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British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 28 years for directing al-Muhajiroun.
2024-07-30

Two blasts, possibly from armed drones, hit an Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Two IAF personnel suffered minor injuries. The Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist group is believed to be behind the attack.
2021-06-27

Two roadside bombings near Sheikh Zuweid in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, kill three Egyptian Army troops and wound 10 others. Separately, Egyptian military raids on Sheikh Zuweid kill four Islamist militants.
2020-12-17

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that the country's Islamist dominated Parliament and Constituent Assembly of Egypt were illegally elected.
2013-06-2

The British High Court rules that Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists can be immediately extradited to the United States to face trial on charges of terrorism.
2012-10-5

The Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram issues a warning to Christians in northern Nigeria to leave the region within three days.
2012-01-2

The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for a series of bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu that have killed at least 63 people.
2011-11-5

The moderate Islamist Renaissance Party (Nahda) officially wins the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election, gaining more than 41% of the vote and securing 90 of the 217 parliamentary seats being contested.
2011-10-27

The al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia says a ban on aid groups working in parts of the country remains.
2011-07-22

The United Kingdom bans the Islamist organisation Al-Muhajiroun and an offshoot group, Islam4UK.
2010-01-12