1 - 10 of 18 results for "islamist"

  1. 1. news | 16 May 2013

    Nigeria mounts offensive against Islamist insurgents

    By AFP

    » More than 2,000 Nigerian troops have begun an offensive to retake territory seized by Islamist insurgents in the remote northeast, some of them raiding camps in a game reserve, a military source told AFP Thursday.

  2. 2. news | 09 May 2013

    Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to hang for war genocide

    By AFP

    » A war crimes court sentenced a top Bangladeshi Islamist to death on Thursday for masterminding the slaughter of at least 120 farmers in one of the bloodiest single episodes of the 1971 independence war.

  3. 3. multimedia | 20 May 2013

    Police, Islamists clash in Tunisia

    » Riot police and members of a pro-al Qaeda Islamist group clash in Tunis. Andrew Raven reports. - REUTERS

  4. 4. news | 05 May 2013

    37 dead as Bangladesh cracks down on Islamists

    By AFP

    » Bangladeshi police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down Islamist television stations Monday as 37 people died in some of the fiercest street violence for decades.

  5. 5. news | 04 Apr 2013

    Topless protests against Islamism staged across Europe

    By AFP

    » Bare-breasted activists staged rallies in front of mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe Thursday against what they called an Islamist crackdown on Arab women's rights.

  6. 6. news | 08 Apr 2013

    One dead in clashes after funeral of Egypt Christians

    By AFP

    » One person has been killed in clashes at Cairo's Coptic cathedral after funeral prayers for four Christians during which angry Copts chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, an official said.

  7. 7. news | 22 Apr 2013

    187 dead, 77 injured after fierce Nigeria clashes

    By AFP

    » Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist insurgents has killed 187 people, including scores of civilians, while massive blazes left nearly half the town destroyed, the Red Cross said Monday.

  8. 8. news | 20 Apr 2013

    French family head for home after hostage ordeal

    By AFP

    » A French family of seven released after being held by an Islamist group in Nigeria for two months left Cameroon for France late Friday accompanied by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

  9. 9. news | 15 May 2013

    Nigeria calls 'state of emergency' in three states

    By AFP

    » Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a "state of emergency" in three states menaced by Islamist group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures".

  10. 10. news | 31 Mar 2013

    Suicide blast strikes Timbuktu

    By AFP

    » A suicide bomber blew himself up in the northern Malian city of Timbuktu, raising fears of a new wave of violence by Islamist insurgents after a separate land mine blast killed two soldiers.

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