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Focuses on Muslim assimilation in Great Britain. Social conditions for wealthy Middle Eastern Muslims in Great Britain; Indication of wealthy Muslims gaining social, political and economic power; View that Muslims are more welcome in Great Britain than the United States; Comments from British Muslims regarding the attention they now draw after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Speculation about Muslim entry into Great Britain as the result of recent bombings in London; History of relations between Muslims and Great Britain.

Focuses on the Muslims living in Great Britain. Indications that the Muslim community in Great Britain is working with investigators at Scotland Yard in an effort to track the terrorists responsible for the London subway attacks; Comments from Sir Ian Blair, the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner, regarding the investigation when he met with community and religious leaders; Comments from Abdurahman Jafar, a spokesman for the Muslim Safety Forum, regarding the Forum's communications with investigators; Statistics indicating the number of Muslims living in Great Britain, suggesting an existing network of Muslims ready to help police; Networks established by the London Metropolitan Police with the Muslim communities.

The article discusses a reportedly renewed debate among several British politicians such as London, England's Mayor Boris Johnson regarding the potential restoration of apparently controversial counterterrorism laws after American journalist James Foley was allegedly killed by a British Muslim.

An excerpt from an article by Madeline Grant and Damien Sharkov in the August 20, 2014 online issue of "Newsweek” regarding British parliamentary member Khalid Mahmood's comments about British Muslims fighting for the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is presented.

The author discusses instances prior to the May 2013 murder, apparently by Muslim radicals, of a British solder in London, England in which Islamic extremists engaged in threatening conduct, and maintains that it is time for the British government to take stern action against such persons.

The author comments on the radicalization of young Muslims in Great Britain.

The article reports on the decision of British Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to lift a ban to visit the country imposed on right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders in October 2009. The government cited that the legislator had been restricted due to fears that his visit would stimulate protests from Muslims. Wilders wanted to travel to London, England to show his film "Fitna," that has led Muslims to stage violent protests. It notes the disappointment of the British government with the ruling.

The author ponders on the establishment by the U.S. and British governments of separate public diplomacy programs that resulted from Islamist terrorism. The programs, which are aimed at engaging Muslims at home and abroad, seem to head in different directions. He talks about the efforts being done by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to communicate with Muslims.

The author comments on the wrong way the government of Great Britain is addressing the threat of radical Islamists. He considered the case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, or the Party of Liberation, which is banned in Germany for anti-Semitism and in much of the Middle East and central Asia for advocating the replacement of existing governments with an Islamic caliphate.

The article discusses the social condition of Muslims in Great Britain in light of the recent terrorist acts by Muslim extremists.

Reports on security problems in Iraq, and questions which were raised about the source of violence and the ability of the Pentagon to end it after Iraqi fighters attacked British and U.S. soldiers. Deaths of six British soldiers while training Iraqi police; Deaths of Americans following the end of the Iraq War; Perception that there may be an insurgency building in southern Iraq, a center for Shiite Muslims; Observation that persistent attacks will make it difficult for the U.S. to withdraw its forces from the country.

Discusses how the case of Richard C. Reid, accused of trying to bomb an American Airlines jet with explosives inside his shoes, underscores the failure of Great Britain to combat Islamist extremism and terrorism.

Talks about Islamic fundamentalism in Great Britain.

Discusses the concerns of the British government regarding the attendance of young British Muslims in Muslim military camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.