Word: umar
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...bombers issued no public statement of responsibility, so it's impossible to be sure who organized the attack. But a leader of the outlawed Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) met TIME in Bombay two months ago and spoke plainly of his group's intentions to target the city. "Umar"?a name given to him by TIME?stressed that although his men might accept technical or financial help from fellow militants from Pakistan or elsewhere, the terror campaign in Bombay in recent months was a domestic response by Indian Muslims to years of discrimination at the hands of the Hindu...
...Pakistani intelligence officer concedes the possibility that "maverick elements" among the Kashmiri militant groups?acting without Islamabad's support?might have been involved. And Umar wasn't coy about his willingness to use outside help, saying that "Whatever support we need, we ask and they give us." A Dubai-based Islamic militant leader even suggests that SIMI is part of a loose terror alliance that includes the Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammmad, as well as Palestinian and other Middle Eastern groups. He says operatives have named themselves Ikhwan (brothers) and are sworn to avenge atrocities or injustices...
...many Indian Muslims, this timely discovery is just the latest example of continuing discrimination by the Hindu majority?regardless of India's recent peace overtures toward its Islamic neighbors. And it is precisely such inflammatory handling of Indian Muslim sensibilities that fuels Umar's lethal rage. In his interview with TIME, Umar asserted that "Hindus have been pushing us for a long time," and he vowed revenge in the form of further violence?possibly even against India's top political leaders. "People like Modi and Advani will be dealt with soon," he warned darkly. Informed of this statement, Indian police...
...statement of defiance, for sure, but one that may sound more like an invitation to Umar and his friends...
...improved. There's much work still to do. Many of Spain's 500,000 Muslims are unhappy about the presence of Spanish troops in Iraq; and shortly after the mosque was inaugurated, Granada hosted a conference on "Islam in Europe," where 2,000 participants heard Spanish Muslim radical Umar Ibrahim Vadillo call for the destruction of the U.S.-dominated capitalist system. A less divisive event was last week's visit to the mosque by some 320 children from 48 countries, who attended the earlymorning prayer session. "Now," says Ruiz, "we have to work on the good sisters next door...