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Showing posts with label Abu Qatada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abu Qatada. Show all posts
Monday, October 29, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2012
Abu Qatada Wins Appeal Against Extradition
Sky News, Abu Qatada Wins Appeal Against Extradition "The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) upheld the radical cleric's appeal after his lawyers claimed he would not get a fair trial."
Friday, April 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, January 25, 2010
Abu Qatada
Views from the Occident, "Statement to the Muslims from Shaykh Abu Qatada al-Filistini", 20 Jan 2010 "A letter from imprisoned jihadi-Salafi scholar Abu Qatada al-Filistini [The Palestinian] was released on January 20. He is awaiting extradition from Great Britain, where he has lived in political asylum for years, to his native Jordan. He has has close ties to senior leaders in al-Qa'ida Central and is accused of being a member of the group's juridical council."
Monday, November 16, 2009
Fatwas from prisons
David Leppard, Times Online, Terrorists smuggle fatwas out of secure prisons, 15 Nov 09 "Some of Britain’s most dangerous Al-Qaeda leaders are promoting jihad from inside high-security prisons by smuggling out propaganda for the internet and finding recruits."
The report is published by the Quilliam Foundation.
The report is published by the Quilliam Foundation.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Hostage killed
BBC News, Al-Qaeda 'kills British hostage', 3 Jun 09 "The militants posted a statement on an Islamist website announcing the killing.
""The British captive was killed so that he, and with him the British state, may taste a tiny portion of what innocent Muslims taste every day at the hands of the Crusader and Jewish coalition to the east and to the west," it said.""
""The British captive was killed so that he, and with him the British state, may taste a tiny portion of what innocent Muslims taste every day at the hands of the Crusader and Jewish coalition to the east and to the west," it said.""
Monday, April 06, 2009
Abu Qatada allegations
BBC News, Abu Qatada 'issues jail edicts', 5 Apr 09," Radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada has been issuing messages to his followers from his British jail cell, according to anti-extremism researchers.
"Statements said to be from the Jordanian have appeared recently on a number of extremist websites.
"The Quilliam Foundation think tank say Abu Qatada has released three letters from prison in four months.
"But the Prison Service says Quilliam's claims that it has been incompetent are "completely unfounded"."
Quilliam Foundation
"Statements said to be from the Jordanian have appeared recently on a number of extremist websites.
"The Quilliam Foundation think tank say Abu Qatada has released three letters from prison in four months.
"But the Prison Service says Quilliam's claims that it has been incompetent are "completely unfounded"."
Quilliam Foundation
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Abu Qatada
Abu Qatada
ft.com, Law lords approve Qatada deportation, 18 Feb 09 "The strategy of using diplomatic agreements to deport suspected terrorists won the backing of the UK’s highest court yesterday in the case of a radical Islamic preacher once described as al-Qaeda’s “spiritual ambassador” in Europe."
ft.com, Law lords approve Qatada deportation, 18 Feb 09 "The strategy of using diplomatic agreements to deport suspected terrorists won the backing of the UK’s highest court yesterday in the case of a radical Islamic preacher once described as al-Qaeda’s “spiritual ambassador” in Europe."
Monday, September 15, 2008
UK
Mail on Sunday, Merchants of Hatred: On the anniversary of 9/11 this terrifying investigation reveals the hatred of Britain's enemies within, 14 Sep 08 " Gordon Brown and Communities Minister Hazel Blears welcomed Muslim worshippers from Regent's Park Mosque to a meeting in Downing Street to launch a huge Labour campaign to combat Islamic extremism at grassroots level following the London bombings of 2005.
"As part of this initiative-200 different organisations from 70 parts of Britain with large Muslim populations have received millions in public grants under what is officially called the Preventing Extremism Pathfinder Fund - a total of £15million a year." Sue Reid's piece also discusses Omar Bakri Mohammed, Anjem Choudary, Abu Qatada and Yasser Al-Sirri.
Also see communities.gov.uk, Preventing Extremism Pathfinder Fund (pdf)
Mail on Sunday, Merchants of Hatred: On the anniversary of 9/11 this terrifying investigation reveals the hatred of Britain's enemies within, 14 Sep 08 " Gordon Brown and Communities Minister Hazel Blears welcomed Muslim worshippers from Regent's Park Mosque to a meeting in Downing Street to launch a huge Labour campaign to combat Islamic extremism at grassroots level following the London bombings of 2005.
