Saudis Retrace Route of Abraha’s Army That Came to Destroy Kaa’bah
New Age Islam News Bureau
9
Oct 2014
People gather at the site of a suicide bombing as Yemeni security officials collect debris in Sanaa, Yemen, (AP Photo)
Arab World
• Saudis
Retrace Route of Abraha’s Army That Came to Destroy Kaa’bah
• ISIS
controls more than a third of Syria’s Kobani
• Iraqi
Airstrike Kills 30 ISIL Terrorists in Tikrit
• Car bomb
kills 12 in Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad
• Army
Breaks ISIL Siege on 300 Iraqi Soldiers in Ramadi
• Islamic
State claims downing Iraqi military helicopter
• Australia
launches first anti-ISIS airstrike in Iraq
• Terror
rehab centre helps 500 inmates perform Haj
• Oman
sets up central Shariah board in move to boost Islamic finance
• ISIS
supporters mourn death of ‘youngest fighter’
Mideast
• Suicide
bombings in Yemen kill at least 50 people
• Diaspora
Kurds return to homeland to battle ISIL jihadists
• Non-Aligned
Nations Urge Global Action against Terrorism
• Palestinian
mufti slams Israel for ban on Muslims entering Al-Aqsa
• Turkey
says it 'can't lead' Syria ground operation alone
'• US approach over last 20 years to Israeli-Palestinian conflict has produced no results'
Palestinian
unity govt holds first Gaza cabinet meet
South Asia
• 26
militants killed, 13 others injured in Afghan army operations
• Iran
Raps Ahmed Shaheed for Unfair Report
• US
cable: JMB filled with disgruntled Jamaat-Shibir men
Pakistan
• Cannot
rule out presence of IS militants in Balochistan: Chief Minister
• Army to
eliminate terrorism: COAS
• PM Nawaz
visits Miranshah to review Zarb-e-Azb
• Karachi:
Death toll from toxic liquor rises to 27
• US drone
strike kills four in North Waziristan
• Bilawal
Bhutto accuses India of adopting 'Israel model'
• Jamaat-i-Islami
condemns drone attacks
India
• We have
responded with courage to ceasefire violation by Pakistan: PM
'• India walking into Pak trap with fire for fire'
• Indian
carried father on his shoulders to Haj pilgrimage
North America
• American
Revert Stands in Awe before Kaa’bah
• U.S.
think-tank says it located possible blast at Iran military site
• Canada
seeks to jail 80 who took part in foreign terror plots
• US, UK
ready to 'examine' idea of Syria buffer zone
• US warns
air strikes alone cannot save Kobane from IS
Europe
• Isil
terror suspect Tarik offered place at top UK University
• French
family of 11 suspected of waging ‘jihad’ in Syria
• Belgium
Islamist ‘No Different To Pussy Riot,’ Trial Hears
• Peter
Kassig's former cellmate says conversion to Islam was 'natural'
• Turkey
asks NATO to introduce safe haven issue to alliance’s agenda
• A
Western jihadi explains why he fights in Syria
• Serbia
charges five over terrorist recruitment
Africa
• EU
Representative says Libya could be next to fall to extremism
• Tunisia
suspends TV show for 'glorifying terrorism'
Southeast Asia
• Islam
doesn’t condone burning bibles: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
• ‘Burn
the bible’ cannot be justified as defending Islam — Saifuddin Abdullah
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Arab World
Saudis
Retrace Route of Abraha’s Army That Came to Destroy Kaa’bah
9
October 2014
A group
of young Saudi history enthusiasts has retraced the path of the People of the
Elephant who tried to destroy the Holy Kaa’bah centuries ago.
The Holy
Qur’an, in a short chapter, briefly refers to the story of the army of
elephants led by Abraha Al-Ashram, who was a governor of Yemen. God destroyed
Abraha and his army that included 13 elephants, by sending flocks of birds that
dropped small stones on them.
“There
never fell a stone on a soldier except it dissolved his flesh and burst it into
pieces … Abraha Al-Ashram fled while his flesh was bursting into pieces and
died on the way back to Yemen,” said the 14th century scholar Ibn Kathir, an
authentic Qur’an commentator.
During
their tiring journey across mountains and rough terrain, the young Saudi men
took photographs of important landmarks, beginning from north of Najran, to the
east of Asir, and then east of Baha.
Some of
the most important historical sites along the way included inscriptions of
elephants on rocks in the Al-Qahr Mountain, southeast of Tathlith; an old well
in Hafaer, east of Asir; and a paved road near Kara in Aqeeq principality in
the Baha region.
Mohammed
Al-Amry, head of the geology department at King Saud University, said he had
seen the path of Abraha and his army in Tathlith and Baha. “The army had passed
the Arabian shield region comprising rocks and there were writings in the Humairiya
language on some mountains,” he said.
According
to historical Islamic sources, Abraha, who was a Christian, had thought of
building a church similar to the Kaa’bah in Sanaa. He wanted the Arabs to
perform the pilgrimage in Sanaa instead of Makkah, with the intention of
diverting trade and benefits to Yemen. He presented the idea to the then king
of Ethiopia who agreed to it.
Abraha
built the church but the Arabs refused to come for pilgrimage in Sanaa. This
infuriated him, prompting him to form an army to invade Makkah and demolish the
Kaaba. He defeated all Arab armies on the way until he reached Makkah where he
was attacked by the flocks of birds sent by the Almighty.
http://www.arabnews.com/news/641556
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ISIS
controls more than a third of Syria’s Kobani
9
October 2014
Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants control more than a third of the
Syrian border town of Kobani, Agence France-Presse reported a monitoring group
as saying on Thursday, after three weeks of fighting Kurdish forces backed by
U.S.-led air strikes.
“ISIS
control more than a third of Kobani. All eastern areas, a small part of the
north east and an area in the south east,” head of the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, Rami Abdulrahman, said by telephone.
Meanwhile,
the U.S.-led coalition on Thursday carried out two fresh strikes on ISIS
jihadist positions in Kobane, said an AFP reporter just across the border in
Turkey.
The
strikes targeted the city’s southwest, which is under control of Kurdish forces
who have been fighting off a three-week ISIS advance on the strategic town.
