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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
Horn of Africa
– MOMBASA TRIAL
On 06/23/2003 the Kenyan authority officially accused a group of 8 suspects of assisting the Mombasa Paradise attack on 11/28/2002. Continue reading
– MOMBASA PARADISE ATTACK
On the 11/28/2002 noon, while a group of Israelis just arrived to the lobby of “Paradise Mombasa” hotel in the town of Kikambala, just north of Mombasa, owned by an Israeli, a suicide bomber blew himself in the entrance of the Hotel. Continue reading
– SOMALI VIOLANCE
Somali police have arrested on 07/09/2007, during the evening prayers, an unknown number of people from a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu, while searching for insurgents following a grenade attack. Continue reading
– FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was born in the early 70s’ in Comoro Islands. He moved to Nairobi, Kenya s’ capital and in 1994 became the secretary of Wadih el-Hage in the . That job, probably, linked Fazul Abdullah Mohammed later to Al Qaeda. Continue reading
– AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was born in the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar in the early 70s’. As a teenager he was under the influence of a Muslim traveling preacher - “Tabligh” - in Zanzibar. Continue reading
– EAST AFRICA U.S EMBASSIES BOMBINGS – 08/07/1998
On 08/07/1998, at about 10:40 in the middle of an ordinary work day, a car bomb loaded with 600 kg military explosive T.N.T exploded near by the back entrance of USA embassy in the center of Nairobi, Kenya s’ capital. In that explosion 213 people were killed and about 4000 were wounded. Continue reading
– SOMALIA
Somalia is an independent country since 1960. Almost all the population is Muslim Sunnites. Somalia is still a tribal society where loyalty to the tribe comes before anything else. Continue reading
– EAST AFRICA
East Africa is all the African coast on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean from Egypt in the North, that is a part of the Middle East, to South Africa in the South. Continue reading
– SHEIK SHARIF AHMED
Sheik Sharif Ahmed is one of the leaders of the “Council of Islamic Courts” in Somalia. He was captured in the beginning of the the Ethiopian - Somali War in 12/2006 and kept in Kenya. Continue reading
– THE ETHIOPIAN-SOMALI WAR
The ungoverned places in the world are the safe haven for the Global Jihad. From areas like the remote mountains in Afghanistan or Yemen, in the vast tribal region between the borders of Libya, Chad, Algiers and Nigeria and in Somalia - terrorists found refuge and a place to recover and plan the next move. Continue reading