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The Battleground
To find out what governments and courts are doing to stop the growing threat of Islamic terrorist groups in Europe, reporter Mark Houser visited Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Spain in March and April on a journalism fellowship from the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Terror on trial
Two dozen men sit behind bulletproof glass in a new courtroom built to hold the biggest al-Qaida trial Europe has yet seen. (2005-06-05) Spanish official takes stand against Osama bin Laden
When the leader of Spain's pre-eminent Islamic organization decided moderate Muslims needed to reject Osama bin Laden, he used one of the terrorist leader's favorite tactics. (2005-06-05) Facing tough times
When a French court this spring convicted Djamel Begha of plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris, his lawyer denounced the verdict in the strongest terms. (2005-05-29) French Muslims battle internal, external strife
Waiting for his train in a metro station named for the battle of Stalingrad, Moun R'Quibe spoke with pride of the men he considers heroes fighting in another bloody conflict. (2005-05-29) Europe has become a hiding place for terrorists
Across Europe, police are racing to round up networks of militant Islamic terrorists in a crackdown that has put hundreds of suspects in Europe behind bars awaiting trial. Courts with a tradition of leniency increasingly have to weigh the rights of the accused against national security. (2005-05-22) Trials, violence divide Netherlands
Arriving in this major port on the Rhine River where the Dutch hold their terrorism trials, trains pass by a building not commonly associated with the land of windmills and marijuana cafes - a blue-domed mosque with soaring twin minarets. (2005-05-22) Imam could be deported amid radical crackdown
If the government gets its way, Kenyan imam Mohammed Mohmud's decade long tour preaching in a Dutch mosque will soon be over. (2005-05-22) |
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