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April 21, 2009 News

(UK) Embarrassment for police as terror suspects released
-- "Nine men detained in a major security operation intended to thwart what the Prime Minister
said was 'a very big terrorist plot' were released without charge tonight"
-- "released because there was no concrete evidence connecting them to terrorist activity"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6144111.ece
-- "Two remain in custody and are still being questioned"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5196663/Terror-raids-nine-men-released.html
-- British police free nine Pakistanis held in terror raids
http://www.geo.tv/4-22-2009/40392.htm

(UK) Men plotted against UK publisher of Mohammad book
-- "Two men admitted on Tuesday plotting to firebomb the London home of the
publisher of a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammad's child bride."
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/22/worldupdates/2009-04-21T194513Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-391629-1&sec=Worldupdates

(UK) Standing Up For Hatred
-- "Daud Abdullah, the deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, will be
one of the speakers at this weekend's national conference of the 'Stop the War Coalition'"
-- "backing jihad and the rank religious hatred of the Istanbul declaration amounts to
nothing more than 'support of the Palestinians'"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/21/standing-up-for-hatred/

(UK) Britain to review all arms exports to Israel
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ISRAEL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-04-21-12-13-45

(UK) It's Cat Stevens at the mike but it's Islam holding court
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/cat-at-the-mike-but-islam-holds-court/2009/04/21/1240079665354.html

(UK) Call to make Islamist groups part of solution in building institutions 
-- David Gardner at Chatham House think tank
-- "A leading writer on the Middle East has outlined the need for Islamist groups to be part
of the solution in building institutions, a legal framework, and to strengthen representative government"
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74048&Itemid=2

 

 


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