BBC News
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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.
Leadership
– NASSER AL-WEHAISHI, HUWAIDI & OMDAH
Nasser al-Wehaishi, alias Abu-Bashir. Ibrahim al-Huwaidi was sentenced on 08/25/2004 for 10 years in jail. Mohammed al-Omdah associated himself to Jaber Elbaneh. Continue reading
– ADEN HASHI FARAH [EYROW]
Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow" was the leader of ‘Hizbul Shabab’ in Somalia, later known just as al-Shabab, the military wing of the Councils of Islamic Courts (CIC) and a close associate of Sheikh Dahir Aweys. Continue reading
– SHEIKH HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was born in the mid 30s’ in Somalia. He was a colonel in the Somali army during the Ogaden war with Ethiopia in 1977. Continue reading
– RIFAAI AHMAD TAHA
Rifaai Ahmad Taha, also known as Abu Yasir, was the Amir (Commissioner – commander) of the EGYPTIAN Jamaa Islamiya (EJI) up to his resignation in 1998. Continue reading
– ABU OMAR AL-BAGHDADI – HAMID AL-ZAWI
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was the person purported to be the leader (Amir) of the former Mujahideen Shura Council - Consultative Council of Mujahedeen in Iraq, Continue reading
– RADULAN SAHIRON
Radulan Sahiron was born in the mid 30s’. He was a veteran of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) from the early 60s’. Continue reading
– RUSLAN GELAYEV
Khamzat Ruslan Gelayev was born in 1964, 10 years after his parents had returned from the Stalinist deportation of Chechens into Kazakhstan, in a village near Urus-Martan, about 50 km South of Chechnya’s capital Grozny. Continue reading
– HAFIZ MUHAMMAD SAEED
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was born in the mid 50s’ in the Punjab region of Pakistan. He is a professor in Islamic Studies department of Engineering in Lahore University. Continue reading
– ATA KHALIL ABU-RASHTA
Ata Khalil abu-Rashta, who succeeded Abd al-Qadim Zallum when he died in 2003 as the leader of Hizbu-ut-Tahrir was born into an observant Islamic family in 1943 in today’s Israel, then British-controlled Palestine. Continue reading
– JALALUDDIN HAQQANI
Jalaluddin Haqqani was born in 1950 and is an ethnic Pashtu from North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s FATA region. He speaks also fluent Arabic. Continue reading