| KEENAN | Brian, Belfast-born teacher kidnapped by the Islamic Dawn Organisation in 1986 (6) |
| SHAH | Title of the Iranian monarch deposed by the Islamic uprising of 1979. (4) |
| HEARST | Patty ___, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 (6) |
| POULOS | Musician who survived being kidnapped by the River Boys in Summer Bay (6) |
| CIARAN | Belfast-born actor whose films include The Woman In Black, _ Hinds (6) |
| GALWAY | Belfast-born flautist knighted in 2001 (5,6) |
| CALIPH | The title of the successors of Mohammed as rulers of the Islamic world, later assumed by the Sultans of Turkey |
| LAVERY | Belfast-born painter, 1856-1941 (4,6) |
| BAKRID | Hindi name for the Feast of Sacrifices in the Islamic calendar, known elsewhere as Eid al-Adha; a contraction of 'goat festival' (6) |
| MUSLIM | A follower of the Islamic faith, such as Shabnam Masood in EastEnders (6) |
| SUFISM | Esoteric dimension of the Islamic faith, the spiritual path to mystical union with God (6) |
| CRISIS | Credit the Islamic state with the catastrophe (6) |
| HALLAL | Name for the Islamic prayer 'There is no god but Allah' (6) |
| MONTHS | Ramadan and others, in the Islamic calendar |
| SHARIA | The Islamic code of religious law |
| SHABAN | 8th month of the Islamic calendar |
| LYRA | ___ McKee, Belfast-born journalist fatally shot during Derry riots in 2019, whose funeral was attended by the UK Prime Minister, the Irish President and the Taoiseach (4) |
| HOSTAGE | A famous example of which is Patty Hearst, kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 (7) |
| THEO | Musician who survived being kidnapped by the River Boys in Summer Bay (4) |
| STEPHENREA | Belfast-born actor nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game |
