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8/17/2009 | News | AP

American Is Convicted of Aiding Terrorists

A 23-year-old American man was convicted Wednesday of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of American landmarks overseas and plotting to support “violent jihad” after a federal jury rejected his arguments that it had been empty talk.

8/14/2009 | News | Christian Action Network

United Kingdom Now Home to 85 Sharia Courts

The Civitas think-tank has published a report concluding that 85 Sharia courts, which are courts where people voluntarily submit their dispute to be resolved based on Islamic law, are now operating in the United Kingdom, The Guardian reports. The report's author, Denis MacEoin, warns that the non-Muslims are sometimes not allowed to know the rulings made by the court

8/12/2009 | News | Fox News

Muslim Teen Who Converted to Christianity Says Family Threatened to Kill Her

An Ohio teenager says she ran away from home to Florida because her family threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity, local media reported.

Rifqa Bary, 17, testified Monday at a custody hearing in Orlando that she'd recently changed religions and is worried her relatives will do something drastic, according to WFTV in Orlando and Central Florida News 13.

"They have to kill me because I'm a Christian. It's an honor (issue)," the girl told WFTV.

8/11/2009 | News | Amanda Lamb

Seventh terrorism suspect denied bond

A federal magistrate on Monday denied bond for a Holly Springs man facing charges in an alleged international terrorism plot.

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.