U.S.
says air power not enough
While
the U.S. and coalition airstrikes have forced some ISIS militants out of the
Syrian border town of Kobani, air power is not enough to save the city, the
Associated Press reported a Pentagon spokesman as saying on Wednesday.
“Kobani
could be taken. We recognize that,” Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press
secretary, told reporters.
“We’re
doing everything we can from the air to try to halt the momentum of ISIS
against that town,” he added. “Air power is not going to be alone enough to
save that city.”
Turkey
says no to unilateral action
Turkey
maintains it does not want Kobani to fall, but Turkish officials said they will
not enter combat until they are assured that the U.S.-led coalition has a
long-term strategy in Syria.
Turkey
on Thursday also said it cannot be expected to lead a ground operation against
jihadists in Syria alone, amid growing pressure on Ankara from the West to
intervene militarily.
“It’s
not realistic to expect that Turkey will lead a ground operation on its own,”
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a news conference with visiting NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Turkey’s
inaction despite its supposed participation in a coalition forged to crush the
extremist group is frustrating Washington and its NATO allies, and reviving a
rebellion by Turkish Kurds.
No plans
for boots on ground
Turkey’s
statement came after Pentagon officials asserted that they are not planning to
ask President Barack Obama to commit ground forces to the fight inside Syria,
Kirby said.
“We all
need to prepare ourselves for the reality that other towns and villages - and
perhaps Kobani- will be taken by ISIS,” Kirby said, adding that the key to
eventually defeating the militants is to train and enable indigenous ground
forces.
The U.S.
and partner countries, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, have been bombing ISIS targets in Syria under Obama’s order to
degrade and destroy the group. But administration officials have cautioned that
the going will be slow.
“We
don’t have a force inside Syria that we can cooperate with and work with,”
Kirby said.
U.S.
plans to train rebels
That is
why the administration is planning to train and arm 5,000 moderate opposition
Syrian fighters at sites elsewhere in the Middle East and then insert them back
into Syria to take on ISIS forces, Kirby said.
There
were airstrikes at six locations around Kobani on Tuesday, and others earlier
this week. Kirby said there are mixed reports about how many ISIS militants
pulled back from the town under pressure from the air.
In a
statement Wednesday night, U.S. Central Command said it appeared that Kurdish
militia continued to control most of the city and were holding out against the
militants.
Obama
was at the Pentagon on Wednesday to consult with military leaders on progress
in the campaign to counter ISIS.
The
office of Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he
will host a meeting Oct. 14 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland with his
counterparts from about 20 of the countries that have joined the U.S. in
combating ISIS.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/U-S-says-strikes-not-enough-to-save-Syria-s-Kobane-.html
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Iraqi
Airstrike Kills 30 ISIL Terrorists in Tikrit
9
October 2014
Iraqi
air force fighter jets on Wednesday killed 30 terrorists of the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Central Tikrit, Salahuddin province.
"The
Iraqi air force bombed the ISIL shelters near the Presidential Palaces, and
killed 30 terrorists and burned some of their vehicles," an informed
source said.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930716001320
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Car bomb
kills 12 in Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad
9 October 2014
A car
bomb blast on a busy street of Baghdad’s largest Shiite neighborhood killed at
least 12 people, Iraqi police and medical sources said Thursday.
The
bomb, which exploded near a cafe in Sadr City late Wednesday, also left at least
33 people wounded, the sources said.
The
sprawling northeastern district is hit by suicide, roadside and other bombs
almost every week.
According
to the United Nations, more than 1,110 people were killed in acts of violence
across Iraq last month.
While
the bloodshed has been mainly on the frontlines where federal, Kurdish and
allied forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group, blasts and executions in
Baghdad continue to take a heavy toll.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/Car-bomb-kills-12-in-Shiite-neighborhood-of-Baghdad-.html
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Army
Breaks ISIL Siege on 300 Iraqi Soldiers in Ramadi
9
October 2014
Iraqi
troops managed to break a siege by the ISIL terrorists on hundreds of soldiers
in an area of the Western province of al-Anbar.
"Iraqi
forces were able to liberate overnight as many as 300 troops who had been
surrounded by ISIL terrorists in the city of Ramadi, located 110 kilometers
West of Baghdad," a military source told Alforat news agency.
The
Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi
Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior
Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab
states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL
has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by
the Israeli regime.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930716001189
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Islamic
State claims downing Iraqi military helicopter
9 October 2014
Islamic
State claimed that it shot down an Iraqi army helicopter in northern Iraq, the
SITE monitoring group reported early on Thursday.
The
helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad near
the Baiji oil refinery, the largest such facility in the country, according to
an Iraqi army officer.
The
officer confirmed two army personnel died, but said the crash was still under
investigation.
Islamic
State said on Twitter that it downed the aircraft and published pictures that
it claimed were of the debris and the corpse of one of the pilots.
The
Islamic State Twitter feed also included a photo of one of their fighters
preparing to fire off a shoulder-held rocket or missile that the group said
struck the helicopter.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Islamic-State-claims-downing-Iraqi-military-helicopter-378460
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Australia
launches first anti-ISIS airstrike in Iraq
9
October 2014
An
Australian jet fighter has made the country’s first airstrike against an
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group’s target in Iraq since the Australian
government committed its air force to combat missions, defense officials said
on Thursday.
The
Australian Defense Force did not say what type of facility had been attacked or
where in northern Iraq it was.
“Two
bombs were dropped from an F/A-18F Super Hornet on to an ISIS facility”
overnight, a Defense statement said.
“All
aircraft exited the target area safely and returned to base,” it added.
Australia
has six Super Hornets based in the United Arab Emirates. A 200-strong ground
force including Special Forces are waiting for legal guarantees from the Iraqi
government before they enter that country to advise and assist Iraqi security forces.
The Australian troops will not take part in combat.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/Australia-launches-first-anti-ISIS-airstrike-in-Iraq.html
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Terror
rehab center helps 500 inmates perform Haj
9
October 2014
An
estimated 500 beneficiaries from the Prince Mohammed Bin Naif Counseling and
Care Center and their families have gone on Haj this year with support from the
center’s annual pilgrim campaign, said Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen.
