Islamist Militants

New York Times: Al Qaeda-Linked Islamist Threat Grows In Nigeria

The New York Times | Adam Nossiter | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Terrorism, Africa, Nigeria, Muslims, Amnesty International, Islamist Militants, Islamists, Al Qaeda, World News

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- A shadowy Islamist insurgency that has haunted northern Nigeria -- surviving repeated, bloody efforts to eliminate it -- appears...

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Al Qaeda, Learning From Pirates, Could Seize Tankers For 9/11-Style Attack: PM

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Somalia Violence, Somalia Pirates, Somalia, Islamist Militants, Pirates Ship Somalia, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Somalia, World News

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Somali pirates and Islamists are learning from each other and al Qaeda could hijack oil tankers to be used in September 11...

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8 Germans, 2 Brits Behind Al Qaeda Terror Plot In Europe

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, Pakistani Intelligence, Germany, Islamist Militants, Terrorist Suspect, Pakistan, Great Britain, Taliban, Terrorism, World News

ISLAMABAD — Eight Germans and two British brothers are at the heart of an al-Qaida-linked terror plot against European cities, but the plan is s...

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Sufi Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Spirituality

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Jihad, Sufism, Sufi Islam, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Islamist Militants, New York City, Islamists, Religion News

The rapturous quality of Sufi poetry continues to fascinate me, but the idea of loving and seeking God while listening to radical mullahs is deeply troubling. Prostration to God devoid of spirituality is no different from doing sit-ups.

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US Sends Weapons To Somalia: State Department

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Somali Violence, Somalia Insurgency, US Weapons Somalia, Somalia, Islamist Militants, Horn of Africa, Somali Crisis, World News

The US has confirmed that it has sent weapons to Somalia's UN-backed transitional government....

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Arrested Moroccan Islamists Planned To Attack Jews

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of alleged Islamists recently arrested in Morocco planned to attack Jewish interests in the country, a court source said Thursday, citing the ...

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Somali Militants Capture Strategic Town, Setback To Unstable Government

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hardline Islamist militants have captured a strategically important town north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, eyewitnesses say....

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Pakistan Soon To Be Islamist State: US Experts

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Intelligence Officials, Pakistan Opposition, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Pakistan Islamists, Taliban, Islamist Militants, Islamists, Pakistan State of Emergency, Advocacy, World News

A growing number of U.S. intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials have concluded that there's little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan f...

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Pakistan: US Drone Attacks Weaken Government's Hold

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The U.S. programme of drone aircraft strikes against higher-ranking officials of al Qaeda and allied militant organisati...

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Karzai, Zardari Meet In Turkey To Discuss Combating Islamist Extremism

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai has met his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, to discuss ways to combat Islamist extremists in both countries....

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Mullah Omar Calls For A Taliban Surge

New York Times | Robert Mackey | Posted 05.25.2011

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In spirit, the attack on the Pashtun poet's shrine in Pakistan seems to echo one of the Afghan Taliban's most infamous acts of cultural cleansing: the...

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Dr Fadl, Al Qaeda Founder, Launches Ideological Revolt Against Bin Laden

The Telegraph | David Blair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaida, Egypt, Bin Ladin, Sayyid Imam Al-Sharif, Alqaida, Iraq War, Iraq, Islamist Militants, Osama Bin Ladin, Islamists, Al Qaida in Iraq, Islamist Insurgency, Al Qaeda, Zawahiri, Al-Zawahiri, Dr Fadl, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Osama Bin Laden, World News

Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, who goes by the nom de guerre Dr Fadl, helped bin Laden create al-Qaeda and then led an Islamist insurgency in Egypt in the 199...

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Somalia: Most Dangerous Country In The World

Foreign Policy | Jeffrey Gettleman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mogadishu, Africa, Islamist Insurgents, Somalia, Pirates, African Union, Islamist Militants, Islamists, Dangerous Somalia, Al Qaeda, World News

In more than a dozen trips to Somalia over the past two and a half years, I've come to rewrite my own definition of chaos. I've felt the incandescent ...

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Holbrooke Visits Wary U.S. Ally In Pakistan

New York Times | Jane Perlez | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the envoy Richard C. Holbrooke arrives here Monday looking for ways to stop a runaway Islamist insurgency that is destabilizing Pakistan, he will...

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Obama Should Quit War on Terror, Talk to Hamas and Taliban

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dealing with Hamas or the Taliban doesn't mean that if Obama talks to them they will roll over. It means that the use of force alone cannot work and that ignoring them won't make them go away

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A Conflict We Need Not Fight Again: How A Little Attention Can Go A Long Way In Consolidating Past Successes In Bosnia

Richard Bennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps as a result of a decrease in the amount of aid given to Bosnia, ethnic tension is on the rise and many have even forecasted the possibility of renewed violence.

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Report: Abbas' Palestinian Forces Torturing Suspected Militants

The Globe and Mail | ADAM ENTOUS and ALASTAIR MACDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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HEBRON, West Bank -- Forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Western-backed Palestinian president, are rounding up suspected Islamist activists and allegat...

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Militants Visited Mumbai Before The Attacks

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Several of the Islamist militants who attacked Mumbai this week visited the city a few months ago and lived there for a ...

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