A LEADER of a mosque firebombed by extremists fears the same will happen in Swindon if the controversial Islam4UK march goes ahead. Farasat Latif, 40, who ran the Masjid Al Ghurabaa in Luton, says officials should ban any demonstration by Islamic fundamentalists Al-Muhajiroon so Swindon and Wootton Bassett Muslims are not targeted by right-wing and racist extremists. Mr Latif, of the Call to Islam Centre in Luton, will join Muslims in Wootton Bassett for a counter-protest against the march which Islam4UK leader Anjem Choudary claims will honour the Muslims “murdered” in Afghanistan. Mr Latif said: “The irony here is that … Continue reading ‘Anjem wants to lead the burning of mosques in the UK’

US government does ridiculous things ‘for show’ in an attempt to demonstrate to voters that something — anything — is being done about terrorism. But US government should quit creating a demand for its own security services by reducing military action in Muslim countries — the main cause of Islamist terrorism that the government doesn’t want you to know about, notes Ivan Eland. The botched attempt by a Nigerian, apparently trained in Yemen by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to conduct a suicide bombing on a plane as it neared Detroit has highlighted the US government’s overzealous, ineffective and even … Continue reading How Government Worsens Terror Risk

It is much harder for the counter-terrorist experts to prevent terrorist plots when, under the law of unintended consequences, US foreign policy contributes to a marked increase in the number of potential terrorists — as it undoubtedly has. Also, no meaningful fixes are possible without accountability for mistakes or wrongdoing, note Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley. A blogger with the PBS’ NewsHour asked former CIA analyst Ray McGovern to respond to three questions regarding recent events involving the CIA, FBI, and the intelligence community in general. After drafting his answers, McGovern asked former FBI attorney/special agent Coleen Rowley, a colleague … Continue reading Why Counter-Terrorism Is in Shambles

Whenever there is an intelligence breakdown, we are told we need to sacrifice more liberties. We need to be on guard for terrorism, no doubt about it. But we shouldn’t alienate a quarter of the world’s population people in the process. That won’t make us any safer, notes Matthew Rothschild. The hysteria has begun. With the attempt to bring down that Northwest jet flying into Detroit on Christmas, the urge to profile Muslims and demonize Islam is becoming irresistible for some — especially those on Fox cable news. On Sunday, retired General Thomas McInerney said, “We have to use profiling. … Continue reading Beware Anti-Muslim Hysteria by Fanatics in the US

By Mahan Abedin Sensationally branded as a “zone of unlaw” by the Lebanese and Western media and accused of harboring al-Qaeda and other jihadi elements, the Ein Al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp south of the Lebanese city of Sidon often hits the headlines for the wrong reasons. To investigate the possible al-Qaeda presence, I made a visit to Ein Al-Hilweh in late November. Accompanied by an experienced Palestinian guide I was able to speak to all the key stakeholders in the camp and conduct a thorough investigation. This article is a condensed version of that investigation. The most crowded place on … Continue reading Ein Al-Hilweh: A fruitless search for al-Qaeda