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An old man has been killed and others injured in an explosion in the Shouhada mosque in Sanaa [Yemen]. Investigations revealed that the bomb was supposed to explode when the worshippers came out of the mosque, but it exploded later when a worshiper touched it. The reasons behind this massacre...
The author comments on how Abu Hamza Al-Masri, leader of the London-based Ansar Al-Shari’a group, obtained his British citizenship and why the British authorities have withdrawn it from him later. He gives a brief background about his activities that placed him at the top of the leaders of...
In the aftermath of London bombings, several European countries have adopted tough new anti-terrorist legislation that the author argues restricts Muslims’ freedom.
Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh offered to the British Ambassador to Sana to give Abu Hamza to Britain. He also offered to give all evidence to prove that Abu Hamza is guilty of assassinating and kidnapping a number of tourists through Aden’s Islamic Army and also to pay for the lawyers who...
Yemen offered the British government to exchange five British citizens jailed in Aden for the Egyptian fundamentalist, Abu Hamza Al Masri, who was said to have sent these five to Aden. It asked Britain to hand over Abu Hamza Al Masri, wanted in Yemen, to be prosecuted according to Yemeni law.
The British government is facing demands for investigation of whether Muslim students in Britain are being militarily trained and armed to fight outside Britain, especially in Chechnya and Kashmir. This demand has led to fears among British Muslims, especially those who belong to the...
Followers and supporters of a Yemeni militant who was executed on Sunday for the kidnapping and killing of Western tourists in Yemen threatened to avenge his killing, but the Yemeni authorities dismissed these warnings as "hot air".
With Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh about to launch his re-election campaign, a series of explosions rocked the impoverished country on Friday and Saturday [August 27 and 28, 1999]. This was a clear reminder to Saleh that his coming term - as his victory is nearly certain - will not be an...
Yemen’s Interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab said in remarks published Thursday that security forces had arrested 16 people on charges of planning sabotage acts in Yemen. "A group of 16 people linked to Abu Hamza Al-Masri were arrested in Sanaa. They were planning sabotage acts," the official 26...
Friday, British authorities released three Islamist militants arrested four days earlier, including the leader of Ansar Al-Sharia (Advocates of Islamic Law) and Yasser Serri who was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian military court in 1994 for plotting an attack against the then Prime...
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