by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Terrorism, oppression and violence has been declared un-Islamic by around 20,000 Muslim leaders following a scholars’ meeting at an Indian madrassa, according to a senior cleric quoted in The Times newspaper in the UK. In a declaration, leaders representing...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
Human rights groups and critics of extra-legal detention and the ‘war on terror’ have expressed deep concern about the proposed trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees on charges related to the 9/11 attacks in the USA. Among the issues of contention raised are...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday outlined government plans to target websites promoting extremism, as part of efforts to stop “vulnerable people” being “groomed for violent extremism” by radical Jihadist groups. Critics immediately...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 7, 2008
Churches in Pakistan, condemning the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, have appealing for international help in eradicating terrorism in their country – writes Anto Akkara. “We earnestly appeal to the national and global communities...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 27, 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned to the country to challenge the Pervez Musharraf regime, has been assassinated in a suicide attack which has killed 20 others and injured several more. Shock, mourning, anger and rioting have been...
