Islamic Radicalism

Taliban In Afghanistan Behead As Many As 30 In Bus Ambush

NY Times | CARLOTTA GALL and TAIMOOR SHAH | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islamic Radicalism, Afghanistan, War Wire, Islamic Extremists, Taliban Beheading, Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Politics News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off a bus in southern Afghanistan and beheaded as many as 30 of them after accusing...

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Al-Qaeda's Drug Trade Keeps Them Afloat During The Economic Crisis

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Islamic Extremists, Islamic Radicalism, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Opium, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Poverty, Politics News

CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida, which gets its money from the drug trade in Afghanistan and sympathizers in the oil-rich Gulf states, is likely to esca...

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Pakistan Says US Strikes Are "Helping The Terrorists"

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Border Strikes, Foreign Affairs, War Wire, Islamic Radicalism, Politics News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and...

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Pakistan Official: War Will Continue Until Country Is "Terror Free"

AP | ISHTIAQ MASHUD | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Rehman Malik, Islamic Radicalism, Politics News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 19 peopl...

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Pakistani Troops Kill 15 Militants At Afghan Border

AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan, Afghanistan, War Wire, Islamic Militants, Islamic Radicalism, Asif Ali Zardari, Terrorism, Politics News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suicide attacks have killed nearly 1,200 people in Pakistan since July 2007, most of them civilians, according to military...

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Obsession "Stars" Have Lectured at U.S. Military Colleges; U.S. Navy Uses Film

Chris Rodda | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Islamophobia, Joint Forces Staff College, Walid Shoebat, Religion and Politics, Obsession the Movie, Brigitte Gabriel, Air Force Academy, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Propoganda, Muslim, Media News
Chris Rodda

Two of the Islamophobic fear mongers featured in Obsession have been invited to speak at U.S. Military Colleges.

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Bill Maher Video Replaces Top Iraqi Ayatollah's Website In Hacking Stunt (VIDEO)

Crooks And Liars | Posted 10.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, Bill Maher, Ayatollah, Islamic Radicalism, Iraq, Shiites, Entertainment News

Crooks and Liars reports: Can you say "fatwa?" The Grand Ayatollah of Iraqi Shiites, Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, has had his website hacked by sys...

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"War On Terror" Support Wanes In Pakistan As Anger Towards US Grows

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: War Wire, War on Terror, Pakistan, Islamic Radicalism, Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Home News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The furor intensified Friday over Washington's decision to pursue Islamic militant targets inside Pakistan, with oppositio...

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Top Saudi Cleric Declares War On Birthdays

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Saudi Arabia, Birthdays, Saudi Arabia Birthday Ban, Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic Radicalism, Home News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school stud...

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Militant Attack On Afghan Border Kills As Many As 49 In Pakistan

AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Islamic Radicalism, Islamic Militants, War Wire, Home News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, o...

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Taliban Turns Lethal: 101 US Deaths In Afghanistan This Year

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan, Taliban, Islamic Radicalism, Kabul, Military Deaths, Home News

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force _ one...

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Suicide Blasts Near Arms Plant Kills 59 In Pakistan

Posted 09.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Pakistan, Pakistan Suicide Blast, Islamic Radicalism, Home News

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Random House Cancels New Book For Fear Of Islamic Reaction, Prompting Criticism From Rushdie

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: The Jewel of Medina, Salman Rushdie, Random House, Islamic Radicalism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Media News

NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie strongly criticized his publisher for pulling a historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride over c...

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We Should Never Scrap Books Out of Fear of Fanatics

Johann Hari | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religious Studies Islam, Religion, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Theo Van Gogh, Muslims, Muslims Europe, The Jewel of Medina, Censoring Criticism of Islam, Sherry Jones, Censorship, Politics News
Johann Hari

Ask enough tough questions, and faith is less likely to inspire people to kill and die for it. But doubtful Muslims, and the atheists who support them, are being prevented from following this path.

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Saudi-Funded Islamic School In Virginia Faces Scrutiny After Failure To Report Sexual Abuse

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Virginia, Fairfax, Child Abuse, Home News

McLEAN, Va. — The director of a Saudi-funded Islamic school in northern Virginia accused of promoting religious intolerance has been convicted o...

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Carter's Hamas Hallucination

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Syria, Egypt, Mahmoud Abbas, Iran, West Bank, Islamic Radicalism, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Hezbollah, Hamas, Arab World, Carter Egypt, Jimmy Carter Israel, Camp David Peace Accords, Jimmy Carter Hamas, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In 1996 I urged Carter to understand that he could make his peace with America's Jews and Israel by having a deeper appreciation of the resentment he engenders when his advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian people seems to be at Israel's expense.

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GOP Congressman: There Are "Too Many Mosques In This Country"

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Islam, Peter King, Anti-Muslim, Islamic GOP, Islamic Radicalism, Politics News

New York Rep. Peter King, a prominent House Republican, said there are "too many mosques in this country" in a recent interview with Politico. "There...

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