Mansour Al-Turki.
Other
center inmates who have not taken part in the center’s programs will spend the
rest of the Eid Al-Adha holiday with their families and then return back to the
center.
This is
the fourth campaign launched by the center. The program is aimed at
reconnecting members with their parents and correcting extremist thought among
the center’s inmates, in addition to raising awareness about legal and
religious perspectives.
The camp
also offers many religious awareness lectures to complement the center’s
programs and provides advice to inmates and their loved ones.
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/641486
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Oman
sets up central Shariah board in move to boost Islamic finance
9
October 2014
MUSCAT –
Oman’s central bank has set up a Shariah supervisory board to help oversee the
sultanate’s Islamic banking industry, a centralized model that is increasingly
being adopted across the global industry.
Shariah
boards are groups of scholars who rule on whether financial instruments and
activities follow religious principles, such as bans on interest payments and
pure monetary speculation.
Oman was
the last nation in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council to introduce Islamic
finance, publishing rules for it in 2012. The introduction of a central Shariah
board could now speed up product development, limit costs for Islamic banks and
facilitate issues of sukuk (Islamic bonds).
The
central bank appointed five members to its Shariah board, which will have
direct oversight of Islamic banking institutions, similar to the approach taken
by regulators in Malaysia, Pakistan, Morocco and Nigeria. The five members were
chosen from seven nominated candidates, the central bank said without naming
them.
Full
report at:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141009220619
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ISIS
supporters mourn death of ‘youngest fighter’
9
October 2014
Supporters
of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group have recently circulated
pictures of the “Cub of Baghdadi,” who they say is the youngest ISIS “martyr”
from the Arabian Peninsula to have been killed in Syria.
On “The
Cub of Baghdadi Channel” on YouTube, ISIS supporters on Oct. 7 published an
obituary for the young boy.
“In life
we have met, and in the afterlife, we have the hope - we ask God to see you in
happiness, in a place where this no boredom. In heaven,” it read.
The
YouTube video featured a collage of pictures of the young boy who is believed
to be 10-years-old. The images, which show him wearing military clothes and
carrying arms, cannot be independently verified however.
Other
pictures show him posing with his “martyred” father. The video has garnered at
least 56,296 views as of Thursday.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/ISIS-supporters-mourn-death-of-youngest-fighter-.html
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Mideast
Suicide
bombings in Yemen kill at least 50 people
9
October 2014
Yemeni
officials say two suicide bombings - one in the capital, Sanaa, the other in
the country’s south - have killed at least 50 people, the Associated Press
reported.
Security
and hospital officials say 30 people died when a suicide bomber set off his
explosives in central Sanaa on Thursday morning, targeting a gathering of
supporters of the rebel Shiite Houthi movement that recently overran the city.
Medics
at nearby Police Hospital sent urgent calls for doctors to help cope with a
high number of casualties.
Policemen
guarding a local bank near the scene said a man apparently wearing a suicide
belt approached the Houthi checkpoint. “He then exploded amidst the (Houthi)
security and ordinary people near by,” the policemen told Reuters.
The
second bombing took place at the outskirts of the southern city of Mukalla,
where a suicide car bomber rammed his car against a security outpost, killing
at least 20 soldiers.
No one
has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the incident appears to mirror
previous bombings carried out by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/At-least-20-killed-in-suicide-bombing-in-Sanaa-.html
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Diaspora
Kurds return to homeland to battle ISIL jihadists
9
October 2014
Three
months ago, Karwan Baban said goodbye to Germany and drove his minibus to his
native Iraqi Kurdistan to join the peshmerga battling jihadists of the Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
After a
five-day road trip through Austria, eastern Europe and Turkey to northern Iraq,
he slipped into his peshmerga uniform: "Herr Baban," the Düsseldorf
import-export manager, had become "Colonel Karwan."
To the
great alarm of their governments, several thousand Europeans have joined the
ranks of the ISIL, which proclaimed a "caliphate" over parts of Syria
and Iraq in June.
On the
other side of the battle line, dozens of Kurds from the European diaspora are
also leaving their Western lives behind to take up arms and protect their
homeland.
Col.
Karwan had already fought for the peshmerga under the dictatorship of former
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
When
ISIL fighters launched their offensive in Iraq in early June and it became
clear that they were a threat to Kurdistan, he did not hesitate to leave
Germany - where he had lived for a decade - with his family.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/diaspora-kurds-return-to-homeland-to-battle-isil-jihadists.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72724&NewsCatID=359
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Non-Aligned
Nations Urge Global Action against Terrorism
9
October 2014
Iran's
Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam Hossein Dehqani, on behalf of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), condemned all forms of terrorism, and called on the
world nations to grow united against the spread of terrorist groups.
The
Iranian envoy made the remarks in a statement read to The Sixth Committee of
the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on "Measures to
eliminate international terrorism" (Agenda item 107).
The full
text of the NAM's statement follows:
Mr.
Chairman,
I have
the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The
Non-Aligned Movement unequivocally condemns, as criminal, and rejects terrorism
in all its forms and manifestations, as well as all acts, methods and practices
of terrorism wherever, by whomever, against whomsoever committed, including
those in which States are directly or indirectly involved, which are
unjustifiable whatever the considerations or factors that may be invoked to
justify them, and in this context, NAM members reaffirm their support for the
provisions contained in General Assembly resolution 46/51 of 9 December 1991
and other relevant United Nations resolutions.
Full
report at:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930716001548
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Palestinian
mufti slams Israel for ban on Muslims entering Al-Aqsa
9
October 2014
A senior
Muslim cleric in Palestine criticised Israeli police for preventing from
Muslims worshippers from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday
morning.
"The
situation is difficult as the occupation forces blocked the mosque's gates,
preventing Muslims from entering. They should not prevent worshipers from
entering the mosque; this is an arbitrary action," the mufti of Jerusalem
and the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, said in a phone
conversation with Reuters.
He
described the situation as a major escalation and an imminent danger for the
Al-Aqsa mosque, a site of frequent religious tension in occupied east
Jerusalem.
"Some
people are still trapped inside the mosque, especially the southern quarter of
the mosque; the doors are closed on them," he said.
