Archives for 2003

From AP, “a glance at militant Islamic groups active in Turkey: “-Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front, or IBDA-C: The group advocates Islamic rule in this predominantly Muslim but officially secular country and is allegedly backed by Iran. It has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s truck bombings outside two Istanbul synagogues that killed 25 people, but Turkish authorities […]

“Turkish police believe they have positively identified the men who drove the vehicles used in the suicide bombing attacks on two Istanbul synagogues Saturday.” One of the seems to have been Azad Ekinci, who “was known as to have been a member of the radical group the Islamic Front of Raiders of the Greater Orient […]

“Four Thai Muslims have gone on trial in Bangkok, accused of plotting a series of attacks on foreign embassies and tourist spots in the kingdom. At earlier hearings, the four pleaded not guilty to being members of the regional terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah. Three of them — a medical doctor and a religious school owner […]

“Fearing they might offend someone, Red Cross stores in Britain have taken the Christian out of Christmas this year, banning any display of overtly religious decorations.” This from WorldNetDaily. “At a shop in Ipswich, England, for example, Christmas cards are on display but none of them depict the classic Christian images of the birth of […]

“A jury convicted John Allen Muhammad of capital murder Monday, concluding he used a rifle, a beat-up car and a teenager who idolized him to kill randomly and terrorize the Washington area during last year’s sniper spree.” No mention was made in this article of the possibility that John Muhammad was waging his own private […]

“The imprisoned Islamic cleric thought to be a guiding force behind the Indonesian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah warned that all Muslim countries with close ties to the United States were targets for attack. “‘As long as Muslim countries have close ties or support the U.S. government or U.S. policy, [they] will be threatened by a […]

In order to avoid inundating subscriber inboxes with email, I will henceforth send a single Daily Digest notice instead of sending you email every time I update the site. Thanks to Blackeld for the excellent suggestion.

The Yemeni Observer reports that “last Tuesday, a new political party calling itself “Hizbu Tahrir” (Liberation Party) was declared in Sana”a when it held its first conference in Sana”a. The party is focusing on the creation of an Islamic orthodox caliphate-style state.” The Caliph was the successor of Muhammad as the military, political, and religious […]

Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency reports that the “leader of a Pakistani religious group has said that Al Qaeda or Islamic militants were not responsible for Sunday’s suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed at least 11 people, Daily Times reported.” Who was, then? “‘It is a Jewish and American conspiracy against the Mujahideen and […]

Over the objections of our Yemeni “allies,” “a Muslim imam and his assistant have been extradited to the United States after being arrested in Germany on suspicion of having links with al-Qaida. German prosecuters said Muhammad Ali Hasan Shaikh al-Muayad, imam of the main mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, and Yahya Zayid were handed […]