Source: BBC Online activists targeting so-called Islamic State on social media say Twitter has suspended accounts which were being used to harass the terrorist group. An Anonymous hacker made the […]
Source: Daily Times By Jonathan Power: Who has been a foreign affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune for 20 years and author of the much acclaimed new book, Conundrums […]
Source: Tech Crunch Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering (and one of its most popular WWDC presenters) says the FBI’s demands on the company will make all […]
Source: The New York Times PARIS — Depending on who is telling the story, Daoud Muradyan, a blind 21-year-old, is either a potential terrorist or a harmless immigrant who embodies everything that is wrong with France’s broad new antiterrorism powers. Mr. Muradyan came under suspicion after having contact with a […]
Source: The Guardian Two former international development secretaries have called for an inquiry into the way in which UK counter-terrorism laws are hampering the humanitarian work of Islamic charities, including […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD WIKE U.S. more likely to say torture can be justified. Around the world, public opinion is divided about whether government-sponsored torture can ever be […]
Source: Tehran Times Climate change is a bigger threat than nuclear war or international terrorism, Blix says In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera English’s flagship current affairs show, UpFront, […]
By Dan Merica from Dec, 2015 Minneapolis (CNN) Hillary Clinton argued Tuesday that the U.S. can stop homegrown terrorism, outlining a plan to combat domestic radicalization two weeks after two ISIS-inspired […]
Source: Time Human rights groups say country’s state of emergency is being abused by police and officials The national state of emergency in France declared hours after ten gunmen killed 130 people in Paris has led to thousands of warrantless house searches and hundreds of curfew orders, wreaking havoc on […]
Source: Time A pilot initiative is aimed at stopping people coming under the influence of extremist groups online Google is experimenting with a program that would direct British users searching for words linked to religious extremism to content designed to counter radicalization, a company executive has said. Anthony House, Google’s […]
Source: Time The Islamist terror group massacres dozens in the northeast as the country is frozen by corruption and economic malaise Organized assaults from multiple directions. Check. An arsenal of […]
Source: Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor, who writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. He previously was a senior editor at TIME, based first in Hong Kong and later in […]
Source: NPR As the Islamic State uses social media and the Internet to recruit followers, a group of American Muslim millennials are also using the same tools to clear up […]
KKK rally For the Muslim Times’ collection to counter terrorism Source: Huffington Post By Babak Rahimi; Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego News reports live […]
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Education minister says pupils should be taught that separation of church and state is there to protect them, accusing rightwing politicians of […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A 23-year-old Milwaukee resident charged […]
Source: BBC A 10-year-old Muslim boy who mistakenly wrote that he lived in a “terrorist house” during an English lesson at school has been investigated by police. The pupil, who […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) Militants raided a university in northwest Pakistan on […]
Source: China Daily China’s first educational institute of its kind focusing on counterterrorism law has been created at a university in Northwest China, which aims to build a pool of legal experts to help China combat terrorism.The institute was set up by the Northwest University of Political Science and Law […]
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. police departments must look beyond the Muslim American community if they want to effectively counter violent extremism, a new report from Duke University finds. […]