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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British government is considering a system of passenger profiling that includes checks on travelers' ethnic or religious background, according to media reports. The planned system of tougher airport checks would create a new offense of "traveling whilst Asian," according to one of Britain's most senior Muslim police officers. Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei said intelligence could be used to examine travel history, how a ticket is purchased and frequency of travel, but added: "It becomes hugely problematic when it's based on ethnicity, religion and country of origin. I don't think there's a stereotypical image...

AUSTRALIA'S Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks is no longer a Muslim. Hick was also publicly denounced by an al-Qaeda member at Guantanamo Bay for his lack of religious observance, a former British detainee has said. Rumours that Hicks had abandoned his Islamic beliefs were confirmed by British Muslim Moazzam Begg. Mr Begg shared a cell block with Hicks at the US military base in Cuba in 2004. Mr Begg, who was released in January last year after the British government intervened, wrote about his experiences in a new book, Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back. Mr...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Muslim leaders are concerned about their community's safety after someone saw a man rappelling from the roof of a city mosque. A witness in the Islamic Center of Bloomington to pray Saturday heard footsteps on the roof and spotted the man climbing down the building's roof around 6 a.m. After the man shimmied down the side of the building, he got into a Jeep with two other men and drove away, police said. "Because of the sophistication and apparent specialized training of the intruder, we are again concerned about the safety of the Muslim community," said Islamic...

THis is the kind of brain Numbing stupidity we have to combat... THE uncle of suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer last night told the News of the World the 22-year-old's murderous act did not make him a terrorist. In a searingly frank and shocking exclusive interview, Bashir Ahmed claimed Tanweer was a "desperate" young man "driven" to commit the atrocity by the West's treatment of Muslims. And he BLAMED Tony Blair and George Bush for the July 7 bombings, warning: "There will be more." "These (suicide bombers) are desperate people," said Ahmed. "They can see that their brothers are not getting...

The revelation that three of the London bomb suspects grew up in the same district of Leeds has left the Muslim community there in a state of shock. Shehzad Tanweer, Mohammed Sadique Khan and Hasib Hussain all had strong links with Beeston, south of the city centre. Asian people in the streets around Tanweer's Colwyn Road home told how they fear they will suffer reprisals. "We're scared the finger of blame will be pointed at all of us," said 24-year-old Nusrat Hussain.