How many Muslims are Radical Islamists?, Islamic World News, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic World News

How many Muslims are Radical Islamists?

How much fervor: Gallup polled over 50,000 Muslims across 10 countries and found that, if one defines radicals as those who deemed the 9/11 attacks "completely justified," their number constitutes about 7 percent of the total population. But if one includes Muslims who considered the attacks "largely justified," their ranks jump to 13.5 percent. Adding those who deemed the attacks "somewhat justified" boosts the number of radicals to 36.6 percent. Which figure should one adopt?

Gauge voter intentions: Elections measure Islamist sentiment untidily, for Islamist parties erratically win support from non-Islamists. Thus, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 47 percent in 2007 elections, 34 percent of the vote in 2002 elections, and its precursor, the Virtue Party, won just 15 percent in 1999. The Islamic Movement's northern faction won 75 percent of the vote in the Israeli Arab city of Umm el-Fahm in 2003 elections while Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization, won 44 percent of the vote in the Palestinian Authority in 2006. Which number does one select?

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Islamist terror cell plotting to kill British Queen?, Islam,Terrorism and Jihad, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam,Terrorism and Jihad

Islamist terror cell plotting to kill British Queen?

19 Aug 2008, PTI

This suspicion has been drawn from a list, containing information about the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Princess Royal, which police have recovered from the possession of the arrested members of the terror cell, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.

Also on the list were the names of Princess Michael of Kent, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke and Duchess of Kent.

"They had details of explosives and poisons along with information about London landmarks and a computer folder on Royal residences. We'd be foolish to rule out the fact that they may have been planning an attack," the British newspaper quoted a counter-terrorism source as saying.

In fact, the arrested members had in their possession pictures, maps and details of the opening hours of official residences of the Royal Family, and prominent landmarks like the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, apart from a home-made video of the Washington Memorial and World Bank in the US.

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43 dead in suicide attack on Algerian police school, Islam,Terrorism and Jihad, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam,Terrorism and Jihad

43 dead in suicide attack on Algerian police school

August 20, 2008

The attacker drove a car packed with explosives at the main entrance to the school as candidates for an entry exam were waiting outside, witnesses told AFP. Civilians as well as police officers were among the victims and a major security operation was under way there, they added. The casualty figures were still provisional, the ministry said in a statement. But it is already the deadliest attack in the country in several months, worse than the December 2007 attack in Algiers against government and United Nations buildings, which killed 41 people and injured many others.

Tuesday’s attack comes as Algeria’s newspapers reported an attack on Sunday in which Islamist militants killed 11 members of the security forces and a civilian in an ambush in the country’s east.

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