Powerful cleric detained by Americans
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The young black-turbaned cleric detained for nearly 12 hours Friday by U.S. troops comes from one of Iraq's most influential Shiite families and is being groomed for a major leadership role by his powerful father.
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A STUNNING development in the case of a radical hook-handed Islamic cleric -- wanted in connection with the death of an Australian -- has set the scene for a diplomatic showdown between the US and Britain.
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The U.S. and the Iraqi government struggle to contain the truculent cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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In May, British antiterrorism police arrested a Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, after the United States requested his extradition on charges of hostage-taking and providing
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The United States has denied entry to   four Egyptian Muslim clerics sent to Florida to officiate at   religious events during the approaching fasting month of   Ramadan, Cairo airport officials said on Friday.
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In Iraq, a senior Muslim cleric told AFP that a US-led raid had disrupted the process of their release, but that he had issued a fatwa, or a religious ruling, calling for their immediate freedom.
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Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Muslim  cleric wanted by the United States, is due to appear in a  British court Tuesday accused of urging the murder of  non-believers and stirring up racial hatred.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. military released a senior aide to the rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Thursday, and Sadr aides said momentum was growing toward an agreement to disband the cleric's militia, which would halt a major element of the insurgency in Iraq.
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Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, detained in Britain following a US request for extradition, was remanded in custody until next month by a court in London.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 23 -- U.S. forces detained the son of one of Iraq's most prominent Shiite politicians for several hours Friday, a spokesman for the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq said.
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Radical muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged by police with 16 offences including encouraging the murder of non-believers, meaning a US extradition attempt has been put on hold.
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A Muslim cleric wanted by the United States is to be tried in Britain first, the BBC reports. British prosecution of Abu Hamza al-Masri blocks US efforts to extradite him to face terrorism charges.
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KUT, Iraq  - U.S. troops detained the eldest son of Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders, at an Iraqi checkpoint on the Iranian border on Friday, Iraqi security force officials said.
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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have detained a prominent, US-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said yesterday.
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UK police have been given more time to question Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is being held on suspicion of committing terrorist offences.
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Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric facing extradition to the United States, was questioned yesterday by Scotland Yard officers on suspicion of plotting or taking part in terrorist acts in Britain.
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Radical cleric Abu Hamza, already facing US terror allegations, is questioned under UK anti-terror laws.