Here are the Blogs in the Esmerelda Weatherwax category.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Somali militant group al-Shabaab formally joins al-Qaida
From the Guardian
The Somali militant group al-Shabaab has formally joined al-Qaida, according to a video translation of a message from al-Qaida's leader.
Ayman al-Zawahiri gave "glad tidings" that al-Shabaab had joined al-Qaida, according to the translation of the 15-minute video by
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Posted on 02/09/2012 5:36 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Man pleads guilty over online 'South Park' threat
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Muslim convert from Brooklyn pleaded guilty Thursday to using a website he founded to post online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show and others he deemed enemies of Islam.
In court papers filed Thursday with his guilty plea, Jesse
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Posted on 02/09/2012 5:14 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Crown Court Liverpool
The latest from the Crown Court at Liverpool is that the trial(s) of the large group of men accused of sexual offences against young girls is on going and likely to take many weeks. Patriots and concerned members of the public, who were prepared to organise a rota to demonstrate regularly if necessary, have
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Posted on 02/09/2012 11:11 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Nine jailed over terror bomb plot
Latest news from Crown Court Woolwich. From the BBC and Wales on LIne
Nine men who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp have been jailed. Three of the men - all members of an al-Qaeda inspired terror group - received indeterminate sentences for public protection
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Posted on 02/09/2012 10:49 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
More from Crown Court Woolwich
The sentencing hearing at Crown Court Woolwich continues. Although the hearing is at a London court the regional newspapers are showing much more interest than the nationals or the London papers.
From Wales on Line , This is Staffordshire and the Rutland and Stamford Mercury.
An al Qaida-inspired
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Posted on 02/08/2012 8:09 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Danish citizen arrested on terror charges in Morocco
From the Copenhagen Post
Moroccan police have arrested a Danish citizen on terror charges. The Dane, who is of Moroccan descent, was arrested along with two other men for having planned terror attacks against the Moroccan state. The three suspects are believed to be members of a terror organisation
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Posted on 02/08/2012 7:34 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Malmö mayor in non-violence plea to residents
From the Swedish edition of The Local
Politicians in Malmö are planning to write open letters to the community in a plea to help curb crime. “To those who have heard or seen anything in these different crimes, be sure you come forward as soon as possible to police and others,” the
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Posted on 02/08/2012 7:11 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Football prohibited in Islam, fans not martyrs, says Egypt sheikh
From Bikya Masr
CAIRO: A popular ultra-conservative Salafist sheikh in Egypt has said that the victims at a match in Port Said last week were not “martyrs” and had died in sin because football is forbidden in Islam.
Spokesman of the Salafi Preaching Movement in the country, Sheikh Abdul
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Posted on 02/08/2012 2:13 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Abu Hamza could also be bailed after Abu Qatada ruling
From The Telegraph
The release of Abu Qatada following a European Court of Human Rights ruling could pave the way for other terror suspects such as Abu Hamza to win bail, it was feared. Six men, including the hate preacher Abu Hamza, are expected to find out within weeks whether they can be extradited
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Posted on 02/08/2012 1:55 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Czech prosecutors warned of visit by radical Islamic cleric from UK
From the Czech Position
London-based radical Muslim cleric Haitham Al-Haddad — who sits on the UK’s Islamic Sharia Council, advocates a ban on music, refers to Christians and Jews as “accursed nations,” and calls for Jihad against Israel — is reportedly due to arrive in
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Posted on 02/07/2012 5:16 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Welsh terror plotters decided against suicide bombing to commit more attacks
From Wales on Line. This is more from a three day sentencing hearing following last week's guilty pleas.
A group of UK-based radical Islamists decided against carrying out suicide attacks so they would have a “long-term future” in committing acts of terrorism, a court heard today.
Within
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Posted on 02/07/2012 3:09 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Muslim converts 'came to UK with articles on how to mow down the enemies of Allah'
From the London Evening Standard
Two Muslim converts who were caught entering Britain with Al Qaeda magazines containing instructions on how to produce homemade bombs will be back on the streets within two months. German-born Christian Emde, 28, and Robert Baum, 24, were sentenced today at the Old
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Posted on 02/07/2012 2:59 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Podcast Goes Out in a Blaze of Glory - the last Shire Network News
News from Brian of London.
