Date of source:
Scotland Yard raided the mosque where Egyptian fundamentalist Abū Hamza al-Masri preaches, after
receiving information from the French intelligence service about it. British officials stressed that such measures are
not against Islām. al-Masri led the Friday prayers in the street for two...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
Scotland
Yard’s head of counter-
terrorism, Peter Clarke, has described the picture from intelligence gathered in the
United Kingdom as "very
disturbing," adding that thousands of British Muslims who may be involved in
terrorism are being monitored by
British authorities.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
A spokesman of Scotland Yard stated that Muslim policemen are allowed to wear the turban during their work hours instead of the hat, which is part of the formal uniform
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
Legal documents pertaining the latest court session in the trial of Ahmed Abdel Sattar, the legal assistant of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian banned group of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya revealed a strong security cooperation between the US’s FBI and UK’s Scotland Yard obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat...
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2002
Bow Street Court released Yasser Al-Serri, the director of the Islamic Media Observatory on bail. After he was released, Police from Scotland Yard detained him because he is accused of financing Ahmed Abdel-Rahman who is linked to the Qa´ida organization.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A British court will decide on May 10 about the American demand to deport an Algerian fundamentalist to the USA. He is accused to be the mastermind of the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 2000 and of having relations with Al-Qa´ida. Another case is the trial of the director...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
In Britain, video and cassette tapes inciting the British Muslims to join the jihad against the Jews and the unbelievers [Christians and Westerners] are sold in front of the mosques. Some British investigators believe that these tapes were the reason for the recruiting of many British Muslims who...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
A delegation of officers of the Scotland Yard prevention of terrorism squad arrived in Cairo to inquire about the activities of the Egyptian fundamentalists who are living in London, the history of their involvement in the cases of religious violence and the sentences that were passed on them in...
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
The author claims that though Ramadān refuses to see religion as a personal belief that does not impose itself on others, condemns those who reject Muslim clothing, such as the hijāb, and describes liberal Muslims as "Muslims without Islam," he is currently acting as an advisor to the British...
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.