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Woman arrested for marring anti-jihad NY subway ad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

NEW YORK (AP) - An Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested Tuesday for spray-painting an advertisement equating Muslim radicals with savages at a New York City subway station. Mona Eltahawy, 45, of New York, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. Her

Provocative anti-jihad ads go up in NYC subways

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

NEW YORK (AP) - Provocative advertisements equating Muslim radicals with savages appeared in New York City subways on Monday, drawing immediate criticism from some riders. "It's a terrible idea," said Colby Richardson at a subway station in midtown Manhattan. "It's going to spark

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon. The decision ends a long-

Anti-jihad 'savage' ads going up in NYC subway

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A provocative ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up in the city's subway system as violent protests over an anti-Islamic film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sweep over much of the Muslim world. A conservative blogger

Tweeters mock Newsweek's #MuslimRage cover

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - If Newsweek intended its latest cover story to spark conversation, it certainly got what it was looking for. The magazine's cover essay, "Muslim Rage: How I Survived It, How We Can End It," has spawned a huge response on Twitter. The

Latest developments on anti-Islam film protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By The Associated Press Here's a look at protests and reaction across the Middle East and elsewhere Monday over an anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad. ___ PAKISTAN Hundreds of protesters demonstrating against the film torched a press club and a government

FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 16th

By JASON KEYSER and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) - The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about violent jihad and the killing of Americans. Two undercover agents

Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

By JASON KEYSER and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) - Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, federal prosecutors said Saturday. Adel Daoud, a U.S. citizen from the Chicago

Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATHAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the

Red Cross declares Syrian conflict to be civil war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By ALBERT AJI and FRANK JORDANSAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions. The Red