|
Azzam Publications
A publishing house based in London, United Kingdom, Azzam Publications has been accused by the authorities of being ''"part of a conspiracy to Providing material support for terrorism, provide material support and communications links to people engaged in terrorism"'' by authorities. History After the death of Abdullah Azzam, the publishers formed a group with the intent of publishing and spreading his militant ideology and related paramilitary manuals through print and Internet media. The publishing house operated from a London post office box (''Azzam Publications — BMC UHUD, LONDON, WC1N 3XX'') and an Internet site, www.azzam.com, that was shut down shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Babar Ahmad, the administrator of ''Azzam Publications'', was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States. In December 2013, he pleaded guilty to "conspiracy and providing material to support to terrorism" in a New Haven, Connecticut court. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishing House
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newspapers, and magazines. With the advent of digital information systems, the scope has expanded to include electronic publishing such as ebooks, academic journals, micropublishing, websites, blogs, video game publishing, and the like. Publishing may produce private, club, commons or public goods and may be conducted as a commercial, public, social or community activity. The commercial publishing industry ranges from large multinational conglomerates such as Bertelsmann, RELX, Pearson and Thomson Reuters to thousands of small independents. It has various divisions such as trade/retail publishing of fiction and non-fiction, educational publishing (k-12) and academic and scientific publishing. Publishing is also undertaken by governments, civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
