Zaman Daily Newspaper, Yusuf Islam to Sing for Tsunami Victims: "The famous singer noteed in an announcement broadcast on his Internet site that he wants to go to Aceh region that was hit by the tsunami and pray there."

commondreams.org, Bringing It All Back Home: The Emergence of the Homeland Security State

arabnews.com, Scholars, Intellectuals Urged to Join Hands in Anti-Terror Fight The ministry, which has prepared a number of special radio and television programs to air during the occasion, will also distribute booklets and cassettes enlightening the public on terrorism and extremism. It has set up a website on the Internet to enhance public awareness on terrorism and extremism."

Boston.com / News / World / Insurgent Iraqi group claims responsibility for downing of British military plane

Reuters AlertNet, Dutch Court sentences rappers over threat lyrics as circulated on the net too

Islam Online - Iraqi Resistance Group Says Not to Target Elections: "Three days ahead of the controversial vote, a leading Iraqi resistance group vowed not to target polling stations or attack innocent Iraqis, saying the real battle is against the occupiers.

"In a statement, a copy of which obtained by IslamOnline.net, the Salah Al-Dine Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Front for Resistance, said they would not be dragged into a battle against their own people."

technologyreview.com, Terror’s Server useful 5-page article by David Talbot + discussion with Richard Clarke (>Notebook in side bar). PDF available.

arabicnews.com, Al Azhar Grand Imam regrets linking jihad to terrorism, 27 Jan 05: "The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Mohamad Sayyed Tantawi affirmed that peace was one of Islam's principles, pointing out that Islam considered any attack on a human being as an attack on all humanity."

Aljazeera.Net - Bloodiest day for US forces in Iraq

FBI chides Hotmail and Yahoo! for sidestepping UK laws | The Register

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Clarke backs down on detainees: "Mr Clarke is expected to outline to the Commons today his proposals to amend the legislation to meet the human rights concerns raised by the House of Lords. He is likely to propose a new civil order, similar to an anti-social behaviour order.

"It would impose strict surveillance conditions on terror suspects, including banning them from using the internet and mobile phones, and possibly a new form of house arrest." It would be interesting to see how this proposal might be implemented in practical terms.

Arab News, 'Islam for Dummies' Required Reading for Army Officers in America: "The US military is learning an embarrassing lesson. Lack of knowledge about Arab culture and Islam is resulting in civilian and military deaths that could easily have been avoided if only soldiers and Marines had been 'armed' with knowledge. "

MSNBC - Video shows U.S. hostage pleading for life Cites the Islamic Army website: "Enemies of God such as the Americans and their agents, the hypocrites and the apostates, are attempting to make the infidel elections succeed at the end of the month, the statement said. To that end, it said, the headquarters of the Islamic Army in Iraq is giving its orders to all troops affiliated with it everywhere to escalate their operations to the maximum."

BBC NEWS | UK | Guantanamo four arrive back in UK

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US 'terminates' Iranian website ISNA quickly relocated elsewhere.

AFP/Yahoo! News - Muslim activists rip, deface offensive advertizing in Britain: "British Muslim activists have stepped up a campaign to deface or rip down advertising billboards featuring scantily-clad women in communities with large numbers of Muslims, the media reported. " This needs to be read in conjunction with the 'spoof alert' contained on http://www.geocities.com/no_adverts/, but it hasn't stopped the story being reported widely.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Middle East, Saudi clerics point militants toward Iraq: "Fundamentalist Islamic leaders in Saudi Arabia are telling militants intent on fighting 'infidels' to join the insurgency in Iraq instead of taking up Osama bin Laden's call to oust the Saudi royal family at home, say Saudi dissidents who monitor theological edicts coming out of the kingdom."

IslamOnline - Muslims and Islam in European History Textbooks: Seeking Security Through Culture: "Using the media is an important tool to empower the people. The information in the media does not merely reflect the world, but constantly shapes it as well. In this regard, the Internet can play a key role; it has helpful characteristics that give people the chance to speak out about their fears, feelings, and views. The impersonal medium makes it no more a just one-way traffic, but we must remember that we constantly influence others and we are constantly influenced by external factors."

reveiltunisien.org, Tunisia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003: "Security forces routinely monitored the activities, telephone, and Internet exchanges of opposition, Islamist, and human rights activists and sometimes harassed, followed, questioned, assaulted, or otherwise intimidated them, their relatives, and associates."

Europe getting aggressive with jihad 'recruiters': "In nightly sermons broadcast on the Internet, Sheik Omar Bakri Muhammad, a 47-year-old cleric born in Syria, has urged young Muslim men all over the world to travel to Iraq to fight on the front line of 'the global jihad,' investigators say.
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