Stop fretting over religious sensitivities. We must push hard against Islamists
Source: The Guardian BY Sara Khan It was fine in theory to defend the right of extremists to free speech. But this left them widely uncontested In this time of […]
Lady Justice statue in Bangladesh is removed after Islamist objections
Source: The Guardian A statue of Lady Justice has been removed from the supreme court building in the Bangladeshi capital after objections from Islamist groups. The sculpture, by the local […]
Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
Source: Reuters Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest […]
Islamists end Bangladesh stand-off with suicide blast
Source: The Hindu Four suspected Islamist fighters blew themselves up at a hideout in Bangladesh, ending a 24-hour stand-off, police said on Friday. Police raided the house in the northern […]
Algeria Islamists cause upset with “faceless” election posters
Source: Reuters By Lamine Chikhi | ALGIERS Two Islamist opposition parties in Algeria have posted faceless portraits of female candidates for May’s legislative election, upsetting state authorities which have ordered […]
Growing anti-Muslim rhetoric permeates French presidential election campaign
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — For some, the French presidential election will alter the course of a troubled nation steeped in economic and social turmoil. For […]
In Canada, Where Muslims Are Few, Group Stirs Fear of Islamists
Source: The New York Times By CRAIG S. SMITH STONEHAM-ET-TEWKESBURY, Quebec — Patrick Beaudry, bejeweled, tattooed and bearded, lives on a remote wooded hillside in rural Quebec, worrying about living […]
Dutch Far-Right Leader Tweets Fake Image Showing Rival With Islamists
Source: NPR Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders tweeted an fake image this week, purporting to show a political rival demonstrating with Islamists holding signs calling for sharia law. Wilders’ party […]
Angela Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly TAL SAMAN, Syria — “Raqqa we are coming” say the words spray-painted in Kurdish at the entrance to this empty little town, which […]
Islamist radicals in Germany backed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Qatar – German media
Source: RT A number of Islamic religious groups from the Gulf States are supporting the radical Salafist movement in Germany with the suspected approval of their governments, Suddeutsche Zeitung paper […]
Hardline Islamist Protests In Indonesia Are Spreading Fear Among the Minority Chinese
Source: Time By Stephen Wright Protests by conservative Muslims against Jakarta’s Chinese Christian governor are putting religious and racial fault lines in the spotlight JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The capital of […]
Germany Bans Islamist Group ‘True Religion’ Accused of Recruiting Jihadists
Source: Time By Kate Samuelson “The organization brings Islamic jihadists together under the pretext of the harmless distribution of the Quran” An Islamist organization that distributes German-language copies of the Quran to passers-by has been banned by the German government who accused it of recruiting would-be jihadists to fight in Syria […]
They survived Islamist terrorists. Now, millions in Nigeria face a new threat: starvation.
Source: The Washington Post By Kevin Sieff BANKI, Nigeria — They survived Boko Haram. Now many of them are on the brink of starvation. Across the northeastern corner of this […]
First jihadi jailed by Hague on Islamist-related charges – Ahmad al-Mahdi gets 9 years for Timbuktu destruction
By Callum Paton September 27, 2016 12:49 BST IBTimes.co.uk Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, an al-Qaeda jihadi – who begged the International Criminal Court for forgiveness for his destruction of holy sites in Timbuktu – has been given nine years in prison by judges in the Hague. Mahdi, who estimates his age at […]
Islamist militants pose challenge for next Uzbek leader
Source: Reuters By Dmitry Solovyov | OSH, KYRGYZSTAN Whoever takes over the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan after its president’s death faces a challenge to keep a lid on Islamist […]
Jokowi’s Islamist challenge: curbing terrorism and religious intolerance
Source: The guardian By Dr Melissa Crouch, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the […]
Militant blamed for cafe attack among three killed by Bangladesh police
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout outside Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of an attack on a […]
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air strike ‘kills commanders’
Source: BBC Nigeria’s army says it has killed several commanders of the Islamist group Boko Haram in an air strike and seriously wounded its disputed leader. An army spokesman told […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: ISIS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: TOI The AP analyzed the IS entry form documents of around 4,030 foreign recruits who crossed into Syria when the group was rapidly expanding and seizing territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013 and 2014. At that time, the CIA estimated the extremist group had between 20,000 and 31,500 […]