Hundreds of thousands protest in Chechnya against Mohammad cartoons
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar and immoral” cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published by French newspaper Charlie Heb…
UK plea to imams to fight extremism draws charge of Islamophobia
LONDON (Reuters) – Muslim groups accused the British government of copying the language of the far right on Monday and of stoking Islamophobia after ministers wrote to imams asking them to explain to Muslims how Islam is compatible with being British.
Gaza jihadist supporters rally against France, praise Islamic State
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France.
German leaders regret terror threat curbs PEGIDA’s right to protest
BERLIN (Reuters) – German political leaders said it was regrettable that a terror threat had led to the cancellation of a planned march by the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA in Dresden on Monday night, regardless of how one views the group itself.
Ex-Swiss banker found guilty in WikiLeaks trial, avoids jail
ZURICH (Reuters) – A former Julius Baer banker found guilty on Monday of breaching Swiss banking secrecy laws by handing over data about offshore clients to WikiLeaks will avoid jail time.
France’s Hollande gets poll rebound after attacks, FN flat
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande saw a spectacular revival in his dismal popularity ratings on Monday as two major surveys showed French voters applauding his handling of the country’s most deadly Islamist attacks.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard general killed in Israeli Syria raid: news site
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guard general was killed along with a number of fighters from the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah group in an Israeli air strike in Syria, an Iranian news website said on Monday.
Cameroon frees 24 hostages after suspected Boko Haram kidnapping
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighboring Nigeria, a defense ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Indonesia says no evidence so far of terrorism in AirAsia crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian investigators said on Monday they had found no evidence so far that terrorism played a part in the crash of an AirAsia passenger jet last month that killed all 162 people on board.
Erdogan chairs Turkish cabinet meeting, pushing presidential powers
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan became the first Turkish president to chair a cabinet meeting in more than a decade on Monday, furthering his drive for a stronger presidency and fuelling concern among critics that he is accumulating too much…
