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Al Qaeda Ideology A Victim Of The Arab Spring

Is Al Qaeda A Spent Force?

10 years ago on 9/11, the world woke up to the news that America was under terrorist attacks. The terrorists who hijacked 4 airliners and used them as guided missiles managed to strike the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, and the Pentagon itself.  Credit for that [...]

Safety In The USA Since 9/11 – Costs But No Guarantees

Loss Of Personal Freedom

10 years after the 9/11 attack, Americans feel safer now than they did before the event, but at a cost of loss of personal freedom. And no wonder. Any traveller will be conscious of the enhanced security measures at airports, some very irksome, such as having to take off shoes for inspection. Elsewhere, [...]

David Letterman On Al Qaeda’s Sight

Of Cutting Tongue And Assassination

Talk show host David Letterman cracked a joke about the recent death of Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the lieutenants of slain al-Qaeda’s chief, Osama Bin Laden.  This brought a swift response from angry Muslims, one of whom promptly called for David Letterman’s tongue to be cut out, and then assassinated.

The Joke That [...]

Egypt – What Now After The Revolution?

Is This What The Revolution Is All About?

So Egypt is the second Arab country to fall to people’s power, after Tunisa.  Who is the third Arab country to kick out long serving dictators is not known yet – but there are plenty of contenders, among them Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait even Iran, and Saudi Arabia.  [...]

Death Of Osama Bin Laden – Why Pray For Him?

Why Pray For Osama Bin Laden?

That Osama bin Laden is dead is a fact according to US and Pakistani officials.  But the refusal of President Barack Obama to release the photographs of dead body of Osama bin Laden has resulted in some of his hardline followers questioning if his death is for real.  Prayers have been [...]

Sea Burial For Osama Bin Laden – Did America Get It Right?

After The Sea Burial, Now The Controversies

Now that the US Navy Seal Team 6 members have done their job in eliminating America’s most wanted enemy, Osama bin Laden, and the crew of the USS Carl Vinson have given the body a sea burial, questions are now being asked as to whether the Americans followed proper Islamic rites for [...]

Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti – “Terrorism Is Criminal”

We are used to reading reports of terrorism in newspapers and watching video clips of such acts of terror on TV.  Perhaps the most spectacular act of terroism was the September 11, 2001 suicide attack on the World Trade Center in New York City by al-Qaeda operatives who hijacked 4 commercial airliners and used them as guided [...]

Remembering 9/11 Victims

Eight years ago, on this date, America suffered its biggest terrorist attacks. On September 11, 2001 nineteen Islamic terrorists hijacked 4 commercial airplanes and turned them into guided missiles as they zeroed in on the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York and elsewhere. These planes had just taken off from various New York [...]