Sheikh Qaradawi urges Arab nation to defend Aqsa Mosque

BEIRUT, (PIC)-- Head of the international union for Muslim scholars Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi called for Arab popular moves to protect the Aqsa Mosque and confront the Jewish attempts to defile it.

[Islam in Europe] BREAKING: Dead, wounded in attack in Liege

BREAKING: Dead, wounded in attack in Liege

The Guardian is live blogging.

The attack is linked to a jail-break. According to Dutch news-site AD, the attack might be linked to a recent honor murder trial. Yesterday four members of the Pakistani Sheikh family were sentenced for the murder of Saida Sheikh. Brother Mudusar was sentenced to 15 years, father Mahmood Tariq to 25, the mother got 20 years and sister Sariya got five years. During sentencing the court received a phone call from a Pakistani organization threatening an attack on the courts in Brussels and Charleroi.

Other sources say the attackers have a drug-crime history.

Belgium, Brussels: Pakistani family stand trial for ‘honour killing’

(AFP)

16 November 2011

BRUSSELS — A Pakistani family of four go on trial Thursday in connection with the “honour killing” of a 20-year-old woman who defied them by living with a Belgian and refusing an arranged marriage.

Sadia Sheikh, a Belgian law student of Pakistani origin, was shot dead by three bullets fired by her older brother Mudusar on October 22, 2007, when visiting her family who had pledged to patch up their quarrel.

Sydney sheikh stalled

Dylan Welch, National Security Correspondent

November 15, 2011

A file image of Ismail Al-Wahwah speaking at a rally organised by Hizb ut-tahrir in Lakemba. Photo: Steven Siewert

A CONTROVERSIAL Australian sheikh has been left stranded in Jordan after authorities confiscated his Australian passport, possibly in relation to his membership of an international group that advocates a global Islamic caliphate.

"Soon the whole world will recognize our strength and become Muslim. The only ones will will not convert to Islam will be the Jews, and we will destroy them."

Israel is the last bastion of democracy in the Middle East.

Once when I was going to Chechnya to interview the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, I traveled from Baku along with two Jordanians and one Saudi Arabian.