Reviving moderate religious ties seen as key to tackling Asia's terrorists
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Reviving violence-weakened bonds between moderate clerics and followers of different faiths holds the key to crushing Asia's formidable network of extremist militants, regional leaders said.
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Indonesia&#39;s new president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said Wednesday he is considering tougher laws to detain Islamic terrorists, which he said still pose a threat to his country, the world&#39;s most populous Muslim nation.
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In Indonesia, the crumbling prosecution case against alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir has gotten a boost. A confessed senior member of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah gave a detailed account of how
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The group indicted for terror plans appears to have had more in common with homegrown cults than al-Qaeda terrorists. Which doesn't mean they weren't dangerous
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As the U.S. wrestles with questions of terrorism and immigration control, Muslims appear to be moving here again in surprising numbers.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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To the outside world, the two groups appear to have much in common: Devoutly Muslim, fiercely hostile to Israel and the U.S., and high on Washington&#039;s list of terrorist groups.
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Laksamana.Net - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says terrorism is the enemy of all religions so they must wage war against the violent scourge.
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While Iraq remains the controversial center of debate about the war against terrorism, Indonesia is quietly emerging under its new leader as a potentially significant counter to Islamic extremism.
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BERLIN -- Religious converts are playing an increasingly influential role in Islamic militant networks, having transformed themselves in recent years from curiosities to key players in terrorist cells in Europe, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts.
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TONY EASTLEY: In central Java today, one of the more unusual meetings for the year. The gathering, co-hosted by Australia&#39;s and Indonesia&#39;s foreign ministers brings together 14 religious leaders to sponsor peace and cooperation in our region.
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US influence in Asia is at risk of seriously diminishing if Washington fails to undertake a more coherent policy in the region that goes beyond its concerns with terrorism and nuclear proliferation, US experts on Asia said in a report.
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The brutality and meticulous planning of the school hostage-taking and other recent terror attacks in Russia have focused new attention on the growing influence of Islamic extremists over Chechen rebels and raised suspicions of a global terror connection.
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GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia  - The sweet smell of incense from a centuries-old Chinese temple, the perfume of a Hindu shrine decked in flowers and the call to Muslim prayer.
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Nation is confronting whether its conservative Islamic beliefs have opened the way for the emergence of al Qaeda and other terror groups.
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PARIS -- Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks forced the West to take a collective crash course on Islamic terrorism, the myths endure: The militants are impoverished and uneducated. Lifelong religious fervor drives them to embrace jihad. Al Qaeda aggressively recruits and brainwashes the men.