Pentagon hunts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in bid to gag website Soldier Bradley Manning said to have leaked diplomatic cables to whistleblower, plus video of US troops killing Iraqis Chris McGreal in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 June 2010 19.02 BST Article history The Wikileaks footage of an Apache helicopter attack that killed civilians in Iraq Continue reading Is Julian Assange a Terrorist?

Father jailed after violent EDL protest in Hanley AN ENGLISH Defence League demonstrator who was at the forefront of a group which broke police lines has been jailed for 16 months. Mark Doel became involved in violence at the demonstration in Hanley city centre on Saturday, January 23. Prosecutor Paul Spratt told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday that at about 1.30pm, items were being thrown at police including glass bottles, cans and a smoke cannister. “About 100 people had broken free from the group being cordoned to come round the rear of the police lines,” said Mr Spratt. // “A police … Continue reading EDL thug jailed for hitting woman!

Columnist Peter Oborne slams media’s Muslim slurs as ‘un-British’ Published: 11 June, 2010 by JOSH LOEB COLUMNIST Peter Oborne warned that Muslims were being unfairly represented in the media at a conference on Islamophobia on Saturday. The Highbury-based journalist said his anger at Islamophobia stemmed from patriotism. He said: “We should stand up for British values and that means examining how society treats Muslims.” The journalist, who writes for the right-leaning Spectator and Daily Mail, spoke alongside left-wingers including Tony Benn and Islington North Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn at the conference in the Camden Centre, off Euston Road. “I teased … Continue reading Peter Oborne slams media’s Muslim slurs as ‘un-British’

Whose turn next? By Irfan Husain Home-grown terrorist groups have many cheerleaders among our TV chat show hosts. –Photo by Reuters I was going to write about something else this week, but when I read the reaction of sundry clerics to Nawaz Sharif’s statement that “Ahmadis were my brothers and sisters and were assets to Pakistan”, I thought I should salute him for his political courage. Showing solidarity for the oppressed is a sign of decency, a commodity in short supply in today’s Pakistan. Among other things, the spokesman for the Wafaqul Madaris asked the Muslim League leader not to … Continue reading I am Deobandi and Ahmedis are my brothers also – Whose turn next?

Theology School Becomes 1st Accredited US Seminary to Train Muslim & Jewish Theologians IslamToday / Agencies 9 June 2010 In recognition of the growing diversity of America’s religious landscape, a California institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church will add clerical training for Muslims and Jews to its curriculum this fall, to become, in a sense, the first truly multi-faith American seminary. Though the seminary will be the first accredited institution to train clergy members of multiple faiths, its expanded mission could cost it financially. Earlier this year, the church suspended its financial support of the seminary, an amount that … Continue reading US Seminary to Train Muslim & Jewish Theologians

Prince Charles Delivers Oxford Speech on Islam & the Environment IslamToday / Agencies 10 June 2010 Speaking at the Sheldonian Theatre, in a lecture to mark the 25th anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies of which he is patron, Prince Charles gave a speech on Islam and the environment. In an hour-long speech, the heir to the British throne argued that humanity’s destruction of the world was contrary to the scriptures of all religions – but particularly those of Islam. He said the current “division” between humanity and nature had been caused not just by industrialisation, but also … Continue reading HRH Prince Charles – Islam & the Environment

Why Bollywood’s film about Hitler is profoundly misguided Indian directors have as much right to make movies about Hitler as anyone else, but a forthcoming film about the Nazi dictator’s ‘love’ for the country displays a shocking ignorance of history No dear friend of India … Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/GettyA first-time Indian director, Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, has announced that he will make a movie about Adolf Hitler. Dear Friend Hitler stars Indian actors Anupam Kher and Neha Dhupia as Hitler and Eva Braun, and will focus on what the director claims was “Hitler’s love for India and … Continue reading Bollywood film about Hitler?

Scottish separatist found guilty of Heathrow bomb scares Militant ex-soldier founded group that issued death threats against Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 June 2010 18.03 BST Article history Adam Busby, the SNLA leader, in an undated photoAn infamous hardline Scottish nationalist who has lived in exile in Dublin since the 1980s has been convicted of making hoax bomb threats against transatlantic planes flying from Heathrow airport. Adam Busby, 61, was found guilty of sending the hoax threats warning of alleged bombs on board two aircraft in May 2006 by a jury at Dublin … Continue reading Scottish ex-soldier founded group that issued death threats

Anwar al-Awlaki: MI5 warns of the al-Qaeda preacher targeting Britain Young British Muslims are being groomed to carry out terrorist attacks in this country by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical al-Qaeda preacher based in the Middle East, it can be disclosed. By Duncan Gardham and Con Coughlin TELEGRAPH CO UK Anwar al-Awlaki has ‘cemented his position as one of the leading English-speaking jihadi ideologues’ Photo: AP The security services fear that a new generation of British extremists is being radicalised by Awlaki, who recruited the Detroit plane bomber. They are concerned that Awlaki’s followers could unleash a wave of easily planned … Continue reading Anwar al-Awlaki targeting Britain?

The convictions of Popovic and Beara matter because they bear symbolic witness to the genocide of Bosnian Muslims Slavenka Drakulić guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 June 2010 18.00 BST Article history A Bosnian Muslim woman prays at the memorial wall with the names of the victims at the Potocari Memorial Center near Srebrenica. Photograph: Elvis BarukcicTwo sentences of life imprisonment, just passed on Bosnian Serb officers Vujadin Popovic and Ljubisa Beara, are the most severe ever delivered by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The two men were convicted of genocide – that is, for the massacre of about … Continue reading Truth is justice for Srebrenica