Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza Al-Masri, is seen leading prayers outside the North London Central Mosque, in Finsbury Park, north London in this January 24, 2003 file photograph. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)

Abu Hamza: The Americans are trying to kill me slowly

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 9, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian-born radical preacher Abu Hamza Al-Masri, serving a life sentence in the US on terrorism charges, has spoken out from his prison cell, exclusively revealing to Asharq Al-Awsat that he has been held in solitary confinement since his...

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A copy of the London-based Sunday Times newspaper rests under a computer keyboard and mouse, on August 7, 2009, in London, United Kingdom. (Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid)

Dipesh Gadher on Extremism in Britain, ISIS, and the Future of Journalism in the Digital Age

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Aug 10, 2015 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dipesh Gadher joined the Sunday Times as a graduate trainee in September 1998 and has since held several roles in the news department, including transport correspondent, media correspondent, and deputy news editor. He now works as the...

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File photo of Finsbury Park Mosque in North London. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The New Face of Finsbury Park Mosque

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 12, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A huge crashing sound rings out across the cold North London night as a 50-pound battering ram smashes open the sturdy mosque doors. Armed police, wearing special slip-on covers over their boots, silently enter the notorious Finsbury Park...