"As part of this initiative-200 different organisations from 70 parts of Britain with large Muslim populations have received millions in public grants under what is officially called the Preventing Extremism Pathfinder Fund - a total of £15million a year." Sue Reid's piece also discusses Omar Bakri Mohammed, Anjem Choudary, Abu Qatada and Yasser Al-Sirri.
Also see communities.gov.uk, Preventing Extremism Pathfinder Fund (pdf)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Abu Qatada
bloomberg.com, U.K. Home Office Seeks to Deport Freed Islamist Cleric Qatada, 17 Jun 08 "According to the eight-page bail order document, the cleric must wear an electronic tag and is forbidden from attending a mosque or leading prayers in a religious institution. He must stay in his residence for at least 22 hours a day, and can only leave his house twice a day in hourly excursions beginning at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. He is banned from attending meetings of any kind, using mobile phones, computers or the internet."
bloomberg.com, U.K. Home Office Seeks to Deport Freed Islamist Cleric Qatada, 17 Jun 08 "According to the eight-page bail order document, the cleric must wear an electronic tag and is forbidden from attending a mosque or leading prayers in a religious institution. He must stay in his residence for at least 22 hours a day, and can only leave his house twice a day in hourly excursions beginning at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. He is banned from attending meetings of any kind, using mobile phones, computers or the internet."
Friday, May 09, 2008
Abu Qatada
thelondonpaper.com, Disappointment as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' granted bail Friday, 9 May 2008 "Qatada is currently being held in a specialist unit at Long Lartin in Worcestershire but could be released within weeks, once details of the conditions of his bail are agreed."
thelondonpaper.com, Disappointment as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' granted bail Friday, 9 May 2008 "Qatada is currently being held in a specialist unit at Long Lartin in Worcestershire but could be released within weeks, once details of the conditions of his bail are agreed."
Thursday, May 17, 2007
BBC News, To our own correspondent, Alan, 17 May 2007, "It is 66 days since BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was abducted by a group of armed men in Gaza. Thursday is his birthday." [also see left-hand side bar button and click on it to show your support]
Reuters, Cleric held in UK offers to help free BBC reporter, 17 May 07 "The Islamic Observatory Centre said in a statement it had received a letter from radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada offering to help gain the release of BBC's Alan Johnston.
"Abu Qatada said he was issuing the letter because the "British government has been trying to deal with me in an incorrect manner in the matter of Alan Johnston". He did not elaborate."
Dramatic moment in the trial of Younes Tsouli, Waseem Mughal, and Tariq al-Daour: The Sun, Judge: What is a website?, 17 May 07 "Judge Peter Openshaw brought a shuddering halt to the trial of three men accused of internet terror offences as a witness was being quizzed about an extremist web forum.
"He told shocked prosecutors at Woolwich Crown Court, South East London: "The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a website is."" Er, he could have mentioned that at the start of the trial...
AKI, Al-Sunna offers al-Qaeda olive branch, 17 May 07 "Following violent clashes between al-Qaeda militants and members of other anti-government Sunni Muslim groups in Iraq in recent weeks, one of the groups, Ansar al-Sunna appears to have made a peace offer judging by messages posted on Islamist Internet sites."
For the record (nothing new): charlotte.com, Internet a terrorist haven; New laws needed to thwart jihadists' Web-based networks, 17 May 07 "The U.S. has stepped up its cyber terrorism divisions since 9-11, but we are still far behind the terrorists when it comes to the Internet. They seem to always be one step ahead of our intelligence agencies and we can rarely locate and break up their communications."
MidEast News Source, Google Your to Way to God, 17 May 07 multi-faith approach to the subject, quite an interesting overview: ""A worshipper can read the sermon's transcript from the Internet. He can also appoint someone from his family to record the service in his absence," says Sheikh 'Ikrima 'Sabri of Al-Aq-sa Mosque. "People with a video camera or a small recording device can enter the mosque and record. We see it happening, and we aren't opposed to it."
""I may not be able to attend a major Muslim conference in Malaysia, or in Qatar or somewhere, but I can log in and follow the proceedings from the comfort of my home," says Mogra, who uses the Internet to listen to sermons and lectures of Muslim imams and scholars."
