Monthly Archives: December 2010

“Authorities in Denmark and Sweden have arrested five people suspected of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed five years ago. There have since been several foiled plots to attack the newspaper and … Continue reading →

BAUCHI, Nigeria — The radical Islamist sect Boko Haram said on Tuesday it was behind the Christmas holiday bombings in central Nigeria and attacks on churches in the northeast of the country in which at least 86 people died. Police … Continue reading →

“Authorities were on high alert as the incident occurred less than two weeks after the country’s first suicide bombing. “It looked like a real bomb. Someone made it to frighten people,” said Stockholm police spokesman Henrik Billestam. Police described the … Continue reading →

“The major purpose is to make people aware of what America means as a country that protects the right to freedom of religion,” Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told The Associated Press. The Muslim cleric who hopes to build an Islamic … Continue reading →

By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD | Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:58am EST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday, adding … Continue reading →