‘Harsh Islamic punishments will make Britain safer’

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Following defence aide Eric Joyce quitting over UK's war strategy in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown tried to defend his policy by saying that "we cannot walk away." Despite the growing death toll among British troops, Brown insisted the UK strategy in Afghanistan is the right one. "A safer Britain requires a safer Afghanistan," the Daily Star quoted Brown, as saying.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - An Islamic leader in Britain has warned best selling author Sebastian Faulks of 'severe consequences' for his remarks that Koran is nothing more than "the rantings of a schizophrenic." The Sun quoted Ajmal Masroor, of the Islamic Society for Britain, as saying that Faulks' comments could encourage hatred against Muslims. "The consequences of saying things like this could be quite severe." Faulks, 56, had said that the words of Prophet Mohammed were "one-dimensional", and had criticised the Koran for not telling stories, like the Old Testament.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - In an astounding revelation, Al-Qaeda extremists have claimed that home-grown terrorists are plotting to attack targets in Britain. According to reports, in an internet magazine read by thousands of Islamic extremists Al-Qaeda has labeled Britain and Europe as a bigger enemy than the United States.

July 27th, 2009 US defense chief vows new sanctions if Iran balksAMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States will seek much tougher United Nations sanctions on Iran if that nation spurns the offer of talks on its disputed nuclear program.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - An increasing number of non-Muslims are turning to Sharia courts to resolve commercial disputes and other civil matters. A report in The Times has quoted the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) as saying that five per cent of its cases involved non-Muslims who were using the courts because they were less cumbersome and more informal than the English legal system.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - The writ of the Pakistan government is not only under threat from the ever expanding Taliban, but fears are also rife that British extremists may try to topple the democratic set-up of the country, as an Islamic fundamentalist group, Hizb- ut-Tahrir (HuT) is pushing for a "bloodless military coup" to establish an orthodox Islamic rule in the troubled nation. A report in The Times has revealed that the members of the HuT, who call themselves as the Liberation party in Britain, is working overtime to establish a caliphate in Pakistan, under which strict Islamic laws would rigorously be enforced.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - An Islamic militant group based in Britain plans to overthrow the Pakistani government, a British media report said Sunday. Followers of the fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir have called for a bloodless military coup in Islamabad and the creation of a caliphate in which strict Islamic laws would be rigorously enforced, The Sunday Times reported.

July 1st, 2009 Khatami: Iran election 'coup' against democracyFormer Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is calling the outcome of disputed elections a "velvet coup" against democracy. Khatami's statement comes two days after Iran's powerful Guardian Council confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the landslide winner over Mir Hossein Mousavi in June 12 elections.

June 27th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday said his new government would be more decisive and tough in its policies towards the West, Islamic Students News Agency (ISNA) reported. "Iran will make you feel regret, if you continue to interfere and behave rudely," Ahmadinejad said while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a nationwide judicial conference here.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - In an appalling incident in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu, pro-Al Queda insurgents on Thursday used a machete to slice off a hand and a foot from each of four men accused of stealing mobile phones and guns. The men screamed in pain, as some 300 spectators were compelled to watch the slaughter by the al-Shabaab fighters.

June 22nd, 2009 Extremists sentence Somalis to amputationsMOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns. The ruling prompted an outcry from human rights activists.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The 'existential threat' that Pakistan is facing currently from the ever advancing Taliban has US President Barack Obama seriously worried. Talking to media persons at a prime-time news conference on the occasion of completing 100 days in office, Obama said he is "gravely concerned" about the stability of the Pakistani government.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Popstar Lily Allen has revealed that she didn't have a single friend in school, and thus the feeling of not having any pals goaded her to make huge number of internet pals. The 'Not Big' hitmaker revealed that she went on to make the most number of "friends" on the MySpace networking site than anyone else in Britain.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Most analysts are of the view that if Pakistan is to make any progress in the comity of nations, it has shut down its terrorist training camps, and prevent the entry of potential insurgents from abroad. British security officials estimate that about 4,000 people have been trained in Pakistan or Afghanistan and now account for three quarters of serious terrorist plots in Britain, and this explains why Pakistan features so prominently in the new counter-terrorism strategy.

March 14th, 2009 LONDON - To stop Britons "living like animals," hate preacher Anjem Choudhary has said that he wants Sharia law in Britain. The British live "like animals in a jungle" with their alcohol, gambling, prostitution and pornography, he said.