Eight members of Hizb ut Tahrir have been detained in the Bashkir city of Tuymazy, as reported by the FSB’s Public Relations Center. ‘The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Bashkortostan has suppressed the activities of a covert cell of an international terrorist organization banned in Russia, consisting of eight citizens of the Russian Federation,’ - the statement says.

Al-Raya Newspaper: Prominent Headlines of Issue 577

Quran Recitation: Surah Al Anbya Ayat 83-88 & Hadeeth: Duaa'

The armed attack in Washington, D.C. one week ago—in which Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan citizen, is accused of opening fire on two members of the U.S. National Guard—occurred near the Farragut West Metro station, only a few hundred meters from the White House, an area typically protected by some of the strictest security layers.