The purpose of this paper is to review a specific ASR system, the hawala system. The emphasis is laid on the purpose of the hawala system and some of the advantages that hawala offers its users. The second part analyses some of the actions taken by the IMF and the FATF in their campaign to combat it.

The aim of this briefing note is to review the pertinent elements in the judgement and note the implications that the judgement may have on British counter-terrorism activities. The significance of the ruling is to emphasize the willingness of the British judicial system to challenge the government.

The past year has seen an increasing radicalism of the Islamic Liberation Party (Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami), resulting in a wave of arrests of its members in numerous countries around the world.

The so-called French "Intifada" coupled with the terrorist attacks perpetrated by "Al-Qaeda" in Western Europe in recent years, have led to questions of the status of the Muslim community in Europe.

Over the past several years the international community has been faced with the issue of Iran's development of nuclear capabilities. Many see Iranian nuclear weapons as a threat to the world's peace and security, and as an undermining factor to the fragile strategic balance in the Middle East.

Are we ready to confront this threat? I would like to provoke some thinking in the direction of additional tools necessary in the fight against terrorism.

The main players opposing or fighting the US, the coalition countries, Israel, and NATO belong to several ideological trends: Islamists, radical Leftists, Anti-globalization groups, Anarchists, and radical Rightists. Paradoxically these disparate groups seem increasingly to be cooperating and supporting each other.

The involvement of British Muslims in the London bombings, along with the killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a radical Dutch Muslim of Moroccan descent, have raised concerns that Jihadist Islam is penetrating Europe not only through new immigrants but also by appealing to European-born Muslims.