World news about “Islamists” published by euronews.
Egyptians vote in upper house polls Egyptians have been voting in an election for the country’s upper house of parliament. The votes for the Shura Council will take place over two stages and… 29/01/2012
Egyptians freer yet hungrier Egypt is measuring its national pride one year after its historic revolution. But in spite of many efforts, poverty is booming, foreign currency reserves are… 24/01/2012
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament opens first session Egypt’s parliament has opened for the first time since a historic free election. Islamists are in the driving seat with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and… 23/01/2012
Further explosions in Nigeria as death toll rises As the clean up continues on the streets of Nigeria’s northern city of Kano after Friday’s gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents two more explosions… 22/01/2012
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood confirmed as election winners In Egypt, it has been confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has won the biggest share of seats in the country’s first freely elected parliament in… 21/01/2012
Should Europe fear Islamic extremists? With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Masha from France: I’d like to know if Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe. Michaël Privot, Director of… 06/01/2012
Haniyeh visit strengthens Hamas ties with Turkey Turkey’s relations with Gaza’s Hamas leadership have grown closer with a visit by the Palestinian territory’s prime minister Ismail Haniyeh. In Istanbul he… 02/01/2012
Radical Islam in Europe With ISPI – the Institute for International Political Studies ispi Victor, from Fontainebleau in France, asks: I’d like to know if the countries of the… 01/12/2011
Bangladesh constitution protest – nocomment Thousands of Islamic protesters took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka as part of a 30-hour countrywide strike to protest an amendment removing the… 11/07/2011
Algeria between terrorism and reconciliation Has Algeria turned the page on terrorism? Has the national reconciliation plan of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika done what it set out to do? And what do… 14/05/2010
Mauritania’s battle with a new wave of terrorism The terrorism that Tunisia experienced in the 1980s erupted in Algeria in the 1990s. The wave of terrorist activity later spread west to Morroco. Then in 2005… 06/11/2009
Nigerian Islamists issue ultimatumMinority Christians in the northern Nigerian town of Damatura are fleeing to the south of the country after being told to get out by militant Islamists. The… 03/01/2012
Israeli strike kills alleged militant in Gaza StripIsraeli military forces have killed a man in the Gaza Strip, who was allegedly affiliated with al-Qaeda. It accused him of being involved in a plan to… 28/12/2011
Islamist extremists claim Nigerian church killingsIslamist extremists brought Christmas carnage to churches across Nigeria and have threatened more bloodshed in the days to come. In all there were five bomb… 25/12/2011
Boko Haram claims Nigerian church bombingsThe Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have said they carried out a wave of fatal Christmas Day bombings against churches in Nigeria, and have warned there… 25/12/2011
Jordanian opposition protests in AmmanSupporters of Jordan’s opposition Islamic Movement demonstrated in front of the prime minister’s offices in the capital Amman on Saturday. Chanting “we are… 24/12/2011
Egypt Islamists seek to maintain lead in 2nd round voteEgypt’s rival Islamist groups were seeking to increase their gains in the second round of a parliamentary election taking place on Wednesday. But supporters… 14/12/2011
Tunisia installs new presidentIn another landmark for democracy in Tunisia parliament celebrated its new President, Moncef Marzouki, who was imprisoned and then exiled under the old regime… 13/12/2011
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood poised for poll winAccept the will of the people. That is the message from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to its rivals. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party looks on… 04/12/2011
Fears for Egypt revolution caused by Islamist popularityPredicted victory for Islamists in Egypt’s election is worrying some of those who took part in the revolution, causing them to feel their democracy movement… 03/12/2011
Iranian embassy staff leave LondonIranian embassy staff have packed their bags and left the UK. The move came in the wake of an attack on the British Embassy in Tehran on Monday… 02/12/2011
Islamists polling strongly in Egyptian voteIndications from the first round of voting in Egypt’s parliamentary election suggest Islamist parties have come out on top. The outcome of this complex… 02/12/2011
Anxious wait in Egypt for results of historic pollEgyptians are due to hear the first results of their historic elections on Saturday, but already an Islamist alliance looks like it is in the lead. In a… 01/12/2011
Egypt’s Islam-based votes worry someThis is the first time that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been able to participate legally in elections, with its Freedom and Justice Party, FJP, which it… 01/12/2011
Landmark Egyptian elections enter second dayEgyptians turned out on Tuesday for the second day of voting in the country’s landmark parliamentary elections. Polls under deposed president Hosni Mubarak… 29/11/2011
