Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: radical cleric

radical cleric stories: 5 news summaries
Nidal hasan, for one


 Many Terror 
 Suspects Share 
 Link to Awlaki 

Awlaki poses complex problem for counterterrorism

Nov 19, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Nidal Hasan is only the latest in a series of Western Muslim terror suspects inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, a web-savvy New Mexico-born radical cleric who preaches jihad in American-accented English. Devotees of Awlaki's sermons include a conspirator in the 2007 plot to attack Fort Dix and a group of Canadian... More »

MORE ABOUT:
counterterrorism • radical cleric • al-Qaeda • Nidal Malik Hasan • Anwar al Awlaki

Radical London Cleric Will Face NY Terror Trial

'Hook' linked to 1998 Yemen attacks; preached martyrdom

Feb 7, 08 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza, known to FBI agents as “hook” because of his metal hand, will be sent to New York to face terrorism charges, ABC News reports. British officials said today they plan to extradite within 28 days the former leader of a London mosque, who faces... More »

MORE ABOUT:
terrorism • London • New York • trial • Yemen • extradition • radical cleric • Abu Hamza al Masri • hostage

Afghan Senate Revokes Call
for Execution

About-face is lifeline
for journalism student convicted of blasphemy

Feb 2, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Following international outcry, the Afghan Senate has withdrawn its call for the execution of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, a 23-year-old student convicted of blasphemy for downloading a report on women's rights. The Senate now calls its previous endorsement of the death penalty for Kambaksh "a technical mistake," raising hopes... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • death penalty • United Nations • radical cleric • blasphemy • Sayed Pervez Kambaksh

UK Court OKs Radical Cleric's US Extradition

Al-Masri tried to build a terrorist training camp
in Oregon, US says

Nov 15, 07 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri could be extradited to the US, thanks to a British court ruling today. Hamza is serving a seven-year prison term for inciting his congregation to murder, but US charges, which include attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, could put the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
terrorism • terror plots • extradition • Britain • radical cleric • Abu Hamza al Masri • terror suspects

Iraqi Shiite Leaders
Call Truce

Sides that clashed
in Karbala seek to
curb bloodshed

Oct 6, 07 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Shiite leaders made peace in Iraq today in hope of ending their bitter feud and curbing bloodshed, Reuters reports. Moqtada Al-Sadr and Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, leaders of parliament's main Shiite blocs, agreed to form committees and solve problems together around the country. Fighting between the factions has intensified this... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Shiite • Mahdi Army • truce • Abdul Aziz Al Hakim • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • radical cleric • Muqtada al-Sadr

5 Stories


from our news partners