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British Muslim leaders meeting with government representatives to discuss ways of combating extremism are calling for the establishment of Islamic law (shari'a) to govern Muslims' family life. "We told her if you give us religious rights, we will be in a better position to convince [Muslim] young people that they are being treated equally along with other citizens," said Syed Aziz Pasha, secretary general of the Union of Muslim Organizations of the U.K. and Ireland. Pasha was among some 30 Muslim leaders, described as moderates, who met with Ruth Kelly, the minister responsible for communities, amid raging debate in the...

Iraq angrily rejects US sectarian warning By Michael Georgy 1 hour, 33 minutes ago Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari angrily dismissed on Tuesday U.S. warnings to shun sectarianism in the country's new government, saying Iraqis would not accept interference in their affairs. Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who echoed the U.S. call for a government of national unity in Iraq, the normally calm and diplomatic Jaafari said Iraq knew its own best interests. "When someone asks us whether we want a sectarian government the answer is 'no we do not want a sectarian government' -- not...

President Jacques Chirac for the first time on Thursday raised the threat of a nuclear response to states that launch "terrorist" attacks against France. "Leaders of any state that uses terrorist means against us, as well as any that may be envisaging -- in one way or another -- using weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would be exposing themselves to a firm and appropriate response on our behalf," he said. "That response could be conventional, it could also be of another nature," Chirac said in a clear reference to nuclear weapons during a visit to a French...

SARAJEVO, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- A number of Kuwaiti charities have launched a program to assist hundreds of refugees here on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. Regional manager of the Islamic Heritage Revival Society, a Kuwaiti charity, Othman Haidar told KUNA that tens of Muslim orphans and widows in nine Bosnian cities are getting in kind assistance such as meat and clothes from the Kuwaiti charities. He named the Kuwaiti Zakat (alms) House and other societies among those providing assistance for the poor in the country and elsewhere in the region. Commodities and cash amounts are being delivered to the...

HOW THE NYTIMES IS RINGING IN 2006 By Michelle Malkin   ·   December 31, 2005 10:45 PM Yes, it's New Year's Eve. And since there's no rest for the NYTimes, I'm not taking it easy tonight either. You see, NYTimes' reporter James Risen has been a busy bee over the holidays. The co-author of the infamous Chicken Little opus exposing the NSA special collection program to monitor international communications between suspected al Qaeda operatives and their contacts will be launching his new book, State of War, on January 3. Turns out the publisher of Risen's new book, which includes a discussion...

<p>ERUSALEM - Israeli jets attacked a Palestinian militant group's training base in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, hours after an Israeli border town was hit by rocket fire, the military said.</p> <p>The base located south of Beirut is operated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small group that has been waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.</p>

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi security forces arrested a suspected militant on Tuesday after five policemen were killed in a shooting spree in the kingdom's ultra-conservative Muslim heartland, the Interior Ministry said. Three policeman were shot dead at a checkpoint in the northern province of Qassim, site of several shootouts with al Qaeda-linked militants, a statement on state media said. Earlier, two policemen on patrol in the nearby town of Buraida were killed by gunshots, it added. The forces "arrested a man who was in a car", the ministry said, adding he had been wounded during his arrest. Saudi-owned Al Arabiya...

"We were not strong enough to drive out a half-million American troops, but that wasn't our aim. Our intention was to break the will of the American government to continue the war."--North Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, in a 1990 interview with historian Stanley Karnow. It's been a bad week for the American war effort, not in Iraq or anywhere else in the field but in Washington, D.C. The American Congress is sending increasingly loud signals of irresolution in Iraq, including panicky calls for withdrawal. There are many lessons of the Vietnam War, but two of the biggest are...

AP and Reuters photographer Bilal Hussein colludes with insurgents This is both disgusting and absurd. I was flicking through a Yahoo Photos thread called "US Military" when I came across six photos of the same small group of 'insurgents' posing for the photographer. The photos originate from both Reuters and Associated Press and are dated October 3rd, 2005. Reuters attributes the photos to 'Stringer', while AP attributes them to 'Bilal Hussein'. Note the distinctive yellow piping is common to all photos, though I'm unsure if the same alley is featured in all six. (1) Source (Reuters). "Excuse me Mr...

