Tag Archives: Muslim

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Worshippers leaving a London mosque early Monday were helping an elderly man who had collapsed when a van deliberately rammed them, driven by an attacker who shouted: “I want to kill all Muslims”, witnesses said. Shortly after midnight, the van swerved towards people who …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, will not join an Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia with US President Donald Trump, his office said Friday. “President Omar al-Bashir has apologised to King Salman of Saudi Arabia for being unable to …

A police officer attached to Special Investigation Unit Kireka has told the International Crimes Division Court that George William Iga is one of the 14 people suspected to be behind the killing of Shiekh Hassan Ibrahim Kirya. Detective Assistant Inspector of Police Aggrey Mpamizo Kanyomozi was testifying as the 35th …

The International Crimes Division Court has barred the media and members of the public from attending proceedings in the case where 14 people are accused of plotting the murder of Muslim clerics across the country. This after lead judge Ezekiel Muhanguzi granted prosecution’s request to have its four next witnesses testify …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries singled out for “extreme vetting” will face scrutiny of their social media footprint and phone records, the new Homeland Security secretary said Tuesday. Secretary John Kelly sought to explain President Donald Trump’s travel ban four days after he …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US President Donald Trump boasted Saturday that his “very strict” crackdown on Muslim immigration was working “very nicely,” amid mounting resistance to the order branded as blatantly discriminatory. In an executive order signed Friday, Trump halted the arrival of refugees for at least 120 …

The Muslim Clerics murder case hearing resumed on Tuesday with the 14 people accused demanding that prosecution brings direct evidence against them. The 14, led by Amir Umar Shiekh Mohammed Yonus Kamoga, through their lawyer Fred Muwema say they are “tired of prosecution’s fringe witnesses who never implicate them.” So far, …

The 14 Muslim Sheikhs accused of masterminding the murder of several clerics were on Monday charged afresh before the International Crimes Division of the High court in Kampala. This after their pre-trial hearing last month  in which the court  confirmed charges of murder, terrorism and attempted murder, against them. Consequently the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Sadiq Khan was sworn in as London mayor Saturday after being elected the first Muslim leader of a major Western capital, as the Conservatives defended attempts to link him to extremism during the campaign. The opposition Labour lawmaker, the son of a Pakistani bus …

A Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed was arrested because he created a clock and took it to school to show off to teachers and friends. The prejudiced school administration handed him to police. The school authorities noted that they suspected the 14 year old could have been carrying a bomb and …