An influential Muslim scholar has issued a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. Dr Tahir ul-Qadri says his 600-page judgement, known as a fatwa, completely dismantles al-Qaeda's violent ideology. read more »
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Terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired several rockets against civilian targets in Israel, killing one Thai worker. Israel’s Air Force retaliated by bombarding smuggling tunnels on Gaza’s border with Egypt. read more »
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During the Gaza war, Hamas fighters used children as human shields and established launching pads in the vicinity of mosques and hospitals, according to a detailed report by the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. read more »
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Britain and Ireland have called in Israel’s ambassadors in London and Dublin as Mossad is widely blamed for killing a Hamas leader in Dubai. read more »
A bomb that exploded in a crowded café in the Indian city of Pune on Saturday and killed nine people was likely meant for the nearby Chabad house, Indian authorities have said. read more »
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Police in Egypt said they had arrested 25 Muslim extremists suspected of having planned a terrorist attack against Jewish pilgrims who visited the grave of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira near Alexandria. read more »
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» Mr. Mike Whine at the WJC Strategic Forum, Jerusalem, 19 October 2009 
The Argentine protest movement leader Luis D'Elia has been strongly criticized after going to Iran to interview one of the chief suspects of the 1994 AMIA bombing. read more »
The jailed Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef has disowned his eldest son after learning that he was a spy for Israel. read more »
An influential Muslim scholar has issued a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. Dr Tahir ul-Qadri says his 600-page judgement, known as a fatwa, completely dismantles al-Qaeda's violent ideology. read more »
Egyptian police have arrested a 49-year-old tailor who reportedly confessed to carrying out last Sunday’s firebomb attack against the main synagogue in downtown Cairo. read more »
EU foreign ministers are expected to strongly condemn the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai, which is widely blamed on Israel’s spy agency Mossad and was allegedly authorized by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. read more »
A makeshift explosive device stored in a suitcase was thrown at the main synagogue in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday morning, causing no injuries or damage. read more »
Britain and Ireland have called in Israel’s ambassadors in London and Dublin as Mossad is widely blamed for killing a Hamas leader in Dubai. read more »
A bomb that exploded in a crowded café in the Indian city of Pune on Saturday and killed nine people was likely meant for the nearby Chabad house, Indian authorities have said. read more »
Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical US-born Islamic cleric of Yemeni origin, who is believed to have close ties to the terror network al-Qaeda, has reportedly admitted that the Nigerian man accused of trying to explode a bomb on a Detroit-bound airliner in December was his student. read more »
Mohamed Ali Harrath, the head of ‘Islam Channel’, the most-viewed Muslim TV channel in the UK, was arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa on terrorism charges but later released. read more »
Police in Egypt said they had arrested 25 Muslim extremists suspected of having planned a terrorist attack against Jewish pilgrims who visited the grave of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira near Alexandria. read more »
In an audio recording aired by the Arab news broadcaster ‘al-Jazeera’, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden has vowed to continue attacks on the United States as long as it supports Israel. read more »
A Kentucky-bound US Airways flight was diverted to Philadelphia after phylacteries used by a Jewish man were mistaken for a bomb. read more »
Muslim police officers in Britain have blamed the government's anti-terrorism strategy for triggering an upsurge in Islamophobia and deepening divisions between communities. read more »
A remote-controlled bomb placed by unknown terrorists was detonated when a convoy with two Israeli diplomats coming from Amman was driving toward the Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan. Experts believe the attack was carried out by Islamist terrorists. read more »
In Yemen, government forces have reportedly killed the local leader of the Islamist terror network al-Qaeda, Abdullah Mehdar. read more »
The Chabad House in the Indian city of Mumbai, which was the site of a terrorist attack in November 2008, has received an anonymous letter warning of another attack. read more »
Indian officials have said they were collecting evidence to charge Pakistan-born David Headley from Chicago in connection with last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai. read more »
Anti-Semitism and homophobia have reached alarming levels in several European countries, according to a German study. read more »
Lebanon’s new unity government has adopted a policy that recognizes Hezbollah’s right to use arms against Israel, in spite of UN resolutions calling for a complete disarming of the group. read more »
Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC, the Madrid and London train bombs, and the attacks in Bali, Islamic terrorism has posed a major threat to the world. Before that Jewish sites were also a particular target of Islamic terror groups, resulting in the 1992 Israeli Embassy and the 1994 AMIA bombings in Buenos Aires, as well as the attacks against synagogues in Djerba and Istanbul.
The advance of radical Islam in many countries creates a fertile climate for terrorist action. It undermines inter-ethnic and inter-faith relations, provides the basis for terrorism and threatens democratic values.
Violence supposedly justified in the name of G-d is misguided. The spread of violence and terror must be fought by eradicating its root causes, halting the proliferation of arms to countries sponsoring terrorism, and by actively defending democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
Legislation prohibiting the incitement to terrorist acts and spreading of hate propaganda, particularly by radical clerics preaching in mosques, needs to be adopted and properly enforced.
Governments must be induced to prosecute and, where possible, expel radical Muslim clerics spreading hate messages and inciting violence.
Governments need to provide adequate security measures to protect Jewish centres and Jewish individuals from terrorist threats.
