Tag: Terror

Nancy Graham Holm defends murder over free speach.  “Publishing Kurt Westergaard’s cartoon was an aggressive act born of Denmark’s reluctance to respect religious belief”

Security services knew three years ago that the Detroit bomber had “multiple communications” with Islamic extremists in Britain, it emerged this weekend. Counterterrorism officials said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was “reaching out” to extremists who MI5 had under surveillance while he was studying at University College London. None of the information was passed to American officials, which will prompt questions about intelligence failures prior to the attack.

A Muslim MP has opened up divisions within the Islamic community by saying it is reasonable for Muslims to be singled out for extra airport security measures following the Detroit bomb attempt. Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said it has become necessary to ‘profile’ passengers from certain racial and religious groups in order to weed out possible terror suspects.

Even before it opened on the Edinburgh Festival fringe in 2007, there were calls for Jihad: The Musical to be boycotted by theatre-goers. Now Mandrake hears that the controversial production will open in London at the Jermyn Street Theatre early in the New Year. Although it features songs such as Building A Bomb Today and I Wanna Be Like Osama, Ben Scheuer, its composer and co-lyricist, insists that it is not in the worst possible taste.