Islam & Terrorism

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Midday Roundup: Boston bombing investigation targets terror groups

Newsworthy | Radical links? A former Chechnyan separatist who is now a refugee in the United States has become a key focus in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Federal investigators trying to establish whether…

A crucifix hangs from a tree at the site of the second Boston Marathon bombing, one month after the bombing in Boston, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Midday Roundup: Boston bombs ‘payback’ for Americans killing Muslims

Newsworthy |  Payback. Suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a message for authorities in the boat where he thought he would spend his last hours on earth: He and…

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich

Germany outlaws Islamic extremism

Religion |  In a move against terror and extremism, German authorities banned three ultraconservative Islamic groups Wednesday and later announced they had thwarted a…

An original 1939 Ministry of Information

Globe Trot: No need to panic

International |  “Keep Calm and Carry On” is a good Monday slogan, and originally part of a 1939 British war propaganda campaign. But it actually never went public during…

Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan.

'Man of peace' convicted of terrorism

Islam & Terrorism |  An elderly Muslim cleric serving in Miami was convicted Monday of funneling thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban, a terror organization blamed for…

A woman seriously injured during an attack on a church in Kenya Sunday is airlifted to a hospital in Nairobi.

Globe Trot 11.05

International |  Election Eve is a fit time to call on Teddy Roosevelt, who said after winning the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize: “Peace is generally good in itself, but it is…

Imam Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram

At least 20 students killed in northeast Nigeria

Terrorism |  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP)—Assailants shot and stabbed to death at least 20 students in the second attack suspected to be carried out by Islamist extremists on…

Explosive attack on Kenya church kills one child

Explosive attack on Kenya church kills one child

Terrorism |  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)—The acting police chief in Kenya's capital says an explosive device set off in a Sunday school class killed one child and seriously…

Hezbollah leader emerges for anti-film protest

Hezbollah leader emerges for anti-film protest

Terrorism |  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader has made a rare public appearance at a rally in Beirut denouncing an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in…

Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen

Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen

Yemen |  SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Chanting "death to America," hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and…

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What's right with Islam

Islam & Terrorism |  My goal here is not to do a detailed theological critique of Islam, but-in five sets of five propositions each-to look quickly at the cultural and political…

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Islamic worldview and how it differs from Christianity

Islam & Terrorism |  Those are five positives, but it does not take long before we start seeing ways in which Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God. And in examining…

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