical Muslim preachers after soldier's killing

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Peter Griffiths - May. 26 (News Report) - The British government, facing criticism over the killing of a soldier by suspected Islamists in a London street, is to set up a new group to combat radical Muslim preachers and others whose words could encourage violence.

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Nigeria president declares emergency

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militants.

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Taliban Bomb Kills at Least 20 at a Pakistan Political Rally

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Declan Walsh, Ismail Khan - May. 07 (News Report) - Taliban Bomb Kills at Least 20 at a Pakistan Political Rally

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French mother on trial for son Jihad’s T-shirt

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Edward Cody - Mar. 23 (News Analysis) - A T-shirt worn by a 3-year-old nursery-schooler named Jihad has led to an unusual and politically charged criminal trial here that tests the limits of free speech — and common sense — in a France increasingly ill at ease with its growing Muslim population.

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'Top pro-regime cleric killed' in Syria blast

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Mar. 21 (Breaking News) - A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a mosque in central Damascus, killing Dr Mohammed Saeed Ramadan al-Bouti, a senior pro-regime Sunni cleric, state television has said.

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Violent tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Angelique Chrisafis, Patrick Kingsley, Peter Beaumont - Feb. 10 (News Analysis) - A series of repressive dictatorships have been brought down in north Africa, but the ensuing struggles for power have left a vacuum that has allowed the rise of an extremist movement that is gathering both force and supporters.

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US accused of foiling Palestinian reconciliation

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By Elhanan Miller - Feb. 10 (News Analysis) - Amid reports on the failure of reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo this weekend, a Palestinian research center accused the United States of colluding with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in stalling Palestinian rapprochement until after US President Barack Obama visits the region next month.

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Malala vows to continue with her campaign

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Feb. 04 (News Report) - A Pakistani schoolgirl, who was shot by the Taliban, remains defiant in arguing for girls' education, saying she would keep up the same campaign that led to her attack. Speaking clearly but with the left side of her face appearing rigid, 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai said she is "getting better, day by day" after undergoing weeks of treatment at a British hospital.

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Torch and go: Islamists burn down manuscript library in Timbuktu

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

rt.com - Jan. 28 (News) - Islamist rebels have burnt down a library full of ancient manuscripts in the Malian town of Timbuktu as they fled, according to officials. The South African-funded library contained thousands of priceless documents dating back to the 13th century. "The rebels sit fire to the newly-constructed Ahmed Baba Institute built by the South Africans … this happened four days ago," Timbuktu Mayor Halle Ousmane Ciffe told Reuters by telephone from Bamako

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Iran's 'morality police' crack down on coffee shops

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Jan. 23 (News Report) - Popular hangout for Tehrani intellectuals closes after refusing to install surveillance cameras to monitor customers As the June presidential election in Iran draws near, authorities have stepped up political surveillance by ordering coffee shop owners to install cameras on their premises and turn over the recordings on demand. Cameras have proliferated in Tehran coffee shops since last summer. "Most people thought they were part of the security systems installed by owners to protect against theft," one Tehrani said. However the cameras are now required to be on during work hours and police have demanded access to the tapes, according to several business owners. The practice became public when Café Prague, one of the most popular coffee houses in Tehran, closed down last week after its owners refused authorities' orders to install a video system. Café Prague, a stone's throw from Tehran University in the heart of the capital, has been a sanctuary for students, activists and young ...

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Jihadists’ Surge in North Africa Reveals Grim Side of Arab Spring

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By ROBERT F. WORTH - Jan. 19 (News Report) - As the uprising closed in around him, the Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi warned that if he fell, chaos and holy war would overtake North Africa. “Bin Laden’s people would come to impose ransoms by land and sea,” he told reporters. “

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As Algeria Hostage Crisis Goes On, US Says American Died

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Jan. 19 (News Report) - Islamic militants in Algeria continued to hold at least 10 and possibly dozens of foreign hostages Saturday, ignoring demands that they surrender peacefully. Among the dozen captives believed to have been killed was an American man.

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French troops advance on Islamist rebels in northern Mali

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Edward Cody - Jan. 16 (News Report) - French troops in armored vehicles and machine gun-mounted pickups moved northward Wednesday to bolster Malian army units fighting Islamist guerrillas entrenched in the beleaguered town of Diably.

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New Constitution divides Egypt as economy falters

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Dec. 29 (News Analysis) - The process of passing Egypt's Constitution has created more political distrust and anger. Meanwhile, a neglected economy is heading towards grim shoals. ...

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More polio vaccination workers killed in Pakistan

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Dec. 19 (News Report) - Three separate attacks on Wednesday leave two dead and one in a critical condition in latest assaults on campaign to stamp out crippling disease Three more workers in a polio eradication campaign have been shot in Pakistan, and two of them killed, the latest in a string of attacks that has partially halted the UN-backed global health campaign to stamp out the crippling disease. Following the violence, the United Nations in Pakistan has pulled all staff involved in the immunisation campaign off the streets, spokesman Michael Coleman said. There were at least three separate attacks on Wednesday. In the north-western district of Charsadda, men on motorbikes shot dead a woman and her driver, police and health officials said. Hours earlier, a male health worker was shot and badly wounded in the nearby provincial capital of Peshawar. He remains in a critical condition, said a doctor at the Lady Reading hospital where he is being treated. Four other women health workers were shot at but ...

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Egypt To Morsi: No Dictators Allowed

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Daily Beast - By Vivian Salama - Dec. 03 (News Report) - Amr Darrag is on a call when a second phone in his Cairo office begins to ring. He’s been awake since 6 a.m., and the stack of papers on his desk swells with every passing minute. A leader in Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, Darrag is also part of the 100-member committee scrambling to draft the country’s new constitution—a pending document that has hit every possible bump in the road since Egyptians toppled President Hosni Mubarak last year.

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Egypt's judges angry over President Mursi decree - BBC News

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By James Kelly - Nov. 25 (News Report) - Egypt's judges angry over President Mursi decree - BBC News

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Egypt opposition calls for million man march

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Opposition leaders in Egypt are calling for a "million man march" to protest against what they say is a coup by President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi on Thursday issued a declaration giving himself greater powers and effectively neutralising a judicial system t

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Saudi plotted attack on Bush home

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 14 (News Report) - A Saudi student who plotted to bomb the Texas home of ex-President George W Bush and other targets is sentenced to life in jail.

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Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti Tortured to Death

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Hooman Askary - Nov. 13 (Opinion) - Iranian netizens have launched a major online storm after the shocking news of a blogger's death in custody was first posted by opposition websites. Sattar Beheshti was arrested on October 28, 2012 and announced dead some ten days after his arrest.

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The Malala moment: Tens of thousands rally in Pakistan for girl shot by Taliban

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Oct. 15 (News Analysis) - Until today, protests against the Taliban shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai had not approached the scale of previous marches against blasphemy and US drones. ...

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Libya: Thousands join anti-militia protest in Benghazi - BBC News

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Sep. 22 (News Report) - The militia suspected of killing the US ambassador to Libya nearly two weeks ago has been driven out of its base in the eastern city of Benghazi.

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Charlie Hebdo's Muhammad cartoons: a headache for Hollande?

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Bastien Inzaurralde - Sep. 20 (News Analysis) - The French newspaper's publication of new cartoons of the prophet Muhammad could shake French President François Hollande's standing, both domestically and abroad.

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