Egyptians await results of first post-Mubarak pollThe ballot boxes from Egypt’s first parliamentary election since a popular revolt ousted President Mubarak have been sealed and wait to be counted. Egypt’s… 29/11/2011
Islamist party wins Moroccan electionMorocco’s moderate islamist Justice and Development Party has won the country’s general election, taking 107 seats in the 395-seat parliament. The result… 28/11/2011
Moderate Islamist party heading for win in Morocco electionsIn Morocco, Abdelilah Benkirane the leader of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party- the PJD – is set to lead the new government. He and his… 26/11/2011
Morocco poised for coalition governmentAs counting draws to a close in Morocco’s parliamentary election, the moderate Islamist PJD party looks set to be the biggest in parliament, Interior Minister… 26/11/2011
Moderate Islamist party claims victory in MoroccoThe result of Morocco’s general election will not be officially known until early Saturday evening but already the Justice and Development party is claiming… 26/11/2011
Close result expected in key Moroccan votePeople have not exactly flocked to the polls in Morocco’s general election that is seen as a key test of democratic reform. But neither do calls for a mass… 25/11/2011
Voting slow in Morocco’s key democratic testMoroccans have been voting in a general election brought forward in the wake of the Arab spring. Initial reports suggest a low turnout: according to… 25/11/2011
Reports of Ethiopian troops in SomaliaEyewitnesses say Ethiopian soldiers have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers. They report seeing at least 20 vehicles carrying troops and a… 19/11/2011
Muslim Brotherhood rejects NATO intervention in SyriaThe leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria says he would welcome Turkey stepping in to stop the violence, but not the West. euronews caught up with Riad… 17/11/2011
EU Parliament optimistic in TunisTunisians have mixed feelings about the results of their first truly democratic elections, in which the Ennahda Islamic Party won 41 percent of the vote… 01/11/2011
Kenya and Somalia join forces to fight Islamic militantsThe leaders of Somalia and Kenya have vowed to fight together to defeat the Islamic militant group al Shabab. The East African neighbours will coordinate… 31/10/2011
Mideast tensions erupt over Gaza killingsThere is renewed tension on the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip after a flare-up of violence over the weekend. Hundreds of Palestinians attended… 31/10/2011
Raids in Bosnia and Serbia after US embassy shootingA series of raids have been carried out targeting people suspected of being radical islamists in Serbia and Bosnia. Seventeen people were arrested and… 30/10/2011
Gunman opens fire on US embassy in BosniaA suspected Islamist gunman who opened fire on the US embassy in Bosnia has been shot and wounded by police. Amateur footage captured the moment the man was… 28/10/2011
Islam-based Ennahda victorious in Tunisia electionTunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party has been confirmed as the winner of the country’s first free election following its revolution. The election commission said… 28/10/2011
Ennahda’s Islamists are ‘not Tunisia’s Talibans’The Islamist party emerging as Tunisia’s most powerful political force after Sunday’s election has made more moves to reassure sceptics. Ennahda’s leader… 26/10/2011
Reassurance from Tunisia’s Islamist partyThe man claiming unprecedented political legitimacy in Tunisia’s election is said to embrace humanist Islam, and not any extremist rejection of modern… 25/10/2011
Poised to come first, Islamists cause alarm in TunisiaThe moderate Islamist Ennahda party has claimed victory in Tunisia’s first democratic election but official results are not due out until later today. Aware… 25/10/2011
Moderate Islamists lead Tunisia’s historic pollModerate Islamists claim their party is set for victory in Tunisia’s historic first free election. With counting now well underway, most forecasts point to… 24/10/2011
Ennahdha takes centre stage during Tunisian electionsIn the eighties the veil was regarded as the absolute sign of belonging to the Islamist party Ennahdha – in 2011 this is no longer the case. Fought by… 22/10/2011
Tunisians defend their right to free speechAn estimated 2,000 Tunisians have marched through the capital Tunis to defend their right to free speech. The rally was in response to recent Islamic… 17/10/2011
Religious tensions rise in TunisiaPolice in Tunis have used tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of Islamists who were attacking them with stones and knives. One group of protesters was said… 10/10/2011
US-born radical Anwar Awlaki killed in YemenA cleric linked to two terrorist attacks in the United States has been killed in Yemen. Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in America, but has been living in Yemen… 30/09/2011
Islamic cultural centre opens near Ground ZeroIts right to exist was bitterly contested. But in multi-cultural New York, an Islamic centre has finally opened its doors close to the World Trade Center… 22/09/2011
From jihadist to Libyan war heroControversy surrounds the man named as the new military commander of Tripoli. Security experts say Abdel Hakim Belhadj once spent time with al Qaeda leaders… 01/09/2011
Islamist strike protest ends in violenceThousands of Bangladeshi Islamists have clashed with police during a protest over an amendment to the constitution removing the words “absolute faith and… 10/07/2011
Pakistan naval base siege close to an endA siege at a Pakistani military base is over. According to a navy spokesman at least three Taliban militants have been killed and seven arrested, and the… 23/05/2011
