A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and another militant died on Wednesday when police raided an apartment in the Paris suburb of St. Denis seeking suspects in last week’s attacks in the French capital. Three sources told Reuters the raid stopped a cell that had been planning an attack[…]
French police have launched a raid in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, in an operation to track down suspects of Friday’s deadly attacks in the capital. Suspects were holed up in an apartment in the northern suburb early on Wednesday after shooting broke out during the raid by heavily armed[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat – So the bombing of ISIS has started. This is the “breaking” news hours after Paris came under attack. But is it really “new” news, worthy of being flashed across most TV channels as “breaking”? Or is it “new” news based on the expectation that France[…]
Local Muslim academic, Professor Farid Esack, said he was “sickened” by the expectation that he has to condemn those involved in the attacks in Paris. “I am not praying for Paris; I am not condemning anyone. Why the hell should I? I had nothing to do with it,” Esack, who[…]
As the world continues to reel from Friday night’s brutal assault on Paris, it seems Parisians are slowly starting to pick up the pieces. But for many, there remains a sense of heightened fear and anxiety with the French capital now on high alert. The bloodbath on Friday evening dominated[…]
The outpouring of condemnation towards Friday evening’s assault on Paris bears testament to the fact that the world places more focus on the loss of “white European lives” above those in third world countries. So says Afro-Middle East Centre director Na’eem Jeenah, as the world reels after a callous and[…]
French and Belgian police have carried out more than 150 raids in both countries and arrested at least nine people in connection with the deadly Paris attacks . Monday’s early-morning raids by French police took place in Toulouse, Paris, Jeumont and Grenoble, among other locations where officers blocked streets and[…]
Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a site used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage[…]
The following is a press statement issued by the Muslim Youth Movement at the University of Cape Town: It is now routine that we must remind people of the ways in which the presiding narrative will maliciously defend those controlling it and lash out against those it oppresses. There are[…]
French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombings and shootings, which have re-ignited a row over Europe’s refugee crisis and drawn[…]
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