Radical Muslim group to demand full imposition of Sharia law in UK

September 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Nearly 100 people have been killed in Pakistan so far this month in different incidents of suicide as well as US drone attacks, the Online news agency reported Sunday. Between Sep 1 and Sep 26, at least 95 people have lost their lives in diffent attacks in Paksitan, particularly in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) and North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), the report said.

September 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani forces are "closing the dragnet" around Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah and he could be arrested soon, a media report said Sunday. Sources told The News that the noose around Maulana Fazlullah and his band of close associates has been tightened and "his arrest, or elimination, at the hands of security forces could happen within the next 24 hours".

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - British hate preacher Anjem Choudary has controversially demanded capital punishment for Koran-bashing author Sebastian Faulks if he is found guilty under sharia law.Mr Faulks was extremely naove for what he said and it could have some grave consequence for him. Someone like this needs to be assessed in an Islamic court of law and if he's found guilty then there would be capital punishment," the Daily Express quoted him, as saying.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The Founder of Britain's oldest Sharia court has said that harsh Islamic punishments, such as the amputation of limbs, will make Britain a safer place. The Daily Times quoted Sheikh Suhaib Hasan, secretary of the Islamic Sharia Council, as saying that the enforcement of Sharia law was "something to bring you more peace and security".

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.

June 30th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Islamic Sharia courts operating in the United Kingdom are seriously out of step with trends in Western legislation, according to a report. At least 85 Islamic Sharia courts are currently operational across the UK, a new probe by London based think tank Civitas has revealed.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - At least 85 Islamic Sharia courts are currently operational across the UK, a new probe has revealed. The Westminster-based think-tank Civitas found that Muslim clerics have been handing out hundreds of Sharia judgments - known as fatwas - through mosques around the country.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Radical cleric Sufi Muhammad's deputy and another associate were killed in their bid to escape in the country's restive northwest, the military said Saturday. Maulana Muhammad Alam, the deputy of Taliban-backed fundamentalist group Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), and his spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan were killed in crossfire with militants, the army said.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military seemed to be speaking in twin voices Saturday on radical cleric Sufi Muhammad, whose deputy was killed in a blotched rescue attempt by the Taliban in the country's restive northwest, saying he was not in their custody. Maulana Muhammad Alam, the deputy of Taliban-backed fundamentalist group Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), and his spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan were killed in crossfire with militants, the army said.

April 22nd, 2009 MINGORA - Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that they are ready to welcome Osama bin Laden in Swat, and added that they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the government and cleric Sufi Muhammad. Pak Taliban said the NWFP Government had signed the deal with Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi and not with the Taliban, a private TV channel reported.

April 20th, 2009 KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has rejected the sharia-deal between the Pakistan Government's and the Taliban. The Daily Times quoted Hussain, as saying that the Taliban's Sharia law was based on violence, and urged people to unite against the menace of Talibansation.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - Brushing aside the Scotland Yard probe into his inflammatory speeches, the controversial Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary has warned that Britain would become a Sharia state soon. "Let me tell you something - the Sharia will be implemented in Pakistan, it will be implemented in India and Bangladesh and even down the road in Downing Street.

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.

February 15th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan's decision to allow 'sharia' law in parts of the North West Frontier Province is a 'retrograde step' that marks a capitulation to Islamic militants, a London-based strategic expert said Monday. 'There are many, myself included, who fear that this is a retrograde step,' said Farzana Sheikh of the foreign policy thinktank Chatham House.