by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2016 | World
The British newspaper The Guardian reported that the social networking site Twitter has suspended the accounts of Jordanian preacher Abu Qatada (Omar Mahmoud Othman), Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi (Essam Muhammad Tahir Al-Barqawi), the Egyptian Islamist director of the...
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...
by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Dec 20, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat US lawyer Stanley Cohen spoke of his “extraordinary anger” on hearing of the brutal execution of American aid worker Peter Kassig by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), ending six weeks of...
by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Dec 9, 2014 | Middle East
Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Radical Islamist cleric Omar Mahmoud Othman, better known as Abu Qatada, has launched a barrage of criticism at the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which controls large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, calling its leader, Abu Bakr...
by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 27, 2014 | Middle East
Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two of Jordan’s Salafist preachers, Abu Qatada and Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, can lead Islamist efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Hashemite Kingdom, experts claim. The newly released preachers, considered respected...
