Posted on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
Malaysian human rights lawyers are seeking access to 10 men believed by the government of having links to international terrorism. The men could be detained indefinitely without trial under Malaysia's controversial Internal Security Act. Divya Gopalan reports on a country that has been associated with international terrorism, and is now under pressure to change its image.
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Posted on February 5, 2010 | 7 Comments
Richard Kemp was the commander of British forces in Afghanistan in 2003. Speaking to Al Jazeera from London, he says the bombing in Kunduz province that claimed 142 lives last September highlights the confusion of war and the inexperience of the German ground commanders.
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Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
In this episode, Empire looks at how al-Qaeda is perceived in the Muslim world. Does the US’ so-called ‘war on terror’ serve only to alienate Muslims, driving them into the arms of extremist groups? Can the US reverse the tide of military intervention in the region and instead try to reach political solutions that involve all political parties, including repressed Islamic parties? We will also discuss whether the Arab world has an answer to the al-Qaeda challenge.
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Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
In this edition of the Riz Khan show we speak with Professor Anthony Glees who claims that dozens of Britain’s universities have become bases for known terrorists.
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Posted on January 25, 2010 | 25 Comments
In the run-up to the country’s parliamentary elections Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri looks at the increasing number of Islamic hotels along the Turkish coast.
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Posted on December 31, 2009 | No Comments
The US is increasing its security assistance to Yemen following a failed airline bombing attempt in the US. A Yemen group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed to be behind the attempted attack and Yemeni officials said security forces clashed with suspected al-Qaeda fighters on Wednesday in the western part of the country. Al Jazeera’s Owen Fay reports.
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Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
The US president has said the attempted bombing of a US airliner indicates a “systemic failure” of security measures. But airline safety procedures are not the only things that may change after the botched attack. The effort to return US detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to Yemen may also be in jeopardy. Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports.
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Posted on December 11, 2009 | 4 Comments
US security officials have questioned five American Muslims in Pakistan after they were arrested in that country for alleged links to al-Qaeda. A Pakistani police chief says the men were seeking military training, and that they planned to join fighters along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Rob Reynolds reports.
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Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
As the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj kicks off in Saudi Arabia, many of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha under hardship. The effects of previous wars coupled with the devastation from natural disasters in there country has stopped them short in their rejoice of the annual holiday. Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports.
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Posted on November 20, 2009 | No Comments
A suicide bomber has struck the north western Pakistani city of Peshawar outside a crowded courthouse. The strike comes 24 hours after the Taliban’s spokesman in Pakistan’s South Waziristan area delivered a message criticising the government. Imran Khan reports.
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