According
to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Hussein revealed that he was personally
banned from entering the mosque.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112612/World/Region/Palestinian-mufti-slams-Israel-for-ban-on-Muslims-.aspx
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Turkey
says it 'can't lead' Syria ground operation alone
9
October 2014
Turkey
said it cannot be expected to lead a ground operation against jihadists in
Syria alone on Oct. 8, amid discussions on the establishment of a buffer zone
along the Turkish-Syrian border as has been advocated by Ankara.
"It's
not realistic to expect that Turkey will lead a ground operation on its
own," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at a news conference with
visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
There
has been increasing pressure on key NATO member Turkey to use its military
weight against jihadists in Syria but Ankara has so far done nothing despite
winning parliamentary authorization for action last week.
Earlier
this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said U.S.-led air strikes
would not be enough to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
fighters in Kobane across the Syrian border, calling for a "coordinated
ground operation." Erdoğan has said a safe zone for refugees, backed up by
a no-fly zone, must be created inside Syria if Ankara is to consider military
action there.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-says-it-cant-lead-syria-ground-operation-alone.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72729&NewsCatID=510
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'US approach
over last 20 years to Israeli-Palestinian conflict has produced no results'
9
October 2014
Maen
Rashid Areikat has served as the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO)
ambassador to the United States for the past six years. He was director general
of the Negotiation Affairs Department under Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas’ while serving as the president’s personal aide.
Are the
Palestinians finding resistance from the US regarding its plans to obtain a UN
Security Council Resolution setting a timetable for the withdrawal of Israeli
forces?
Areikat: When President Abbas met with US Secretary of
State John Kerry, Kerry did not tell Abbas not to go through with it. He asked
for clarifications and stressed that the US prefers to advance the political
process through direct negotiations: the same US position we’re all familiar
with.
Full
report at:
http://www.jpost.com/International/US-approach-over-last-20-years-to-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict-has-produced-no-results-378420
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Palestinian
unity govt holds first Gaza cabinet meet
9
October 2014
Palestinian
prime minister Rami Hamdallah convened his unity government’s first cabinet
meeting in Gaza on Thursday, months after it swore oath in the West Bank, an
AFP correspondent said.
The
meeting at the Gaza property of president Mahmud Abbas aims to show the
international community a united Palestinian front ahead of a donors conference
in Cairo to pledge aid for reconstruction of the war-battered coastal
territory.
Hamdallah
arrived in the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip on Thursday to convene the first
meeting of a unity government there since a brief civil war in 2007 between
Hamas and forces loyal to the Fatah party.
Dozens
of Fatah security personnel loyal to Abbas and policemen of the Hamas-led
interior ministry in the enclave were out in force to protect Hamdallah, who
did a walk-past inspection of a police guard of honor, Reuters reported.
He was
due to visit neighborhoods destroyed in a 50-day war with Israel in July and
August, and his presence may encourage donor countries to pledge funds to
rebuild Gaza, which he has estimated will cost $4 billion over the next three
years.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/Palestinian-PM-in-Gaza-for-first-unity-govt-meeting.html
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South Asia
26
militants killed, 13 others injured in Afghan army operations
Oct 09
2014
At least
26 anti-government armed militants were killed and 13 others were injured
following clearing operations conducted by Afghan security forces.
The
Ministry of Defense (MoD) spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, said Thursday that the
operations led by Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were conducted in the past
24 hours.
Gen.
Azimi further added that the Afghan forces conducted at least 13 clearing
operations in 7 different provinces of the country.
He said
Afghan forces also confiscated various types of weapons and ammuntition during
the operations.
According
to Gen. Azimi, an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was also martyred following
an improvised explosive device (IED) attack during the same period.
The
anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the reports
so far.
http://www.khaama.com/26-militants-killed-13-others-injured-in-afghan-army-operations-8775
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Iran
Raps Ahmed Shaheed for Unfair Report
9
October 2014
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh
Afkham blasted the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed
Shaheed, for giving out an unjust report against Tehran that, she said, has
been compiled on the basis of unorthodox methods and not through research.
"The
report is one-sided and unrealistic and has been compiled without paying
attention to the regulations pertaining to the responsibilities of Human Rights
Council agents and lacks the necessary legal basis," Afkham told reporters
in her weekly press conference in Tehran on Wednesday.
"We
are suspicious of the unfair and unscientific performance of the rapporteur due
to his ignorance of international principles and criteria," she added.
Afkham
underlined that during the recent months "Shaheed has traveled to certain
European countries on some so-called fact-finding mission, but made biased
interviews with the media, and shown prejudiced claims from the position of a
political contender against the Islamic Republic and seriously violated the
rules governing the responsibilities of human rights rapporteurs".
Full
report at:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930716000771
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US
cable: JMB filled with disgruntled Jamaat-Shibir men
Oct 09
2014
After
the series bomb blasts of August 17, 2005, the media as well as the Awami
League leaders and political observers alleged that then the BNP-led government
ally Jamaat-e-Islami had connection with banned radical Islamist group JMB –
both having the common aim to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh.
However,
an aide of then prime minister Khaleda Zia acknowledged that many Jamaat men
had joined the JMB.
Even
though Jamaat then denied having any organisational link with the JMB
(Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) and like-minded Jagrata Muslim Janata
Bangladesh (JMJB), two of its senior leaders admitted that there were some
former Jamaat members in the JMB, according to US embassy cables leaked by
whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
On
December 14, 2005, then US charge d affairs in Dhaka Judith Chammas met with
former PMO principal secretary Kamal Siddiqui.
Full
report at:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/oct/09/us-cable-jmb-filled-disgruntled-jamaat-shibir-men
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Pakistan
Cannot
rule out presence of IS militants in Balochistan: Chief Minister
OCTOBER
9, 2014
QUETTA:
The chief minister of insurgency-hit Balochistan says that he cannot rule out
the presence of Islamic State (IS) militants in the province.
In an
exclusive interview with Dawn News on Wednesday, Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch
said that religious extremism and fanaticism had risen in the province during
last three decades.
