by Alissa J Rubin, Patrick Kingsley and Palko Karasz | Aug 25, 2017 | Features
Ripoll, Spain — He sometimes wore jeans and dressed like a “hipster,” and had only a short beard. He was unfailingly courteous and studiously discreet. And it seems that he trained the young men he lured into his terrorist cell to behave in much the same way, carrying...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 21, 2016 | World
The killers of the Syrian Imam Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, from Acton, were jailed for life with minimum terms of 32 years yesterday at the Old Bailey Criminal Court. Imam Abdul Hadi Arwani was found dead in his car in Wembley, London after he was shot in April 2015....
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 14, 2016 | World
New York City police searched on Sunday for a suspect in the shooting of a Muslim cleric and his associate. The cleric and his companion were killed while walking together along a city street after attending prayers at a nearby mosque, authorities said. A lone armed...
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...
