Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2001 to Sunday, January 14, 2001
An old man has been killed
and others injured in an
explosion in the Shouhada mosque in Sanaa [Yemen]. Investigations revealed that the bomb
was supposed to
explode when the worshippers came out of the mosque, but it exploded later when a worshiper touched
it. The
reasons behind this massacre...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
British police have raided a number of Islamic schools, which the
government said are
suspected training camps for young Islamic extremists. Amongst these schools was al-
Jam‘īyah
al-Islāmīyah [Reviewer: Islamic Association] School at Mark Cross, whose
imām, Bilāl
Pātīl, admitted that jailed...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2003
The Emirates handed Cairo over fundamentalist Muhammad Sharif, known as Abu Al-Farag Al-Masri. Al-Masri is a member of the Jihad Organization, led by Dr. Ayaman Al-Zawhari. He was the imam of a mosque in the Emirates.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
H.E. Dr. Amat Abdel Alim [Ama al-‘Alīm al-Sousuwa], Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, spoke about improving human rights in Yemen and its relation to attracting tourism to the country.
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh offered to the British Ambassador to Sana to give Abu Hamza to Britain. He also offered to give all evidence to prove that Abu Hamza is guilty of assassinating and kidnapping a number of tourists through Aden’s Islamic Army and also to pay for the lawyers who...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Yemen offered the British government to exchange five British citizens jailed in Aden for the Egyptian fundamentalist, Abu Hamza Al Masri, who was said to have sent these five to Aden. It asked Britain to hand over Abu Hamza Al Masri, wanted in Yemen, to be prosecuted according to Yemeni law.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2001
Refa’i Taha, the military leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, called for killing the Americans and Jews wherever they are. In his latest book he described them as unbelievers and aggressors who are attacking Muslim’s land and honor.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
About two and a half months after the bombing of the American destroyer Cole, yesterday morning witnessed another two bombings. One in the Continental Hotel in Khour Maksar and one on a church in Al-Twahi city. No one was injured in the two bombings. Security bodies prosecuted some people living in...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Followers and supporters of a Yemeni militant who was executed on Sunday for the kidnapping and killing of Western tourists in Yemen threatened to avenge his killing, but the Yemeni authorities dismissed these warnings as "hot air".
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 1999
An overview of the history of the Jews in Yemen over the past 100 years. Emigration from Yemen was supported by the Zionist movement. But, says the author, instead of coming into the promised land they came in a country where they were discriminated.