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Blasphemy: 4 shot dead in Bangladesh protest over bloggers
The Express Tribune 25 February 2013
Protesters demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy clashed with police in Bangladesh for a third straight day Sunday, and at least four protesters were 
Bangladesh police fire on Islamist protesters
Deutsche Welle 25 February 2013
Police in Bangladesh have fired on Islamist protesters, leaving several demonstrators dead. Tensions in the South Asian nation are boiling over, as the government tries leading
Secret Wahabi group uncovered in Abkhaz president attack probe - prosecutor general
Interfax-Religion 25 February 2013
The inquiry into an assassination attempt on Abkhaz President Alexander Ankvab will be completed within the next two months, after which the case will be referred to the
Birmingham terror cell: a forlorn fight against extremism in the Balti Triangle
The Independent 22 February 2013
By Jonathan Brown, Paul Peachey
Birmingham’s bustling inner city suburbs of Sparkbrook and Sparkhill found itself on the front line of Britain’s war on terror even before the hijacked airliners smashed
Muslim Men Guilty of UK Terror Plot were Influenced by Anwar Al Awlaki
Gather.com 22 February 2013
By Reno Berkeley
Three Muslim men were found guilty of the biggest terror plot since a 2006 conspiracy to bomb transatlantic airplanes was foiled. Prosecutors alleged the plan would have been
Hundreds would have died in attack plotted by Islamic fanatics
Telegraph.co.uk 22 February 2013
By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor
Up to eight suicide bombers carrying backpacks rammed with explosives and armed with guns were to carry out a horrifying blend of the 7/7 and Mumbai atrocities. The jihadi
Five Hizb-ut-Tahrir members arrested in Kyrgyzstan
Times of Central Asia 21 February 2013
Kyrgyz security officers have arrested five members of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir organization in southern city of Jalal-Abad, RFE/RL reported. "The officers found and
Norway Forms Antiterror Unit After Two Crises
Wall Street Journal 19 February 2013
By KJETIL MALKENES HOVLAND
OSLO—Norway will establish a counterterrorism unit after the small Nordic nation lost more than 80 lives to acts of terror on home soil and abroad in about 18 months. The
Islamists shot dead by Russian forces
Scotsman 18 February 2013
Security officers shot dead three militants yesterday in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the epicentre of an Islamist insurgency. Russia has tightened
War on Everything But Islamic Terror
AINA (press release) 15 February 2013
Over a decade after thousands of New Yorkers were murdered by Muslim terrorists, the city's mayor is declaring victory in the War on Salt. Next up he plans to wage a spring offensive on Styrofoam cups. After that, who knows?
We live in surreal times. In the Middle Ages, cats and rats were put on trial. In this modern age, we are fighting wars on food ingredients, the bags we carry them in and the containers out of which we eat and drink them.
There's no telling what surreal enemy our wise and brilliant leaders will declare war on next. Shoes? Pepper? Umbrellas? Mathematics? The color blue?
There's just no way to know anymore.
Four Muslims arrested for war crimes in Bosnia
RAPSI 13 February 2013
By Yulia Petrovskaya
The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on Tuesday arrested four Bosnian Muslims in the town of Bihac, in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina, on suspicion of
Russia says kills six militants in turbulent North Caucasus
swissinfo.ch 13 February 2013
Russia said security forces had killed six militants on Tuesday in a raid on a forest hideout and a firefight at a house in the North Caucasus, a mainly Muslim region where the
Russian govt. arrests 271 Muslims suspected of terrorism
AGI 11 February 2013
An anti-terrorism roundup in Russia led to the arrest of hundreds of Muslims from former U.S.S.R. nations and others. At least 271 people were arrested in St. Petersburg. The
Osama bin Laden's 'ambassador to Italy' killed by drone
Telegraph.co.uk 7 February 2013
By Rob Crilly
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was once described as Osama bin Laden’s ambassador to Italy and his death is the latest blow to the group’s core leadership in
Muslim Policeman Demands Police Recruit More Aliens: "Our major cities are majority ethnic minority and yet the police force rem
Islam versus Europe 5 February 2013
Muslim who "helped found the National Association of Muslim Police" denied promotion because he can't speak English properly "his media interview skills were not of a suitable
Muslim officer: British police must change
UPI.com 5 February 2013
A high-ranking Muslim officer leaving after 30 years because he was denied further promotion says the British police have changed -- but not nearly enough. Chief
IDF arrests number of senior Hamas figures in the West Bank
JPost.com 4 February 2013
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian sources say Hamas officials, including legislators and top figures, were arrested in pre-dawn raids on their homes in Nablus, Hebron; arrests follow Palestinian
French police arrest two in Toulouse killings probe
GlobalPost 1 February 2013
By Alexandria Sage
French police arrested two people in the hunt for accomplices of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who went on a killing spree last year, the Paris prosecutor's office said on
France to expel radical imams to tackle 'global Islamic jihad'
RT 30 January 2013
Paris says it will deport a number of radical religious imams to tackle extremism in Europe and "global jihadism". French Interior Minister warned the eviction would happen "in
Security officials warn of growing terror threat
The Local 30 January 2013
German security officials are concerned the country's support for France's fight against Islamists in Mali has increased the risk of terrorist attack, according to a newspaper
