What the Slaughter of Christians in Lahore Says About the Global Jihad
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz We cannot pretend that the extremism driving jihadist terror around the world has nothing to do with Islam. LONDON — At least 72 […]
Thomas Piketty: Social Investment Can Stop Jihad
Source: Time Part of the response to terrorism must be security-based. A strike against Daesh is needed; those who belong to it must be stopped. But we also have to […]
Jihad of the Pen
Source: Alislam.org Many take up the pen, but few are granted the spirit to conduct the Jihad in the most acceptable manner. Many wish to take up the pen, but their incorrect beliefs and lack of knowledge prevent them from doing so, and thus they drop back into a state […]
Jihadi videos on YouTube anger Swiss attorney-general
JIHADISM 2016 – 12:40 Naim Cherni, right, maintained his innocence before the media in December (Keystone) Documentary or propaganda? The Swiss attorney-general’s office says it is “irritated” over YouTube’s reluctance to take down two videos about jihadists in Syria produced by a member of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland. […]
How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic
Source: Huffington Post By Asma Afsaruddin Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Indiana University On Sept. 29, 2015, President Obama addressed the United Nations summit on violent extremism. He stated that […]
How The Saudis Churn Out ‘Jihad Inc.’
Source: The Daily Beast By Asra Q. Nomani, 5 January 2016 From mass executions to ISIS and the San Bernardino attack, the manifestations of Saudi Arabia’s Salafi extremism are everywhere—and […]
Jewish Jihadists: How to Combat Violent Extremism in Israel
Haaretz.com: Much has been written about the causes of violent Jewish extremism in Israel, including that its goal is to bring down the state in an apocalyptic civil war in order to impose the extremists’ vision of a Messianic Kingdom upon the rest of us. Even established figures on the […]
My 6 point edict (fatwa) against Jihad
By Tufail Ahmad Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets @tufailelif Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets […]
Is Pakistan's Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
Is Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
Russell Brand claims Britain is to blame for the radicalisation of Jihadi John
The outspoken comic said young people were being driven to “mad jihadism”. Brand, 39, insisted Isis was exploiting “loneliness” and “disengagement”. The comedian said City of London bankers had wrecked society. More….http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/428750/Russell-Brand-Britain-Jihadi-John.
Boris Slams Jihadi ‘Losers’ In Scathing Attack
Source:news.sky.com The London Mayor says the terrorists are “tortured” men who are “rejected by women” and are “in desperate need of self-esteem”. More…..http://news.sky.com/story/1417659/boris-slams-jihadi-losers-in-scathing-attack
Wrong meaning of Jihad
Source: Times of Malta, Friday, January 2, 2015 by Laiq Ahmed Atif. So much is said about world peace and conflicts across the globe. This state of affair has given rise […]
Kenya bus attack: Al-Shabab ‘wants religious war’
BBC News: The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC. Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of “all faiths and creeds” to stand together against the “heinous crimes”. At dawn […]
Ignorant jihadis ‘have bought into fantasy fuelled by social media’
theguardian: by Melissa Davey — The book aspiring Isis militants most commonly order before taking off to Syria is Islam for Dummies, human rights activist Qanta Ahmed says Isis has ‘captured global imagination’ through a strong and well-produced online campaign, Qanta Ahmed says. Young Australians travelling overseas to take […]
Islamic State Recruiters Unsettle Muslims in The Hague
THE HAGUE—This city is wrestling with a new generation of homegrown Muslim radicals, 10 years after a member of a local terrorist cell brutally killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam. More than a quarter of the 140 Dutch jihadists who the government says have traveled to Syria to […]
Canada-wide campaign ‘Islam for Peace’
This is our Jihad! This is our way of responding to allegations against Islam. The Islamic Way! Without violence and terror! By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat National Publications Secretary, Ahmadiyya […]
The Pompey jihadis: how did one English city produce six young fighters for Isis?
Huff Post: by Mark Townsend — As another Briton dies in Syria, residents ask whether Portsmouth radicalised ‘bad boys’ who flew out to join Islamic State At the Globex money transfer and flight services shop close to the mosque, one British Bangladeshi believes that youngsters who feel they have no […]
My brother wanted to be a jihadi – and society is creating many more like him
theguardian: by Robb Leech — Extremism of any kind is a symptom of an unhealthy society and, in order to eradicate it, we should look to treat its cause tremism of any kind is a symptom of unhealthy society Robb Leech’s stepbrother Richard Dart, who pleaded guilty in court in […]
Australian jihadist Abdullah Elmir vows Isis will fight ‘until black flag is on the top of Buckingham Palace’
independent.co.uk: A 17-year-old Australian boy has appeared in an Isis propaganda video, where he warns the UK and US that militants will keep fighting until “the black flag” is flying over Buckingham Palace. The video is believed to show Abdullah Elmir, who went missing from his home in Sydney at […]