Radical Cleric

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  Mastermind Of 2019 Easter Terror Attacks Identified: Sri Lankan Minister

  A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.

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  Wanted Radical Cleric Zahran Hashim Died In Hotel Attack: Lanka President

  An Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings died in an attack on a Colombo hotel, the country's president confirmed Friday.

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  Indonesian Court Rejects Radical Cleric's Appeal

  Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a radical Islamic cleric who was convicted of funding a terror training camp.

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  Italy Expels Imam Who Named Daughter Jihad

  Italian authorities have deported on national security grounds a radical Moroccan cleric who called one of his daughters Jihad.

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  UK's Most High-Profile Islamist Cleric Anjem Choudary Charged With IS Support

  Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile Islamic political activist, well-known globally for praising the men responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, was charged on Wednesday with inviting support for Islamic State (IS).

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  Pakistani Cleric Launches Anti-Islamic State Curriculum in Britain

  A prominent Pakistani Islamic cleric launched a 'counter-terrorism' curriculum in London today, to rebut the message of militant groups such as Islamic State (ISIS) and stop young people becoming radicalized and heading to Syria.

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  Greek Prime Minister, Orthodox Leader Mull Using Church Assets to Ease Debt

  Greece's radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday the start of a "dialogue" with the powerful Orthodox Church on using clerical assets to boost the struggling state coffers.

• Jordan Acquits Radical Cleric of Terrorism Charges

  A Jordanian military court on Wednesday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada on terrorism charges for his role in plotting attacks against Americans and Israelis.

• Jordan's Abu Qatada Says Caliphate Declaration 'Void'

  Radical cleric Abu Qatada, who is being tried on terror charges in Jordan, on Tuesday denounced as "void" the declaration of a caliphate by Sunni jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

• Jordanian Court Acquits Radical Cleric Abu Qatada of Conspiracy

  Jordan's state security court on Thursday acquitted radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who was extradited from Britain last year, of charges of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism.

• Court Releases Memo Justifying Killing of US Cleric

  A New York court on Monday released an edited version of a secret government memo legally justifying a drone attack that killed a US citizen, radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, in Yemen in 2011.

• Pervez Musharraf summoned by Pakistani court on March 15

  Beleaguered former dictator Pervez Musharraf was today summoned by a Pakistani court to appear on March 15 in a case related to the death of a cleric of the radical Lal Masjid during a 2007 military operation.

• Pakistani 'Father of Taliban' keeps watch over loyal disciples

  He is known as the Father of the Taliban, a radical Pakistani cleric who calls the Taliban's one-eyed leader an "angel" and runs a seminary described as the University of Jihad.

• Pakistan registers fresh murder charges against Pervez Musharraf

  Pakistan police on Monday registered murder charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the death of a radical cleric during the siege of a mosque in 2007.

• Radical cleric Abu Qatada denied bail in Jordan: lawyer

  A military court on Sunday rejected a bail application by Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who faces terror charges in Jordan following his deportation from Britain, his lawyer said.