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Obama: US and Israel 'in lockstep' to stop Iran becoming nuclear power
US president doubts Israel has yet decided on whether to strike, but America keeps all options openBarack Obama has said that the United States will work in "lockstep" with Israel to prevent Iran from...
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Internet biggest breeding ground for violent extremism, ministers warn
Websites now pose bigger risk than prisons, says report, prompting call to clamp down on 'unregulated' materialThe internet now plays a part in most, if not all, cases of violent radicalisation and is...
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Abu Qatada in court seeking bail
London hearing to decide whether radical cleric should be freed after extradition to Jordan was blocked by Europe courtA radical Muslim cleric described as a grave threat to Britain's national security...
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The threat of far-right extremism warrants more than lip service | Matthew...
The committee report on the roots of violent radicalisation draws attention to the danger of ignoring far-right activityHave we got the balance right in our current approach to countering extremism?...
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Germans jailed for bringing al-Qaida propaganda into the UK
Christian Emde and Robert Baum imprisoned for possessing extremist literature on arrival at DoverTwo Germans have been jailed for being in possession of al-Qaida bomb-making propaganda when they...
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Abu Qatada release: Home Office fury as judge frees 'Bin Laden aide'
Radical Islamist cleric will walk free from Long Lartin maximum security prison after more than six years without trialThe Home Office clashed openly with judges on Monday when it criticised a decision...
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Abu Qatada: no justice, no security | Editorial
The Qatada case is an undeniable mess, but it is a mess which follows a decade in which the rules of justice were swept asideThese days it often requires a fundamentalist to bring about a clash of...
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Abu Qatada: Theresa May faces questions about bail ruling
Home secretary expected to address national security concerns after ruling that radical Islamist cleric must be releasedThe home secretary is to face urgent questions in the Commons over a judge's...
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Abu Qatada: spiritual leader for deadly Islamist groups?
Officials say the bailed cleric has links with Osama Bin Laden, 9/11 and the Iraqi group that beheaded Briton Kenneth BigleyAbu Qatada is accused by the Home Office of being "a significant...
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Somalia is training ground for British would-be terrorists, report warns
Royal United Services Institute warns jihadist threat has spread to separatist movements in Africa and elsewhereFifty Britons in Somalia are among an increasing number of overseas fighters who could...
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Abu Qatada should remain behind bars, says Theresa May
Home secretary tells MPs she finds it unacceptable that bailed Islamist cleric cannot be deported to JordanThe home secretary, Theresa May, has tried to assuage cross-party anger over the decision to...
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Deport Abu Qatada: or if not, give him the law's full protection | Simon Jenkins
Qatada champions al-Qaida and delights in terrorist outrages. But Britain is robust enough to tolerate madcap clericsThere is no argument. The Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is as unpleasant a character as...
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Somalia suicide attack kills at least 11
Islamist militant group al-Shabaab says it was behind car bombing in government-controlled area of MogadishuA suicide car bomber killed at least 11 people on Wednesday near a hotel where lawmakers...
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Letters: Human rights and the Abu Qatada case
Simon Jenkins is right to demand restoration of freedom from detention without trial in Britain (Deport Abu Qatada: or if not, give him the law's full protection, 8 February 2012). But he seriously...
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Terror group members who planned to bomb London Stock Exchange jailed
Nine members of al-Qaida-inspired terror group planned to bomb the London exchange and set up a terrorist camp in PakistanNine members of an al-Qaida-inspired terror group that plotted to bomb the...
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Somali militant group al-Shabaab formally joins al-Qaida
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announces 'glad tidings' in video messageThe Somali militant group al-Shabaab has formally joined al-Qaida, according to a video translation of a message from...
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Abu Qatada's weight and the showbizification of terror
The latest tabloid attempt to paint 'preacher of hate' Abu Qatada as a bloater certainly puts his lesser sins in perspectiveLost in Showbiz is aware that politics is showbiz for ugly people, but is...
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Islamophobia is America's real enemy | Daisy Khan
The hysterical campaign to stigmatise US Muslims poses a far greater threat than radicalisation to America's civic unionA report released this week has at last confirmed what we Muslim Americans have...
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Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross – review
William Shawcross offers a good account of the problems involved in prosecuting Islamist terrorists, although his defence of torture leaves a bad tasteIn 1946, Sir Hartley Shawcross, the chief British...
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Abu Qatada and the portraits of hate | Jonathan Jones
This week's press pictures of the 'hate preacher' show that, just as in Botticelli's time, a man's face can be used against himPortraiture is a cruel art. It does not matter if you wield a paintbrush...
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