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al-Qaeda Sets Its Sights on Libya

Veteran jihadists reportedly dispatched to country earlier this year

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi may be dead and gone, but Libya's woes beat on: al-Qaeda is attempting to claw its way into the country, according to a Libyan source. The source told CNN that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri personally sent a veteran jihadist to Libya earlier this year, along with other... More »

Underwear Bomber Changes Plea to Guilty

But is unrepentant, calling jihad one of 'the most virtuous acts'

(Newser) - Today was supposed to be the second day of testimony in the trial of alleged “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, but instead the 25-year-old Nigerian unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty on all counts, the Detroit Free Press reports. The defiant would-be terrorist read a statement to the court... More »

Another American Killed in Strike on Anwar al-Awlaki

Editor of 'Inspire' magazine killed as well

(Newser) - Anwar al-Awlaki wasn't the only American jihadist killed in a drone attack today . The airstrike also killed Samir Khan , a 20-something of Pakistani descent from North Carolina, Yemen's Defense Ministry tells the AP . Khan was the creator of "Inspire," al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine . In its... More »

Santorum: Gay Community Waging 'Jihad' Against Me

Also, he explains how a napkin relates to gay marriage

(Newser) - You may have heard that certain members of the gay community are not huge fans of presidential contender Rick Santorum. Well, Santorum himself is well aware of that fact, and during a South Carolina campaign stop Friday, he accused the gay community of having "gone out on a, I... More »

Letterman: Leno's Behind Jihad Threat

'Late Show' host responds to threat in monologue, top 10 list

(Newser) - David Letterman returned to the Late Show last night with an evening full of jokes about—what else?—a jihadist’s death threat against him . “Tonight, you people are more to me, honestly, more than an audience … you’re more like a human shield,” he said, before... More »

Jihadist Demands Revenge on David Letterman

Joke about terrorist's death prompts threat

(Newser) - Add this to the Top 10 list of reasons not to make fun of al-Qaeda: A jihadist is calling for the assassination of David Letterman after he joked about the death of terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri on his show. The radical made his comments on the Shumukh al-Islam web forum, and... More »

Osama to Kids in Will: Don't Join al-Qaeda

He's sorry for for being lousy dad in purported final wishes in 2001 document

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden didn't want his wives to remarry or his 24 children to become terrorists after his death, according to what a Kuwaiti newspaper says is a copy of his will. In the document—written on a computer, dated December 2001, and signed by "your brother Abu... More »

Germans Use Anti-Nazi Laws to Raid Muslims

Fundamentalists groups targeted in crackdown

(Newser) - German police raided homes and offices linked to two Islamic groups this week, using "anti-Nazi laws of association," reports the Christian Science Monitor . The groups raided are made up of fundamentalist Salafist Muslims, and a government official says they are suspected of wanting to "create an Islamic... More »

Best Defense Against Jihad: David Letterman

Stop the revolution, I want to watch Eva Longoria

(Newser) - Forget spending billions of dollars on spies and government propaganda; the best defense against jihad appears to be flooding the homes of young people with Desperate Housewives and David Letterman. That's the assessment of a WikiLeaks secret cable entitled "David Letterman: Agent of Influence" that found young Saudis "... More »

Hamburg Mosque Used by 9/11 Attackers Shut Down

Authorities say it was attracting jihadists, jihad tourists

(AP) - A small Hamburg mosque once frequented by the 9/11 attackers was shut down and searched today because German authorities believed the prayer house was again being used as a meeting point for Islamic radicals. The Taiba mosque was closed and the cultural association that runs it was banned. "We... More »

Jihadist Records Bin Laden Bromance Tune

Voice 'enhanced' with infidel technology

(Newser) - A jihadist has recorded a song mooning over Osama Bin Laden using voice-enhancing technology developed in the infidel West. Amir of the Ansar , devoted to Bin Laden, is sung on a jihadist site by "Asadaullah Alshishani" using a form of Autotune. "How beautiful you are; your sword gleams... More »

Jihad Jane Case Shows Why Profiling Won't Work

When it comes to security, 'equal opportunity' works best

(Newser) - On the subject of those who have been clamoring for racial-ethnic-religious profiling, Eugene Robinson would like to direct everyone's attention to the case of Jihad Jane. Colleen LaRose is a "blond, blue-eyed, middle-aged white woman living unremarkably in a small town 50 miles from Philadelphia, where neighbors say they... More »

Sheik Issues Fatwa Against Terrorists

Suicide bombers are hell-bound, warns Islamic scholar

(Newser) - An influential Islamic scholar has issued a sweeping and unreserved condemnation of terrorism in all its forms as un-Islamic. "Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it," Sheik Tahir ul-Qadri wrote in his 600-page... More »

Gadhafi Calls for Jihad ... Against Swiss

Libya boss urges Muslims to join holy war against 'infidel nation'

(Newser) - Pious Muslims should avoid cuckoo clocks and Swiss chocolates, and wage a holy war against the "infidel nation" of Switzerland, according to Moammar Gadhafi. "Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate—is against Muhammad, God and the Koran," the... More »

Terrorism Comedy Premieres at Sundance

Four Lions looks at the lighter side of jihad

(Newser) - A farce about four bumbling suicide bombers planning an attack on London has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to predictably mixed reactions. Some critics are uneasy with satirist Chris Morris' mixture of comedy, buddy movie, and thriller in Four Lions, while others hail him for trying to take a... More »

Beware the Jihadi Intellectuals

Al-Balawi, Hasan, Abdulmutallab didn't rise from desperation of poverty

(Newser) - Educated, well-off Muslims who espouse jihad are far removed from illiterate Taliban warlords in almost every way—but they're proving to be just as much of a threat, writes Anne Applebaum. People like 31-year-old Defne Bayrak, proud wife of the suicide bomber who killed eight CIA agents, are eloquent, intelligent,... More »

Yemen a Haven for Retired Jihadists

Bin Laden bodyguard among many still loyal to al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, Nasser al-Bahri, is one of thousands of former fighters living openly in Yemen and still loyal to the cause. "America is still a legitimate target," Bahri, now a business consultant, tells the Washington Post . This cadre of ex-jihadists makes American engagement in Yemen... More »

Muslim World Can Learn from Terror Suspect's Dad

It's time for Islam to shame suicide bombers: Friedman

(Newser) - The father of the failed underwear bomber set an example the rest of the Muslim world needs to live up to, writes Thomas Friedman. Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, by reporting his son's descent into radicalism to authorities, effectively admitted that his family system had broken down. And to defeat terrorism and... More »

Americans Deny Terror Charges in Pakistan

Court gives prosecutors two weeks to prepare case

(Newser) - Five Americans detained in Pakistan denied today that they planned to carry out terrorist attacks, as a court granted police two weeks to prepare terrorism charges against them, their defense lawyer said. The men, all Muslims aged 19 to 25 from the Washington, DC, area, were arrested in early December... More »

Islam Needs a Civil War

Muslim majority must triumph on the ground and in 'Virtual Afghanistan'

(Newser) - Islam has become corrupted by the ideology of a "violent minority," and it's long past time that the majority of Muslims take back their religion, writes Thomas Friedman. How? It needs a "civil war," just as America needed one to overcome the ideology of slavery. "... More »

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