The Taliban: Islam, opium and the current conflict in Afghanistan. Understanding why the Taliban fight
By Moneeb Hafeez This research is an attempt to understand the cause of the current insurgency in Afghanistan. The Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic movement, are fighting a foreign occupation on what is perceived as a war on religious grounds. However when analysing the Taliban’s beliefs and actions such a notion does not hold. Firstly the Islam […]
Islamic State: how can young Brits be stopped from joining?
Assed Baig reports from Dewsbury, where people are trying to understand why two Yorkshire teenagers, including reported suicide bomber Talha Asmal, ran away to a distant conflict.
We were defending British values, say Syria Britons
Exclusive: two British men who have returned from the Syria conflict say they went to the Middle East on a humanitarian mission “against a brutal regime” – and insist they are not terrorists. Think about the conflict in Syria today and the headlines dominated by Think about the conflict in Syria today and the headlines dominated by the savage […]
London shopkeeper defiant despite threats over Charlie sign
[insert video] East London deli owner Adel Defilaux tells Assed Baig he received death threats, after posting a “Je suis Charlie” sign, on the day a new issue of the satirical magazine went out.
Assange appeal rejected by Swedish court
WikiLeaks founder Assange to appeal against decision by Swedish court not to drop an arrest warrant against him. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to take his battle against an arrest warrant to Sweden’s Supreme Court, his lawyer has disclosed. Per Samuelson’s comments came on Thursday after a Swedish court rejected an attempt by Assange, who remains […]
UK collaborated with Assad, says ex-Guantanamo inmate
Moazzam Begg tells Anadolu Agency that UK security services handed over intelligence to Syrian regime. Former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg says he believes that “vindictive” terror charges levelled against him in the U.K. – which have now been dropped – were brought because of his efforts to expose links between the British and U.S. governments and Syrian President […]
Legal challenge mounted against UK anti-terror law
Anti-terror powers allowing police to stop individuals at UK ports for up to nine hours are challenged in Supreme Court. Human rights organizations have launched a legal challenge in the U.K. against a controversial anti-terror power which allows police to question people for up to nine hours on whether they have been involved in acts of terrorism. […]
UK to begin joint NATO military exercise in Poland
Exercise Black Eagle designed to ‘deter Russian aggression’. Britain is to begin a bi-lateral military exercise with Poland in the next few days that will involve 1,350 U.K. military personnel and 350 vehicles, the Ministry of Defence has told the Anadolu Agency. The announcement came on Monday as tensions between west European states and Russia continue […]
Report: One in five youths forced to sleep rough in UK
Charity reports nearly a fifth of young people in Britain have slept on the streets and in cars and night buses. One in five young people in the U.K. have been forced to sleep rough, a charity for homeless people has reported. According to a poll published on Thursday and carried out on behalf of Centrepoint, a charity which supports homeless […]
UK: Two sons lost, father says ‘Do not go to Syria’
Abubaker Deghayes has now lost two sons to the Syrian conflict, with another still fightng in the war torn country. The father who lost two of his sons fighting in Syria has said that he does not want others to suffer the same fate. Abubaker Deghayes, who lives in Saltdean, East Sussex, has lost his […]