Article/op-ed by Pervez Hoodbhoy, professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan: stabroeknews.com, Pervez Musharraf's mianions of terror, 17 May 07"As Islamabad heads the way of Pakistan's tribal towns, the next targets will be girls' schools, Internet cafes, bookshops, and stores selling Western clothing, followed by purveyors of toilet paper, tampons, underwear, mannequins, and other un-Islamic goods."
Opinion piece by Shahed Amanullah: altmuslim, Seeing Eye To Eye On Extremism, 16 May 07, "Give Muslims the freedom to fight extremism on the front lines. The main place that extremism thrives is not your local mosque, but on the Internet. There are bulletin boards and websites where anger, hatred, and conspiracy - left unchecked by voices of reason - provide the fuel for extremist thought and action. It would be wonderful if moderate Muslims confronted this ideology directly, but few would risk being targeted by the government as a visitor to extremist websites under the current climate of assumed guilt. Without assurances that law-abiding Muslims wishing to confront extremists on the Internet won't get swept up in the anti-terror dragnet, few will take the risk."
Reuters, Cleric held in UK offers to help free BBC reporter, 17 May 07 "The Islamic Observatory Centre said in a statement it had received a letter from radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada offering to help gain the release of BBC's Alan Johnston.
"Abu Qatada said he was issuing the letter because the "British government has been trying to deal with me in an incorrect manner in the matter of Alan Johnston". He did not elaborate."
Dramatic moment in the trial of Younes Tsouli, Waseem Mughal, and Tariq al-Daour: The Sun, Judge: What is a website?, 17 May 07 "Judge Peter Openshaw brought a shuddering halt to the trial of three men accused of internet terror offences as a witness was being quizzed about an extremist web forum.
"He told shocked prosecutors at Woolwich Crown Court, South East London: "The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a website is."" Er, he could have mentioned that at the start of the trial...
AKI, Al-Sunna offers al-Qaeda olive branch, 17 May 07 "Following violent clashes between al-Qaeda militants and members of other anti-government Sunni Muslim groups in Iraq in recent weeks, one of the groups, Ansar al-Sunna appears to have made a peace offer judging by messages posted on Islamist Internet sites."
For the record (nothing new): charlotte.com, Internet a terrorist haven; New laws needed to thwart jihadists' Web-based networks, 17 May 07 "The U.S. has stepped up its cyber terrorism divisions since 9-11, but we are still far behind the terrorists when it comes to the Internet. They seem to always be one step ahead of our intelligence agencies and we can rarely locate and break up their communications."
MidEast News Source, Google Your to Way to God, 17 May 07 multi-faith approach to the subject, quite an interesting overview: ""A worshipper can read the sermon's transcript from the Internet. He can also appoint someone from his family to record the service in his absence," says Sheikh 'Ikrima 'Sabri of Al-Aq-sa Mosque. "People with a video camera or a small recording device can enter the mosque and record. We see it happening, and we aren't opposed to it."
""I may not be able to attend a major Muslim conference in Malaysia, or in Qatar or somewhere, but I can log in and follow the proceedings from the comfort of my home," says Mogra, who uses the Internet to listen to sermons and lectures of Muslim imams and scholars."
Article/op-ed by Pervez Hoodbhoy, professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan: stabroeknews.com, Pervez Musharraf's mianions of terror, 17 May 07"As Islamabad heads the way of Pakistan's tribal towns, the next targets will be girls' schools, Internet cafes, bookshops, and stores selling Western clothing, followed by purveyors of toilet paper, tampons, underwear, mannequins, and other un-Islamic goods."
Opinion piece by Shahed Amanullah: altmuslim, Seeing Eye To Eye On Extremism, 16 May 07, "Give Muslims the freedom to fight extremism on the front lines. The main place that extremism thrives is not your local mosque, but on the Internet. There are bulletin boards and websites where anger, hatred, and conspiracy - left unchecked by voices of reason - provide the fuel for extremist thought and action. It would be wonderful if moderate Muslims confronted this ideology directly, but few would risk being targeted by the government as a visitor to extremist websites under the current climate of assumed guilt. Without assurances that law-abiding Muslims wishing to confront extremists on the Internet won't get swept up in the anti-terror dragnet, few will take the risk."
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