Dr Malik
said religious fanatics had penetrated the Baloch society in the aftermath of
the USSR's invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan.
“I
cannot rule out presence of IS or any militant group in Balochistan,” he said
when asked about the reports of presence of the extremist militant group in
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and resource-rich province.
Regarding
missing persons' issue, the chief minister said that his government was
determined and its top priority was to recover the missing persons.
He,
however, admitted that so far “no considerable progress has been made with regard
to missing persons.”
Dr
Baloch said that prior to the establishment of his government; he had apprised
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the issue of missing persons.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136638/cannot-rule-out-presence-of-is-militants-in-balochistan-dr-malik
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Army to
eliminate terrorism: COAS
October
09, 2014
ISLAMABAD
- Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday reiterated his resolve
that military will eliminate terrorism from the country. He stated this while
addressing the troops on Eid Day in North Waziristan Agency.
General
Raheel Sharif spent his second Eid with soldiers fighting terrorism in North
Waziristan. General Raheel Sharif offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers in Wana and later
visited Miranshah. The Army Chief announced that the military would recruit
14,000 soldiers from the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). He further
said that one thousand soldiers would be recruited from the tribal areas of the
country in the next six months.
General
Raheel Sharif also said that 1,500 children from FATA would be provided free
school and college education in the military cantonments whereas seats have
also been reserved for the students from FATA. He further said that the youth
from the tribal areas would be provided technical training by the military
aimed at making them an expert in different fields.
Full
report at:
http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/09-Oct-2014/army-to-eliminate-terrorism-coas
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PM Nawaz
visits Miranshah to review Zarb-e-Azb
9
October 2014
MIRANSHAH:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency to
review the on-going operation Zarb-e-Azb on Thursday, Geo News reported.
Chief of
Army Staff General Raheel Sharif received him upon his arrival in Miranshah.
According
to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Prime Minister was briefed about
the operation Zarb-e-Azb during which he was told that 90% of the area has been
secured by the military. He was also shown weapons and explosives recovered
from the terrorists.
During
his address, Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif said the Pakistan Army was fighting a
war against a enemy which was hidden and carrying out attacks.
Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tributes to soldiers and officers fighting a
difficult war to secure Pakistan's future and make the country safe and secure.
The prime minister praised Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif,
saying the war was being fought successfully under his leadership.
Full
report at:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-162073-PM-Nawaz-visits-Miranshah-to-review-Zarb-e-Azb
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Karachi:
Death toll from toxic liquor rises to 27
OCTOBER
9, 2014
KARACHI:
At least six more people in Karachi have died from alcohol poisoning after
consuming homemade liquor over the Eid public holidays, bringing the total to
27 — the highest recorded toll in seven years, a hospital official said
Thursday.
The toll
has jumped since the first deaths were reported on Tuesday, with residents of
the low-income Landhi and Korangi neighbourhoods of the southern city mainly
affected.
The
incidents highlight the proliferation of low-grade liquor in the Islamic
country, which officially bars Muslims from drinking.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136848/karachi-death-toll-from-toxic-liquor-rises-to-27
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US drone
strike kills four in North Waziristan
OCTOBER
9, 2014
PESHAWAR:
At least four people were killed and three others injured in a US drone attack
in the North Waziristan tribal region, security sources said.
Sources
said the drone fired missiles targeting a vehicle in the Loman area of
Dattakhel Tehsil. Today's strike is the fifth consecutive drone attack in the
last five days, as the US-led drone campaign targets suspected militants and
their hideouts in restive North and South Waziristan.
North
Waziristan is among Pakistan’s seven tribal districts near the Afghan border
which are rife with insurgents and are alleged to be strongholds of Taliban and
Al Qaeda operatives, among others.
Pakistan's
military in mid-June had launched an all-out operation, named 'Zarb-i-Azb',
against Taliban militants in the region which is still under way.
Drone
attacks are widely unpopular across Pakistan and according to survey conducted
in June this year, 66 per cent of the country's citizens oppose these strikes.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1136816/us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-north-waziristan
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Bilawal
Bhutto accuses India of adopting 'Israel model'
Oct 9,
2014
ISLAMABAD:
Days after he vowed that Pakistan will take back entire Kashmir, the country's
'Gen Next' politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday attacked Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, saying Pakistan can retaliate "unlike his victims
from Gujarat".
Accusing
India of adopting "Israel model" against Pakistan, the 26-year-old
scion of the Bhutto family said on Twitter, "Another attack on LOC. Seems
India adopting Israel model vs Pakistan. Modi must realize we can retaliate
unlike his victims from Gujarat."
He said
this amid escalating tension between the two countries after ceasefire violations
and heavy mortar shelling along the Line of Control that has claimed at least
12 lives on both sides.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Bilawal-Bhutto-accuses-India-of-adopting-Israel-model/articleshow/44719937.cms
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Jamaat-i-Islami
condemns drone attacks
October
09, 2014
LAHORE:
Jamaat-i-Islami amir Sirajul Haq has expressed deep concern over three drone
attacks in North Waziristan, killing several people.
In a
statement on Wednesday, Sirajul Haq said it was unfortunate that no government
responsible had been able to stop the drone attacks. He prayed for the killed
ones and condoled the bereaved families. The JI leader also condemned the
firing by Indian forces at the LoC for the last several days, saying such
unprovoked border violations by the Indian troops called for a befitting
response from this side of the LoC.
http://nation.com.pk/lahore/09-Oct-2014/ji-condemns-drone-attacks
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India
We have
responded with courage to ceasefire violation by Pakistan: PM
Oct 9,
2014
Under
fire from the opposition over escalating ceasefire violations by Pakistan,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has responded to the
aggression with courage and lamented public debate on the issue for political
gains.
“Today,
when bullets are being fired on the border, it is the enemy that is screaming.
Our jawans have responded to the aggression with courage,” Modi said at an
election rally at Baramati, the turf of NCP chief and former Defence Minister Sharad
Pawar.
We never
politicised terror attacks in Mumbai or Malegaon, PM said.
“The
enemy has realised that times have changed and their old habits will not be
tolerated,” he said.