Pakistani militants attack Karachi military basePakistani security forces say they are close to ending a shoot out with a group of militants holed up in the country’s largest naval aviation base at… 23/05/2011
France arrests seven suspected militantsSeven people have been arrested in France following an investigation into terror networks in Pakistan. The suspected Islamic militants are believed to be… 10/05/2011
Osamaland briefly opens to publicAfter the US and Pakistani armies raked over the bin Laden compound it was the stunned residents of Abbottabad’s turn. The world’s media was also allowed in… 04/05/2011
Bin Laden supporters warn of al-Qaeda revengeAround a thousand people in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi have held a prayer service and vigil in honour of Osama bin Laden. The death of the al-Qaeda… 04/05/2011
Al Qaeda release video of four French hostagesAl-Qaeda’s North African wing on Wednesday released a video of four French hostages kidnapped in Niger last year. It shows a series of stills of the… 27/04/2011
Murder of an Italian in Gaza an ‘ugly crime’ – HamasHamas leaders in the Gaza Strip have condemned the murder of an Italian peace campaigner by an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda. A Jihadist Salafi faction… 15/04/2011
Freedom for 96 as Moroccan king pardons prisonersIn Morocco 96 prisoners have tasted freedom sooner than they thought after a request for their release by the National Council of Human Rights was… 14/04/2011
More protests in Kabul condemn Koran burningFor the sixth successive day, demonstrators in Kabul have protested at the burning of the Koran in a small Florida church last month. The swell of… 07/04/2011
Sudan blames port city airstrike on IsraelSudan is accusing Israel of attacking one its ports and killing two people. Foreign Minister, Ali Karti, said that Sudan reserves the right to react to this… 06/04/2011
Islamist car bomb targets Somali police campA suicide car bomb in Somalia has killed at least 17 people near a police training camp in the capital Mogadishu. It went off in the early morning on a busy… 21/02/2011
Somali man found guilty of attempted terrorismIn Denmark a Somali man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for trying to kill a cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Mohamad provoked Muslim… 04/02/2011
Attempted terrorism verdict in DenmarkA court in Denmark has found a Somali man guilty of attempted terrorism for trying to kill a cartoonist whose portrayal in 2005 of the prophet Mohammad, led… 03/02/2011
Exiled Tunisian Islamist leader returnsThe leader of a long-outlawed Tunisian Islamist party has told his critics not to compare him to Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini. Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi has… 31/01/2011
Islamist groups organise strike in PakistanTens of thousands have taken to the streets in Pakistan’s main cities as part of a general strike organised by Islamist groups. They are attempting to put… 31/12/2010
Lebanon arrests convicted Islamist clericThe radical Muslim preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed has been arrested in Lebanon, days after being sentenced to life in prison by a military court… 14/11/2010
Islamist rebels attack Chechen parliamentIslamist rebels have stormed the parliament of the Russian republic of Chechnya in a brazen suicide attack. At least three gunmen hurled bombs and opened… 19/10/2010
Pakistan and UK leaders try to resolve differencesPakistan’s president has met David Cameron amid diplomatic tension between their two countries over Afghanistan. President Zardari is the first foreign… 06/08/2010
Unexploded ‘suicide belt’ found in UgandaPolice in Uganda have discovered an unexploded suicide belt and made several arrests after 74 football fans died in a dual bomb attack in the capital… 13/07/2010
Somalian Islamists say they bombed UgandaUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has visited survivors in hospital of Monday’s twin bombings as the country begins a week of mourning for the dead. The… 13/07/2010
Kampala twin bomb blast death toll rises to 74The number of people killed in two co-ordinated bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 74. The explosions ripped through bars packed with… 12/07/2010
Guilty verdicts in German al Qaeda bomb plot caseFour men who admitted planning bomb attacks on US targets in the country have been convicted of conspiracy to murder. The group, three Germans and one Turk… 04/03/2010
Iran arrests Sunni rebel leader RigiThe leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group blamed for a series of deadly attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been arrested. Iranian intelligence… 23/02/2010
Danish police thwart “attack” on cartoonistDanish police say they have thwarted the attempted murder of a controversial cartoonist whose caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad sparked a major storm in… 02/01/2010
Danish cartoonist attackedPolice in Denmark say they have shot and wounded a Somali man with Al Qaeda links as he tried to break into the home of a cartoonist whose caricatures of the… 02/01/2010
Caucasus Islamists still thorn in Russia’s sideIn Grozny, last 16 April, against a peaceful urban backdrop in a capital previously reduced to concrete crumbs by fighting, the Russian authorities announced… 22/06/2009
Islamists not chief suspects in Paris scare – ministerAs France steps up security after explosives were found in a Paris department store, a minister has said Islamists are not the main suspects. The government… 17/12/2008
