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Members of Somalia’s Al-Shabab militant group patrol on foot on the outskirts of Mogadishu in this Monday, March, 5, 2012 file photo. The slaying of a British soldier in east London raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. Source: AP Photo
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British police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south-east London, England, 22 May 2013. (EPA)
Opinion: A betrayal of Islam
British Prime Minister David Cameron was right to describe the brutal murder of a British soldier committed by a radical Muslim of African descent as a “betrayal of Islam.” One of the perpetrators of London’s so-called “machete attack” appeared in a video...Caption:
Islamist preacher Omar Bakri attends an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 24, 2013.(REUTERS/Stringer)
Omar Bakri: Woolwich murder suspect attended my lectures
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Radical cleric Omar Bakri, founder of the banned Al-Muhajiroun group, has acknowledged that one of the suspects in the brutal Woolwich terrorist attack used to attend his lectures. The Lebanese cleric, who has been barred from returning to...Caption:
Masai wait to cast their ballots in front of a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km (53 miles) south of Nairobi March 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)