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8/11/2009 | News | Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud
Pakistan fears al Qaeda to replace Mehsud
Pakistan is worried that al Qaeda is trying to install its own \"chief terrorist\" as the head of the Pakistani Taliban after the apparent killing of the group\'s leader in a CIA missile strike, a top official said Monday.
8/10/2009 | News | Christian Action Network
Afghan Terrorist Illegally Escaped To United Kingdom
A former Afghan member of Herz-b-Islami Guldbuddin, a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, illegally entered the United Kingdom and tried to receive asylum, The Scotsman reports. The judges hearing his case has decided against granting him refugee status.
8/7/2009 | News | Arwa Damon
Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi policeman
Like many young boys, Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up. But it was his father's very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable.
8/7/2009 | News | RTTNews
Bail Denied To U.S. Terror Suspects
A judge at the U.S. District Court in North Carolina on Wednesday denied bail to six men indicted for plotting terror attacks in Israel and Jordan, stating that the defendants were dangerous and posed a risk of flight.
8/7/2009 | News | Megan Matteuci
Accused terrorist exhanged letters in jail
A federal judge ordered prison officials to find letters exchanged between a man convicted of helping terrorists and his friend, who was accused of the same crime.
8/4/2009 | News | AP
Australia Foils Terrorist Plot
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police said Tuesday they thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an Al Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base.
7/28/2009 | News |
7 arrested in North Carolina on terrorism charges
"These arrests today show there are people living among us, in our communities in North Carolina and around the U.S., that are honing their skills to carry out acts of murder and mayhem..."
7/27/2009 | News | Christian Action Network
PBS Exposes Extremism at West Virginia Mosque
PBS has aired a special called "The Mosque in Morgantown" about the struggle of a moderate Muslim woman against extremists at a mosque in West Virginia. The expose, which premiered June 15, follows Asra Nomani, who challenges sexism and intolerance at the mosque, provoking a backlash by the extremist congregation and moderates who feel she's being too confrontational and are angry at the negative media attention she has caused.
7/10/2009 | News | Mike Levine and Catherine Herridge
New Al Qaeda Book on 'Muslim Spies' Paints Picture of Weakened Group, Experts Say
A new book published by Al Qaeda shows that the terrorist group is under intense pressure and in "deathly fear" of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan, terror experts say.
7/7/2009 | News | Mona Charen
Could the U.S. Ban the Burqa, Too?
The French Republic is not blessed or burdened with a First Amendment. So when President Nicolas Sarkozy recently suggested that France ban the wearing of the burqa in all public places, the Chamber of Deputies took it up. Muslims agree that the faith requires "modest" dress on the part of women. Beyond that, things get disputatious. Some argue that the face must be veiled. Others deny it. Both cite Quranic authority.