Extremism - Page 7

BEIJING (AP) — Courts in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang sentenced 32 people to prison, three of them for life, for terror charges stemming from downloading and spreading violent Internet content that authorities have blamed for inspiring a recent

There are so many reasons cited for UKIP’s successes at the European Elections this month – none greater to my mind than that the British political establishment has continued with its “business as usual” attitude in the face of almost

On Friday, the Fourth of July, a memorial was held at the Los Angeles International Airport to honor the memory of Vicki Hen, a young woman who was fatally gunned down by a terrorist on U.S. soil 12 years ago.

I’ve always had Muslim housekeepers. They’re clean and they don’t steal things. But do I worry about coming home one day to discover bomb-making equipment alongside the prayer mat and Koran that are now permanent fixtures in my living room?

As well-publicised bouts of Islamist violence plague the Middle East, concern about Islamic extremism is high among countries with substantial Muslim populations, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Lebanese, Tunisians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Turks are all more

Russia continues its war on freedom as Moscow passed a law that says people could receive a prison sentence for supporting extremist activities online. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on Monday. However, the extremist activities were not specified,

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday threw his support to U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel in the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District, an endorsement that came with less than 48 hours to go

Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL), has claimed that the prison in which he was serving an 18-month sentence is “run by Islam”, with radical Islamist inmates bullying non-Muslims, encouraging people to convert and assaulting

CITY OF LONDON, United Kingdom – Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has today referred to U.S. President Barack Obama’s approach to Islamic extremism as ‘disappointingly complacent’ in a speech to the Margaret Thatcher Liberty Conference in London. The high-profile

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition aired a story by Kirk Siegler on Tuesday morning on the enduring tensions at Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada, where armed protestors faced down the federal government in May. The story notes that the married couple who

In the days before the last cabinet reshuffle, there were a number Conservative Party MPs absolutely convinced that they were in line for a promotion.  “Have you heard anything?” one texted me hopefully, chancing that someone in his phonebook would

We’ve all heard of Miliband-wagons, and allegations that he is Labour’s political donkey, but Ed has now added Trojan Horse to his list of dubious accolades. Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions came amidst real concerns that Islamists were indoctrinating some of

Bradford has become the latest British city named as a target for Islamists who have sought to take over schools and radicalise young children. The BBC reports that Councillor Faisal Khan, who previously represented George Galloway MP’s ‘Respect Party’, visited

Books were found at the Islamic Olive Tree Primary School in Luton, England suggesting that stoning and lashing individuals were proper punishments for misbehavior, according to a UK government investigation. After an Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services

Five Muslim dominated state schools in Birmingham have been placed into special measures, following yesterday’s damning report into the Trojan Horse plot. In one case, a loudspeaker was placed in the playground to call pupils to prayer, and another invited

Acting as a human buffer in the House of Commons chamber yesterday, the insurmountable Eric Pickles separated Michael Gove and Theresa May, the two Conservative cabinet ministers who have been warring recently.  When the Home Secretary gave way for the

The Telegraph’s Andrew Gilligan has today written about the Guardian newspaper’s inability to report the Islamist ‘Trojan Horse’ plot correctly: There’s a lot of bad journalism about Muslims in this country, but not all of it is at the tabloid

How long do you think a white teacher would last in a British primary school if he were to tell his class of seven-year olds that all non-Christians were “filthy heathens”? Or if he referred to black people using the

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants snap inspections at schools in response to “deeply concerning” allegations of a plot by extremist Muslims to take over schools in the English city of Birmingham. In March an anonymous,

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three villages in northeastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on

British schools watchdog ‘Ofsted’ is planning to give teachers guidance on combating extremism and radicalism in the classroom following the recent ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal where radical Islamists have attempted to take over schools in Birmingham. A source at the Department

Days after Breitbart London first reported electoral discrepancies in Tower Hamlets, BBC London has done its own report on the matter. Using Breitbart London footage, with permission, the BBC presented a package which showed that polling stations were impeded, and that

A leading Muslim charity is under investigation amidst allegations that it promoted intolerance towards the Jewish community and called for adulterers and gay people to be stoned to death, according to the Telegraph. The Charity Commission is said to have

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been suspected of killing 27 people in attacks on two separate villages in northeast Nigeria, within close proximity to where almost 300 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram last month.  Police reported that ten

It is a cliche to publicly remember “where you were when” some major event took place, but I hope you’ll indulge me, because “where I was when” Drummer Lee Rigby was getting murdered on a London street could not have

One of UKIP’s most senior European candidates has refused to apologise after she was pictured making an offensive hand gesture at protesters. Janice Atkinson made the ‘one-fingered salute’ after members of the People’s Assembly of Ashford had screamed abuse at

Egyptian general and presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the man largely responsible for dethroning the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, asked the United States for help in fighting his country’s battle against Islamist extremism. “We are fighting a war against terrorism,”

While Indians wait for the official results of their just-completed 2014 national election to be announced Friday, all eyes and expectations now fall upon the man everyone is certain will be the next Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy:

Government censorship is not helping to combat Islamist extremism, according to a new report. The counter-extremist Quilliam Foundation instead calls on legislators to create a new “social media outlet” that debunks extremist propaganda and clarifies government policies. The report says

During Hillary Clinton’s tenure, the State Department failed to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization, in spite of the fact that Boko Haram had become second only to the Taliban as the deadliest terrorist organization. Clinton will rightly have to

ST IVES, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK — An over-capacity crowd of around 650 people met UKIP leader Nigel Farage for the final town hall-style meeting of his pre-European Election tour of the United Kingdom. With UKIP swag plastered all over the Burgess

“What was causing the protests in Cairo that the CIA mentions? The video.” That’s how Slate’s John Dickerson pushes back against the idea that the new White House emails on (sorry, Jay Carney) Benghazi, obtained via a FOIA request by

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization founded in 1909 to fight racists, now provides indulgences to them. Disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s lifetime achievement award, revoked by the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP

In the interest of time (I’m nearly a half century old and have fewer years ahead than I’ve already swallowed up), I do my best to avoid black holes: what I call “time-suck” stories that are so murky and slippery