He
slammed those targeting the government on the issue through a public discourse,
saying it demoralised the jawans fighting on the border. He further said that
ceasefire violation should not be politicised. Issues like ceasefire violations
should not be a matter of debate for political gains, PM Modi. We never
politicised terror attacks in Mumbai or Malegaon, PM said further. Meanwhile,
hitting out at Congress for taking on PM Modi on the issue of ceasefire
violations by Pakistan, BJP termed criticism by the opposition party as
‘unfortunate’ saying the sensitive issue should not be ‘politicised’.
Full
report at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/we-have-responded-with-courage-to-ceasefire-violation-by-pakistan-pm-modi/#sthash.PhHSelHK.dpuf
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'India
walking into Pak trap with fire for fire'
Josy
Joseph,TNN | Oct 9, 2014
NEW
DELHI: India's aggressive response to Pakistani firing may not be the best
strategy in a year when infiltration has dramatically fallen and J&K state
assembly is set for elections, believe several sources within and outside the
government.
While no
one is challenging the fact that Pakistan has been provoking India in Jammu
region for the past several weeks, they point out that it could be a well
thought out strategy as winter sets in. And India could be playing into
Pakistani hands with the aggressive counter attacks.
There
are many reasons why Pakistani security establishment is frustrated with their
efforts vis-a-vis Kashmir this year. Until now, less than 40 militants have
managed to enter India through the Kashmir border. This is probably the lowest
figure in the history of Kashmir militancy. Until last year, the other side
used to send in at least 100 militants before snow covered the higher reaches
of the mountainous border.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-walking-into-Pak-trap-with-fire-for-fire/articleshow/44734288.cms
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Indian
carried father on his shoulders to Haj pilgrimage
PTI |
Oct 09 2014
DUBAI:
An Indian man carried his 80-year-old father on his shoulders throughout the
Haj rituals instead of using a wheelchair because he found it better and
comfortable, a news report has revealed.
Mohammed
Rasheed, who is in his 50s, said he could have brought a wheelchair to
transport his father but could not find a better and more comfortable means of
transport than his own shoulders.
"I
could have pushed him on a wheelchair or a cart but my shoulders were more
comfortable and convenient to him," he was quoted as saying by the Saudi
Gazette.
Rasheed
is his father's only son and his only support after his mother's death.
"I
became more attached to my father especially after the death of my
mother," he said.
He said
his father used to carry him on his shoulders all the time when he was young
and it was time he reciprocated in kind.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-carried-father-on-his-shoulders-to-Haj-pilgrimage/articleshow/44709222.cms
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North America
American
Revert Stands in Awe before Kaa’bah
9
October 2014
HOLY
SITES — A New Jersey lawyer, who reverted to Islam after his wife convinced him
to do so, stood in awe and admiration when he saw the Holy Kaa’bah for the
first time this Haj.
John
Crow could not describe his happiness the time he entered the Grand Mosque and
saw Mina.
“This is
the first time I perform Haj. When I saw the Kaa’bah, I was speechless. It was
a truly spiritual experience,” Crow, who is proud to have performed Haj this
year, said. He was impressed with the fact that all pilgrims were happy all the
time and were smiling to one another.
Reversion
to Islam
In 2002,
his Indonesian wife called him to embrace Islam while he was trying to call her
to embrace Christianity. Eventually, his wife convinced him that Islam was the
righteous path he should have taken long time ago.
Full
report at:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141009220657
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U.S.
think-tank says it located possible blast at Iran military site
9 October 2014
A U.S.
security institute has said it had located via satellite imagery a section of a
sprawling Iranian military complex where it said an explosion or fire might
have taken place earlier this week.
Iran’s
official IRNA news agency on Monday cited an Iranian defense industry body as
saying that two workers were killed in a fire at an explosives factory in an
eastern district of Tehran.
An
Iranian opposition website, Saham, described the incident as a strong explosion
that took place near the Parchin military complex around 30 km southeast of the
capital. It did not give a source and the report could not be independently
verified.
The
Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said
it had obtained commercially available satellite imagery on which six buildings
at Parchin appeared damaged or destroyed.
However,
the images ISIS issued indicated the site of the possible blast was not the
same Parchin location where the U.N. nuclear agency suspects that Iran,
possibly a decade ago, carried out explosives tests that could be relevant for
developing a nuclear arms capability. Iran denies any such aim.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/U-S-think-tank-says-it-located-possible-blast-at-Iran-military-site.html
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Canada
seeks to jail 80 who took part in foreign terror plots
9 October 2014
Canadian
security officials have fretted for years about the number of young men
traveling abroad to join militant groups, including Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS).
The
Canadian Parliament approved a government plan on Tuesday to send six fighter
jets to the Middle East to join a U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS
fighters in Iraq.
As of
early 2014, at least 130 people with Canadian connections - including
citizenship or residency - were suspected of a wide range of terrorism-related
activities abroad, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said.
“Some
have died, some remain abroad. We know of about 80 who have returned to
Canada,” he told Parliament’s public safety committee, saying the individuals
posed a serious threat.
“I can
confirm ... that as we speak, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is
investigating these individuals and will seek to put them behind bars,” he
said, without giving details.
Royal
Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Bob Paulson said the force had 63 active
national security investigations on 90 individuals who had either intended to
go abroad or had returned to Canada.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/09/-Canada-seeks-to-jail-80-who-took-part-in-foreign-terror-plots.html
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US, UK
ready to 'examine' idea of Syria buffer zone
9
October 2014
The
United States and Britain are willing to "examine" the idea of
setting up a buffer zone along Turkey's border with Syria, their top diplomats
said Wednesday.
"The
buffer zone... is an idea that's out there, it's worth examining, it's worth
looking at very, very closely," US Secretary of State John Kerry told
reporters.
"We
are at the stage of exploring this," agreed British Foreign Secretary
Philip Hammond, adding "we'd have to explore with our other allies and
partners what is meant by a buffer zone, how such a concept would work. But I
certainly wouldn't want to rule it out."
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/112620/World/International/US,-UK-ready-to-examine-idea-of-Syria-buffer-zone.aspx
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US warns
air strikes alone cannot save Kobane from IS
9
October 2014
The
Pentagon warned Wednesday US air power on its own could not prevent Islamic
State jihadists from capturing the Syrian border town of Kobane, even as US
warplanes kept up bombing raids in the area.
