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Posted: 5/24/2013 8:37:37 AM EST
FILE - Members of Somalia's al- Shabab militant group patrol on foot on the outskirts of Mogadishu in this Monday, March, 5, 2012 file photo. The slaying of a British soldier in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. (AP Photo, File)
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Posted: 5/24/2013 8:37:37 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2005 file photo, Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed gestures while talking to the media, in Beirut, Lebanon. The slaying of a British soldier in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Posted: 5/22/2013 5:21:45 PM EST
FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Holder said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. The administration released the information the day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a major speech on national security. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 5/20/2013 1:04:21 PM EST
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel)
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Posted: 5/20/2013 10:59:20 AM EST
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file photograph. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files
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Posted: 5/20/2013 10:59:20 AM EST
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file photograph. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files
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Posted: 5/19/2013 10:23:05 AM EST
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel)
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Posted: 5/19/2013 10:23:05 AM EST
A injuried Tunisian police officer is helped by colleagues during clashes with radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned a conference by the North African country's most prominent ultraconservative Islamic group, setting up the possibility of a confrontation over the weekend. (AP Photo/Nawfel)
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Posted: 5/19/2013 10:23:05 AM EST
A Tunisian police officer clashes with radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned a conference by the North African country's most prominent ultraconservative Islamic group, setting up the possibility of a confrontation over the weekend. (AP Photo/Nawfel)
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Posted: 5/19/2013 10:23:05 AM EST
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 4:38:11 PM EST
Iraq's national flag flies as followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. Elsewhere, a bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 7:57:04 AM EST
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file photograph. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Wednesday, May 1, 2013 photo shows the minaret of a mosque belonging to the radical Sunni group Ahle Sunat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) in Jhang, Pakistan. Minorities fear the May 11, 2013 general elections will give strength to radical Sunni groups like ASWJ. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows a Pakistani Ahmedi praying in his mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows a Pakistani Christian repairing his home destroyed by mobs of radical Muslims in Joseph Colony in Lahore, Pakistan. Minority Christians in Pakistan have little hope that the May 11, 2013 general elections will help them. Christians are part of the four percent of Pakistanis who belong to minority religions. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows Pakistani Christian Barber Elias, 25, injured when he was beaten by radical Muslims in the Joseph Colony in Lahore, Pakistan. Minority Christians in Pakistan have little hope that the May 11, 2013 general elections will help them. Christians are part of the four percent of Pakistanis who belong to minority religions. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Wednesday, May 1, 2013 photo shows workers of the radical Sunni party Ahle Sunat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) led by Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi, in Jhang, Pakistan. Minorities fear the May 11, 2013 general elections will give strength to radical Sunni groups like Ludhianvi's. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Wednesday, May 1, 2013 photo shows Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi, who heads the radical Sunni party Ahle Sunat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), in Jhang, Pakistan. Minorities fear the May 11, 2013 general elections will give strength to radical Sunni groups like Ludhianvi's. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows Pakistani Ahmedi praying in their mosque which displays the Arabic language sign saying 'in the name of god, people are praying' in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Wednesday, May 1, 2013 photo shows a man passing the flag of the radical Sunni group Ahle Sunat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), hanging in their mosque in Jhang, Pakistan. Minorities fear the May 11, 2013 general elections will give strength to radical Sunni groups like ASWJ. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)