The Muslim Post

Law Enforcement Officials: New York Bomber Watched Islamic State Propaganda

Law Enforcement Officials: New York Bomber Watched Islamic State Propaganda

Law enforcement officials say the man who set off a crude pipe bomb in the New York City subway system Monday had watched Islamic State propaganda on the internet and told investigators he acted in retaliation for U.S. military aggression. Authorities have identified the suspect as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant and former taxi […]

Suicide Bomber Kills Six Afghan Civilians

Suicide Bomber Kills Six Afghan Civilians

A suicide blast killed at least six civilians in eastern Afghanistan Sunday and wounded 13 others. The bomber was on a motorcycle and apparently wanted to reach the venue of a massive pro-government rally in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province. But Afghan security forces intercepted him far away from the event, prompting him to donate […]

20 killed, 119 wounded in consecutive Kabul suicide bombings

Kabul (dpa) – At least 20 people were killed and 119 others injured in three consecutive bombings at a funeral ceremony in Kabul on Saturday, officials said. Afghan Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz was among the people injured in the blasts – which took place at the funeral of Mohammad Salem Izedyar, the son of […]

Kabul bomb blast victims’ families could be left ‘begging’ to survive

Kabul bomb blast victims' families could be left 'begging' to survive

The Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday suffered one of the worst attacks since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001. An estimated 90 people died, and hundreds more were wounded. A suicide bomber drove a truck, crammed full of explosives, to the edge of the diplomatic quarter, where it was detonated. For the wounded […]

Manchester Bomb Designed to Maximize Casualties Among Young Concert-Goers

Manchester Bomb Designed to Maximize Casualties Among Young Concert-Goers

The bomber who struck a concert by American pop star Ariana Grande in the northern English city of Manchester, killing 22 and injuring 59 Monday night, set out to kill and maim as many of the music fans — many of them teenagers and children — as possible, say British police. The device that exploded […]

Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties

A relative of one of the victims reacts after a church explosion killed at least 21 in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017. Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out…

U.N. Rights Chief Calls Attack near Saudi Holy Mosque an Attack on Islam

The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday described the suicide bombing outside the Prophet Mohammad’s Mosque in the Saudi city of Medina as an attack on Islam itself. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and a member of the Jordanian royal family, delivered his remarks via a spokesman in Geneva. “This […]

Why a suicide bombing in the Saudi city of Medina matters

A suicide bombing outside the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia, rattled the global Muslim community Monday, proving that nothing — not even one of Islam’s holiest sites — is safe from terrorism. Four Saudi guards were killed and five others were wounded after the attacker detonated his explosive vest […]