US-led
aircraft were hitting the IS group at every opportunity but without a competent
force on the ground to work with, there were limits to what could be
accomplished by bombing from the air, spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told
reporters.
"Air
strikes alone are not going to do this, not going to fix this, not going to
save the town of Kobane," Kirby said.
"We
know that. And we've been saying that over and over again."
Ultimately,
"capable" ground forces -- rebel fighters in Syria and Iraqi
government troops -- would have to defeat the IS group, but that would take
time, he said.
Kirby
said that "we don't have a willing, capable, effective partner on the
ground inside Syria right now. It's just a fact."
Other
towns could also fall to the IS group until local ground forces could find
their footing, he added.
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112629/World/Region/US-warns-air-strikes-alone-cannot-save-Kobane-from.aspx
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Europe
Isil
terror suspect Tarik offered place at top UK University
Oct 09
2014
Tarik
Hassane, one of four men arrested on suspicion of involvement in an Isil-linked
terrorist plot, is a medical student who was 'offered a place' at King's College
London
One of
the men arrested on suspicion of involvement in an Isil-linked terrorist plot
is believed to be a medical student who was offered a place to study at one of
the UK’s top universities.
Tarik
Hassane, 21, who is reportedly dubbed “The Surgeon”, was offered a place to
study medicine at King’s College London.
However,
in an online discussion he wrote that he “missed out by a couple of grades” and
was instead offered the chance to study biomedicine but it “didn’t fit in with
his future plans”. He also said he believed that those who killed in Allah's
name would be rewarded.
Hassane,
who eventually chose to study in Sudan, is believed to have been Tasered as he
and three others were arrested in armed raids in London on Tuesday. The group
is suspected to have been in the early stages of planning a “significant”
attack on UK soil on behalf of Isil, or Islamic State.
The
student lived at Princess Alice House, an estate near Ladbroke Grove, West
London, with his mother, 56, a teaching assistant, and his younger sister,
since 2010, according to The Sun. The family is believed to be of Moroccan
origin.
Full
report at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11148113/Isil-terror-suspect-Tarik-Hassane-offered-place-at-top-UK-university.html
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French
family of 11 suspected of waging ‘jihad’ in Syria
9
October 2014
French
officials say they suspect an entire family – 11 people including a grandmother
- of departing to wage jihad in Syria, the Associated Press reported.
Paris anti-terrorism
prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation Wednesday following the family's
disappearance from their homes in Nice, on the French Riviera, the agency said.
According
to Europe 1, a leading French radio broadcaster, the family is believed to
comprise of a grandmother, her three children, their spouses, all of whom
converted to Islam, and their children, the youngest of whom was 6-months old.
The
radio station said the family is thought to have left to Syria through Turkey.
France
estimates that nearly 1,000 of its residents have left to join extremist groups
in Syria and Iraq this year and the Interior Ministry estimates that 350 are
still there, with the others either on their way, leaving the battlefields or
killed.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/08/French-family-of-11-suspected-of-waging-jihad-in-Syria.html
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Belgium
Islamist ‘No Different To Pussy Riot,’ Trial Hears
9
October 2014
A
hardline Islamist accused of inspiring dozens of young Belgians to fight
“jihad” in Syria is no different from feminist activists Femen and Pussy Riot,
his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Fouad
Belkacem is on trial in the Belgian city of Antwerp with 45 others, most still
at large, for suspected membership of a group believed to be sending jihadist
fighters to Syria.
A
Salafist ideologue known for his virulent street sermons and online videos,
Belkacem is accused of leading Sharia4Belgium, the radical group that was
officially dissolved two years ago, but is accused of still actively recruiting
fighters.
“His
only goal was to provoke, just like Femen and Pussy Riot,” Belkacem's lawyer
John Maes was quoted as saying by Belga news agency.
Members
of the Femen feminist movement have staged several bare-breasted protests
around the world, while punk band Pussy Riot were jailed by Russia in 2012 for
a protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Orthodox cathedral.
Full
report at:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/08/Belgium-Islamist-no-different-to-Pussy-Riot-trial-hears.html
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Peter
Kassig's former cellmate says conversion to Islam was 'natural'
Oct 09
2014
Former
cellmate of Peter Kassig, French freelance journalist Nicolas Henin, says
Kassig was already "attracted by Islam" before his capture by Isil
The
former cellmate of Isil hostage Peter Kassig revealed that Kassig was not
forced to convert to Islam but found it to be a natural step.
Nicolas
Henin, 39, a French freelance journalist who spent four of the months he was
held captive sharing a cell with Mr Kassig, said: "Peter told me at
religion was already important for him.
"It
was quite natural for him. He was attracted by Islam already since he started
staying in the region."
Full
report at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11150184/Watch-Peter-Kassigs-former-cellmate-says-Isil-hostages-conversion-to-Islam-was-natural.html
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Turkey
asks NATO to introduce safe haven issue to alliance’s agenda
9
October 2014
Ankara
has asked NATO to put the issue of a safe haven and no-fly zone in Syria on its
agenda, diplomatic sources have told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Foreign
Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu requested that the issue be discussed among allies
during an Oct. 9 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has
been in talks with Turkish leaders. Stoltenberg is on his first visit to Turkey
since assuming his new post earlier this month.
Ankara
also plans to introduce the proposal in Brussels through Turkey’s permanent
representative.
Asked about
Turkey’s proposal for safe haven and no-fly zone into Syria, Stoltenberg said
the issue has yet to be discussed in NATO.
Full
report at:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-asks-nato-secretary-general-to-introduce-safe-haven-issue-to-alliances-agenda.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72731&NewsCatID=510
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A
Western jihadi explains why he fights in Syria
Oct 09
2014
A
26-year-old Dutch-born soldier says he felt compelled to join Syrian rebels
after seeing videos of the chemical attacks President Bashar Assad's regime
carried out on its people.
"So
I felt the need as a person, as a human and, of course, as a Muslim," the
man, identified as Yilmaz, told CBS News, "that I had to stand up and do
stuff."
