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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: Monday, April 28, 2003
The author comments on how Abu Hamza Al-Masri, leader of the London-based Ansar Al-Shari’a group, obtained his British citizenship and why the British authorities have withdrawn it from him later. He gives a brief background about his activities that placed him at the top of the leaders of...
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
In the aftermath of London bombings, several European countries have adopted tough new anti-terrorist legislation that the author argues restricts Muslims’ freedom.
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: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The British government is facing demands for investigation of whether Muslim students in Britain are being militarily trained and armed to fight outside Britain, especially in Chechnya and Kashmir. This demand has led to fears among British Muslims, especially those who belong to the...
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: Thursday, September 2, 1999 to Wednesday, September 8, 1999
With Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh about to launch his re-election campaign, a series of explosions rocked the impoverished country on Friday and Saturday [August 27 and 28, 1999]. This was a clear reminder to Saleh that his coming term - as his victory is nearly certain - will not be an...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 1999
Yemen’s Interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab said in remarks published Thursday that security forces had arrested 16 people on charges of planning sabotage acts in Yemen.
"A group of 16 people linked to Abu Hamza Al-Masri were arrested in Sanaa. They were planning sabotage acts," the official 26...
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Friday, British authorities released three Islamist militants arrested four days earlier, including the leader of Ansar Al-Sharia (Advocates of Islamic Law) and Yasser Serri who was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian military court in 1994 for plotting an attack against the then Prime...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.