LONDON, July 23 - Scotland Yard admitted Saturday that a man police officers gunned down at point-blank range in front of horrified subway passengers on Friday had nothing to do with the investigation into the bombing attacks here. Scotland Yard Challenged by Missteps in Bombing Inquiry (July 24, 2005) The man was identified by police as Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27-year-old Brazilian, described by officers as an electrician on his way to work. "He was not connected to incidents in central London on 21st July, 2005, in which four explosive devices were partly detonated," a police statement said.

The Macedonian police have been given the green light to arrest members of the armed group headed by Agim Krasniqi. His group has been deployed in the village of Kondovo near Skopje for several months now. Ali Ahmeti, former Albanian leader in Macedonia and now head of the ruling DUI [BDI in Albanian] has urged Krasniqi to surrender to the police. Ahmeti has offered Krasniqi guarantees that his trial will be fair and that his life will not be threatened. Agim Krasniqi has turned down Ahmeti's offer. 'I do not trust Ahmeti at all. Let him worry about his mates...

Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, a Harvard University graduate of political science and author of “Unfit for Command” will be a guest tonight on the nationally syndicated “Laurie Roth Show” to reveal how the terrorist regime in Iran bought the bomb and American politicians as documented in his new best seller “Atomic Iran”. Dr. Corsi exposes the deficit of religious freedom in Iran and how it has led to tyranny. With the reconstruction in Iraq under way and the distraction of the U.S. presidential election behind us, focus will once again turn to a gathering threat—The Islamic Republic of Iran. A...

Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez"If we don't wake up to this, we could lose it all," that's Harvey Kushner's message to Americans — and American intelligence officials. Harvey Kushner is a familiar face to many Fox viewers. The terrorism expert is a frequent TV commentator. In his full-time work in terrorism prevention, he has been a consultant to major government agencies including the FBI, INS, and U.S. Customs. Kushner's most recent book is Holy War on the Home Front: The Secret Islamic Terror Network in the United States, written with Bart Davis.Kushner recently answered some of NRO editor Kathryn...

The indefatigable Ali Sina of Faith Freedom on the New Jersey murders: Last year a big part of the news in America was about a basketball player and his escapade with a woman who first solicited to have sex with him and then accused him of rape. The news was all over the media. Why such silly incident should be newsworthy is not clear. But the whole accusation and trial was televised and broadcasted by every single media outlet in America ad nauseam. The same circus was played in the case of the pop singer Michael Jackson and his child...

"known as a relaxed, friendly and intelligent young man," a good student, a volunteer social worker, and a serious student of Information Technology. He came from a close family, That's what happens when a culture is relativized to the point of suicide. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan once remarked of an American politician, "he can no longer distinguish between our friends and our enemies, and so he has ended by adopting our enemies' view of the world."

<p>VIRGINIA BEACH - A jury this morning will start weighing the capital-murder case against John Allen Muhammad, who prosecutors said was the captain of a "killing team" that cut a trail of terror from the Washington suburbs to the Richmond area.</p>

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel targeted a Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, in a missile strike Tuesday and injured him in the leg, doctors said. Two dozen people were hurt. The missile strike jeopardized efforts to persuade militant groups, including Hamas, to halt attacks on Israelis. It also appeared to violate the spirit of a U.S.-backed peace plan, as part of which Israel promised to refrain from actions that undermine trust. There was no immediate Israeli comment. Hamas quickly threatened revenge. "This crime will not pass," said Mahmoud Zahar, another Hamas leader. He said there would be more attacks...

Jun 20, 2002 Weeks Before 1995 Oklahoma Bombing, Government Warned of Possible Terror Attacks on Federal Buildings By John SolomonAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Just weeks before Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, U.S. authorities received several warnings that Islamic terrorists were seeking to strike on American soil and that a likely target was government buildings, documents show. The information, though it was never linked to McVeigh, was stark enough that the Clinton administration urged stepped-up security patrols and screening at federal buildings nationwide, including those in Oklahoma. The government, however, didn't fortify buildings...

January/February 2002Vol. 58, No.1, pp. 70–71Pakistan's Nuclear Forces, 2001 [Emphasis added] It is extremely difficult to estimate the number and types of nuclear weapons in Pakistan's arsenal. Outside experts estimate the country has between 24 and 48 nuclear weapons. The weapons are based on an implosion design that uses a solid core of highly enriched uranium, requiring an estimated 15–20 kilograms per warhead. Seismic measurements of the tests conducted on May 28 and 30, 1998, suggest that the yields were on the order of 9–12 kilotons and 4–6 kilotons respectively, lower than Islamabad announced. Chinese tests in the 1960s...