"I
would fight anybody," he said. "Even if it was my own father that was
bombing these people, I would fight him and kill him myself."
Yilmaz
says he and his fellow militants "left everything behind" when he
migrated from Holland two years ago to become one of thousands of jihadis
fighting in Syria.
"Everything,
everything," Yilmaz said. "Our families, our friends — basically our
future."
Yilmaz,
who quit the Dutch army after he was rejected from Holland's special forces, is
not fighting with the Islamic State militants, who are responsible for a series
of beheadings of Western captives. But he refused to condemn them, comparing
their brutal tactics to those used by the Assad regime.
Full
report at:
http://news.yahoo.com/western-jihadist-syria-video-133603550.html
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Serbia
charges five over terrorist recruitment
October
09, 2014
BELGRADE
: Serbia’s prosecutor for organised crime said Wednesday he has charged five
men for terrorism over recruiting, financing and transporting fighters for
conflict in Syria.
The five
are accused of ‘joining forces to finance terrorism, train and recruit people
for terrorist acts,’ the prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic said in a statement
received by AFP. The five are suspected to ‘have organised and financed the
departure of Serbian citizens as well as people from other countries to camps
for terrorist training in Syria and later to conflict zones,’ Radisavljevic
said.
One of
the accused allegedly organised the travel of militant from Istanbul to
terrorist training camps in Syria, while another was suspected of helping them to
settle and organising their training in the Syrian town of Azaz, the prosecutor
said.
Three of
the five have been detained since March, while the prosecutor issued an arrest
warrant for the two who remained at large.
Full
report at:
http://nation.com.pk/international/09-Oct-2014/serbia-charges-five-over-terrorist-recruitment
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Africa
EU
Representative says Libya could be next to fall to extremism
9
October 2014
The new
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs has said the EU must
deal with Libya if it is not to be the next country to fall to extremism.
Making
her first speech to the European Parliament in Brussels, Frederica Mogherini
said ISIL, also known as ISIS or the Islamic State, constituted a major global
crisis which threatened Europe and the whole world. “We will need to pay major
attention to Libya, which risks being the next in line,” she said.
She
added that within the country she sees “a big EU role to be played together
with the UN and the neighbouring countries”.
Mogherini,
currently Italy’s Foreign Minister, said Europe needed to be more active with
regard to the Middle East and its southern neighbours, rather than simply
writing cheques. “The EU has been an effective payer and needs to become an
effective player,” she said.
Full
report at:
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/10/08/eu-high-foreign-policy-representative-says-libya-could-be-next-to-fall-to-extremism/#ixzz3FeJHpeAM
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Tunisia
suspends TV show for 'glorifying terrorism'
9
October 2014
Tunisia's
audiovisual regulator said Wednesday it was suspending a television programme
for one month for "glorifying terrorism" after a guest boasted of his
friendship with a wanted jihadist leader.
The
regulatory body, HAICA, said it had decided to "suspend the broadcast and
repeat of the programme 'Only For Those Who Dare' for one month" and
ordered the private station Al-Hiwar Attounsi to withdraw it from its website
and social media pages.
Journalist
Nasreddine Ben Hadid said on air that the leader of Tunisian jihadist group
Ansar al-Sharia, Seif Allah ben Hassine, also known as Abu Iyad, was his
"friend".
"He
is my friend and his friendship honours me," the journalist said.
Ben
Hadid is classed as a terrorist by Tunisia and Washington.
The
programme included a "glorification of terrorism", HAICA said, adding
that it could be an "incitement to violence".
Full
report at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/112630/World/Region/Tunisia-suspends-TV-show-for-glorifying-terrorism.aspx
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Southeast Asia
Islam
doesn’t condone burning bibles: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
BY
PATHMA SUBRAMANIAM
OCTOBER
9, 2014
KUALA
LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today accused Putrajaya of abdicating
its responsibility by refusing to prosecute Malay rights group leader Datuk
Ibrahim Ali over his threat to burn Malay-language bibles and describing the
act as “defending Islam”
The
opposition leader stressed that such threats were not acceptable by the
religion, and that it is irresponsible of Putrajaya to categorise it as safeguarding
the sanctity of Islam.
He then
asked if the position originated from de facto law minister Nancy Shukri or
from Umno, the lynchpin of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
"It
(burning of the Bible) has never been condoned or tolerated (in Islam),” the
Permatang Pauh MP said.
"It
is unfortunate that it has come to this and has degraded to this extent that
there is no respect for the rule of law, modicum of professionalism and respect
for law in this country," he told reporters in the Parliament lobby today.
While
reiterating that he is not in favour of Ibrahim being charged under the
Sedition Act – which he asserted is “archaic and obsolete” – the lack of action
against the Malay rights leader proves that the sedition dragnet against
members of the opposition is “political”, Anwar said.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/islam-doesnt-condone-burning-bibles-anwar-says-after-ibrahim-alis-threat-go#sthash.UkeTcrjK.dpuf
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‘Burn
the bible’ cannot be justified as defending Islam — Saifuddin Abdullah
OCTOBER
9, 2014
OCTOBER
9 — With reference to the statement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s
Department Hajah Nancy Shukri in Parliament on 7 October 2014, in answering a
question by Bagan MP (DAP) Lim Guan Eng, on Datuk Ibrahim Ali’s threat to burn
Bibles written in Malay, I wish to state that the Global Movement of Moderates
Foundation (GMM) does not agree with the argumentation made by the Minister.
This is
because the statement made by Datuk Ibrahim, i.e., “burn the Bible” cannot be
justified as defending Islam.
In her
statement, Hajah Nancy said that Datuk Ibrahim had no intention to create
religious chaos but was only to defend the sanctity of Islam.
The
government should not come up with this kind of argumentation, i.e., on the way
to defend Islam, because it may lead to a misconception of Islam.
The fact
that Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution states that “Islam is the
religion of the Federation”, does not mean that in defending Islam, one can
make such statement against other religions. This is because the same article
guarantees that “other religions may be practised in peace and harmony”.
Full
report at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/burn-the-bible-cannot-be-justified-as-defending-islam-saifuddin-abdullah#sthash.SYjBdrcs.dpuf
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