After long deliberation, and a visit from Darth Vader, we’ve determined that Shire Network News has come to an end. For our final episode, we feature our current voices and some from the past. Damian Penny, Andrew Ian Dodge, Meryl Yourish, Brian of London, Doug
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Posted on 02/07/2012 2:15 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 6 February 2012
Northern paedophile groomers face disapproval at Crown Court Liverpool
We have posted several times about the gangs of Muslim men, mostly in towns in the north of England who groom then sexually abuse under-age English girls; rape, prostitution, even murder.
A ring of over 40 men were apprehended in small groups, over a period of time, in Rochdale last year. The Manchester
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Posted on 02/06/2012 5:22 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 6 February 2012
Abu Qatada to be released within days
From The Telegraph
Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security, will be back on the streets within days after judges granted him bail. His defence team had argued his detention of six and a half years while fighting deportation was unlawful
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Posted on 02/06/2012 12:04 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 6 February 2012
Diamond Jubilee
On the 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has re-dedicated herself to our service. This is her Diamond Jubilee message .
Composer Ronald Binge wrote this piece in 1951 and later re-named it Elizabethan Serenade to reflect the optimism of the
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Posted on 02/06/2012 5:22 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Monday, 6 February 2012
MP's report “Roots of Radicalisation” - Radical Muslims 'target young inmates in prison’
Prison da'wa is well known, in the UK and the US, almosr certainly elsewhere. The question is, what to do about it.
From The Telegraph.
Despite being sent to maximum security jails, extremists are preaching hate to new inmates, breeding a fresh generation of radicals willing to launch
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Posted on 02/06/2012 1:51 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Bomb Plotters are my Students, Admits Choudary
From the Daily Star Sunday
HARDLINE Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary taught six of the nine fanatics jailed last week for plotting to bomb London. The firebrand cleric even praised the terror gang as “decent young chaps”.Choudary claimed he had no idea they planned to kill and maim. He
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Posted on 02/05/2012 6:59 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Sunday, 5 February 2012
'Terror link' pilot who flew 747s for BA can be identified for the first time
From the Mail on Sunday
A Muslim pilot arrested over an alleged terrorist plot involving an aircraft was a senior first officer for British Airways and flew Boeing 747 jets. He can be identified for the first time today as Surrey-born Samir Jamaluddin. The 39-year-old is suing the airline for racial
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Posted on 02/05/2012 5:13 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Friday, 3 February 2012
Paris, Rome, now London
Pictures from the Daily Mail of Muslim prayer on the streets of London around one of the nearest mosques to the City of London. It is incorrect that this is the only Mosque in the area, I know of two others in adjacent streets - Brick Lane and Redchurch Street..
In the shadow of the glass and steel
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Posted on 02/03/2012 5:38 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Friday, 3 February 2012
Kuwait: Hardline Islamists seize control of parliament
From The Telegraph
Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls, with women and liberals the big losers. The Islamists secured 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, results showed today. All four of the female MPs who served in the previous parliament
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Posted on 02/03/2012 1:45 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Two German Muslim converts admit terrorism offences
Its like a blooming hydra - you cut one head off and seven more appear. From the BBC
Two German nationals have pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey in London to possessing terrorist materials. Christian Emde, 28, and Robert Baum, 23, both Muslim converts from Solingen in Germany, were arrested in July
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Posted on 02/02/2012 12:50 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Veiled Muslim Woman Denied Gas Wants Chevron Apology
From ABC News and WSVN 7News
A Muslim woman is threatening to sue Chevron unless the gas giant issues her a better apology for refusing to serve her while she was wearing a veil that exposed only her eyes.
Wilfredo Ruiz, the attorney for La Fleur Mohamed, said Chevron's apology
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Posted on 02/02/2012 12:07 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Macedonia: Plea for Muslims to show restraint ignored - Church set on fire after carnival
From the Press Association
An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight (this was 31st) amid religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims over a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men dressed as women in burkas and mocked the
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Posted on 02/02/2012 4:44 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Terrorists admit plot to bomb London Stock Exchange and US Embassy
From the Telegraph
Four al-Qaeda inspired terrorists have pleaded guilty to plotting a Christmas bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, the American embassy and the home of London Mayor Boris Johnson.
Two of the men conducted a surveillance trip around central London and also talked about launching
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Posted on 02/01/2012 5:12 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax