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Hindu holy man Aseemanand in custody over India blasts An Indian court has remanded in custody a Hindu holy man accused of a string of bomb attacks previously thought to be the work of Muslim militants. Swami Aseemanand allegedly admitted to placing bombs on a train to Pakistan, at a ... Read More »

Terrorist plots against Europe are on the decline, statistics show, and the majority are not coming from Muslims If someone mentioned terrorism in Europe, you would probably have an idea about the size of the threat and who's responsible. It's big, you would think. And growing. As for who's responsible, ... Read More »

Terror struck Alexandria on New Year's Eve, taking innocent lives from amongst the Christians and Muslims, both. Muslim Matters' Hebah Ahmed was in the city and sends in her feelings and the mood in the country as the tragedy unfolded. Read More »

MILLBRAE, Calif. — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has defended the use of sting operations orchestrated by government informers, telling advocates for the civil rights of American Muslims on Friday night that the tactic is an “essential law enforcement tool in uncovering and preventing terror attacks.” On Saturday, Muslim ... Read More »

Ben Armbruster catches Rep. Peter King* of New York repeating the widely held fiction that American Muslims don't do anything to fight terrorism. Here's a list of terror plots that have been foiled with the assistance of the American Muslims drawn from the Muslim Public Affairs  Council's recent report on the subject: ... Read More »

In this targeted audio, I wish to address those young Muslims out there who are either sympathizers or supporters of radical extremist Muslims. Read More »

Fadel Soliman in a video using Anwar al-Awlaki's own words from 2001 to refute Anwar al-Awlaki's more recent views about targeting innocent civilians. Read More »

We've been dealing with the same threats for decades. But we used to be a lot calmer about it, less self-defeating. Here's a scenario: Middle Eastern terrorists hijack a U.S. jetliner bound for Italy. A two-week drama ensues in which the plane's occupants are split into groups and held hostage ... Read More »

While Americans were preoccupied with midterm elections, the besieged Christians of Iraq faced yet another threat to their survival — survival of the literal sort, not merely political. The blow came with an attack on a Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad, Our Lady of Salvation, which was seized by Al-Qaeda ... Read More »

At least 45 people have been killed and nearly 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in north-west Pakistan, local officials say. The attack took place during Friday prayers in the Darra Adam Khel area, near Pakistan's tribal regions. The roof of the mosque had caved in ... Read More »