Tag: Al Qaeda

Daniel Pearl case: Omar Sheikh to stay in Pak jail for now
28Dec By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Daniel Pearl case: Omar Sheikh to stay in Pak jail for now

Al-Qaeda terrorist, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and his three aides accused of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, will remain behind bars despite a provincial court ordering their immediate release.The local government is expected to file a petition on Monday against the decision by the Sindh High Court last week to immediately release Sheikh and the co-accused in the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter, a provincial minister said.Last week on Thursday, the Sindh court declared the detention orders to be null and void. But it clarified that the accused should not be released if there is a Supreme Court restraining order regarding their detention.The Sindh government is taking the stance that the Supreme Court had on September 28 barred...
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ISIS set to become Islamist Frankenstein in Africa
19Nov By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Asia, Conflict, Opinion, Politics

ISIS set to become Islamist Frankenstein in Africa

On the run from Europe and Asia since 2014, terror organization ISIS is now desperately trying to establish its turf on the African continent by setting up links with local terror bodies. In the process, its Jihadist ideology has secured a fresh lease of life to expand the influence of the Islamic caliphate.Several countries of Africa where the civil-military differences are weakening the social and economic fabric are now the hunting grounds of ISIS. Even among them, ISIS prefers countries where Islamist politics have reared their head. The world has noticed the silence of orthodox Islamic clergy in face of rogue expansion of the Islamic terror bodies in Africa as they escape the western military forces in west Asia and Europe, specially from Syria and Iraq.It is perhaps as a result of th...
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Five big lies of Pakistan exposed: Indian Mission at UN
15Sep By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Five big lies of Pakistan exposed: Indian Mission at UN

Exposing Pakistan for its lies, India lashed out at the Imran Khan led government at UN saying that Pakistan has put out a false statement claiming that their envoy Munir Akram spoke at the United Nations Security Council while the session was not open to non-members.“We have seen a statement put out by the Pakistan Mission to the UN, claiming that these remarks were made by the Permanent Representative of Pakistan at the UN Security Council. We fail to comprehend where exactly did the Permanent Representative of Pakistan make his statement since the Security Council Session today was not open to non-members of the Security Council”, Indian mission at UN said in a statement.The statement further says that the detailed statement exposed the ‘five big lies’ being peddled and pushed by Pakist
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Pakistan nerve center of terrorism: Indian envoy to UN
21Aug By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

Pakistan nerve center of terrorism: Indian envoy to UN

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti, has lashed out at Pakistan for harboring terror groups, saying it is home to the largest number of listed terrorists internationally and designated terrorist entities.Ambassador Tirumurti said that it is a well-known fact that Pakistan is the “nerve center of terrorism”. “Pakistan is home to the largest number of listed terrorists internationally designated terrorist entities and individuals, including Jamat-ud Dawah, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen, they are continuing their operations from Pakistan,” he said.Referring to United Nations' 26th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIS, Tirumurti said that there is a clear acknowledgement that the leadership
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The slow poison of Osama: A man, an organization, and the spreading of terror
19Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

The slow poison of Osama: A man, an organization, and the spreading of terror

Since Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan fondly remembers the founder of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, as a “martyr”, it only makes sense to remember him.Osama bin Laden’s Syrian mother was one of the many wives of his millionaire Yemeni father. While his brothers went to the West for higher education, Osama preferred going to Jeddah’s Abdel Aziz University where his fondness for Islamic studies was spurred by two charismatic teachers, Muhammad Qutb and Abdallah Azzam — the first an Egyptian, a brother of the great Ikhwan leader, Syed Qutb and the second, a Palestinian who merged the Qutb doctrine of jahiliyya (ignorance) with modern jihad against the West.In 1980, Osama came to Peshawar to conduct jihad against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.By 1984, Osama got used to spending a lot of t
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Pentagon says Taliban maintains Al Qaeda ties, jeopardizing US-Taliban deal
14Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Pentagon says Taliban maintains Al Qaeda ties, jeopardizing US-Taliban deal

A report released by the US Department of Defense has prompted the Donald Trump administration to reconsider its deal with the Afghan movement.The report, released ahead of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan under the US-Taliban deal, says that the Taliban continues to hold relations with Al Qaeda.The report appears to be a huge embarrassment for the Trump administration, which is keen on pulling American troops out from the war-torn Central Asian country before the US presidential elections in November.For Trump, the exit will be proof to American voters that he has fulfilled one of his campaign promises to end the endless wars.According to the US-Taliban deal, the Afghan group will stop targeting US and Western-led coalition troops, promising to give no support to groups like Al Qa...
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SP Jihadist terrorism continues to pose threat to Europe amid covid-19 outbreak
7Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

SP Jihadist terrorism continues to pose threat to Europe amid covid-19 outbreak

A recent report has revealed that jihadist terrorism and threats posed by the extreme left and right-wing activists continue to terrorize Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The European Union (EU) Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2020 report launched by European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) said, "Activists both on the extreme left and right and those involved in jihadist terrorism attempt to seize the opportunity the pandemic has created to further propagate their aims"."In the first months of 2020, lockdown measures introduced to combat the spread of COVID-19 could further escalate some of the trends identified in the TE-SAT, given the potential economic and social impact of the pandemic worldwide. These developments have the potential to further fue...
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Opposition lambastes PM Imran for saying Osama bin Laden was ‘martyred’
30Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

Opposition lambastes PM Imran for saying Osama bin Laden was ‘martyred’

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US "martyred" Osama Bin Laden."I will never forget how we Pakistanis were embarrassed when the Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama Bin Laden, martyred him," Khan said in the National Assembly on June 25.Soon after, PML-N senior leader Khawaja Asif lambasted Imran Khan over his speech in which he referred to slain Al Qaeda leader and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Osama bin Laden as "martyred"."Imran Khan called Osama bin Laden shaheed (martyred). Bin Laden brought terrorism to our lands, he was a terrorist through and through and he [premier] calls him shaheed?" said Asif during the National Assembly session.In a late-night tweet, Special Assistant to the Prime Mini...
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