William Maclean, // LONDON (Reuters) – A report that a Nigerian who tried to down a U.S. airliner joined al Qaeda as a student in Britain has raised concerns about radical Islamists on UK campuses in a test for authorities trying to balance security and free speech. Radicalization is a growing security worry after the botched December 25 airliner attack, a December 29 Afghanistan suicide bombing that killed seven CIA employees and the November 5 killing of 13 at a U.S. army base by a gunman linked to a Yemen-based preacher. The December 25 attack stirred fears that a new … Continue reading Plane plot stirs concern over UK campus militants

| il Written by Joe Wolverton, II // Yemeni intelligence officials asserted Friday that their investigation revealed that Umar Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of attempted to bomb Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day in Detroit, met in Yemen with known al-Qaeda operatives, probably including American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. The source of the report, Rashad al-Alimi, is the Nigerian Deputy Prime Minister for national security and defense. The investigation described by al-Alimi further indicates, however, that Yemen was not where Abdulmutallab obtained the explosive device intended to bring down the airliner. According to the document, the bomb and the syringe that … Continue reading Al-Qaeda Uses Popular Radical Clerics to Recruit Trainees

Muslim group Minhaj-ul-Quran issues fatwa against terrorists // // // // // // <!– Remove following to not show photographer information –> (Minhaj-ul-Quran International) <!– Remove following to not show image description –> The 600-page document, drawn up by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, declares that attacks on innocent citizens are “absolutely against the teachings of Islam” <!– Remove following to not show enlarge option –> <!– –> // Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent <!– –> A leading Muslim organisation in Britain has issued a fatwa against suicide bombings and terrorism, declaring them un-Islamic. Minhaj-ul-Quran, a Sufi organisation based in East London which … Continue reading Muslim group Minhaj-ul-Quran issues fatwa against terrorists

Owen Bowcott guardian.co.uk, British Muslim Reza Pankhurst was jailed in Egypt for four years for being associated with Hizb-ut-Tahrir. Photograph: Linda Nylind A postgraduate teacher accused of Islamist “infiltration” of the London School of Economics has dismissed the allegations as a “McCarthyite witch-hunt”. Reza Pankhurst, who spent four years in Egyptian prisons for membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), had anticipated criticism when he began studying for a PhD and delivering lectures to students. HT, which advocates the creation of a Muslim caliphate in the Arab world, is outlawed in Egypt but legal in Britain. The Conservatives have threatened to ban … Continue reading LSE tutor says he is victim of McCarthyite witch-hunt over Hizb ut-Tahrir membership

China has followed a different path in developing strategic weapons. It hasn’t. Although the technology was available from Russia, China has, instead, concentrated on creating more accurate, and cheaper, shorter range weapons. This appears to be in recognition of the fact that a war involving nuclear armed ICBMs would be a losing proposition, with no winners. This would be especially true against the United States. In effect, China has dropped out that arms race. With only a few dozen ICBMs, none of which can reach all of the United States, China sees most of the long range ballistic missiles it … Continue reading China Has A Better Way with missle defense