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A file photograph showing the British television company, Channel 4 News building in central London, England, 05 June 2007. Source: EPA/Andy Rain

UK’s Channel 4 to broadcast live call to prayer during Ramadan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 3, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British national television network Channel 4 has announced that it will provide live broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, at roughly 3 a.m. every morning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the first such move by a mainstream...

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A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)

Editorial: Not In Our Name

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2013 | Opinion

The heinous crime that took place in the London suburb of Woolwich in broad daylight last week cannot be justified or excused, and most certainly Islam and Muslims should not be held responsible for it. The ugly sight of a young British soldier’s body on the side of a...

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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

Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2013 | World

Nairobi, AP—A suspect in the savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 near the East African country’s border with Somalia, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday. Michael Adebolajo was believed to have been...

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Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, Saturday May 25, 2013, and France’s president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier. AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere

French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2013 | World

Paris, AP—A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists. French...

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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

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 25, 2013 | Opinion

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...