Jan 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohamed Yahya Africa bears the brunt of lives lost, economies ruined and relationships fractured by terrorism. It is the continent where Al Qaeda launched its war against the United States in 1998, by bombing the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; […]
TUNIS – The recent terror attack on Berlin’s Christmas market – which killed 12 and injured more than 50 – cast a pall over this year’s holiday celebrations across Europe. Viewed from Tunis, where I happened to be during the fallout, the attack has also had a major, albeit different, […]
Arif Humayun ABSTRACT Nearly all terrorist acts throughout the world are routinely ascribed to Muslims – by default. This abrupt deduction is not without cause since radical ideologies amongst Muslim societies provide ample support for such an inference. Sadly, insufficient attention – especially within Muslim communities – has been focused […]
By Rick Noack October 1 LONDON — A 14-year-old girl received a photo on Snapchat that showed a man holding a black placard with the message: “Are you British, […]
Time: Those who say Islam is the problem are ignorant Since 9/11, “reforming” Islam under the guise of combatting extremism has become increasingly financially lucrative. More than $57 million has been spent to promote fear of Islam and Muslims. And it seems like everyone’s an expert—including those who have no […]
Middle East expert Patrick Cockburn dissects the “age of disintegration” that gave us Brexit and Donald Trump. PATRICK COCKBURN JUL. 2, 2016 Margus Johanson/Thinkstock This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and […]
Editors’ Note: Terrorist groups don’t emerge out of nowhere, and wars are perhaps the richest soil for seeding and growing violent groups of all stripes, writes Dan Byman. This post originally appeared in the Washington Post. Study after study has found no common profile of a terrorist. It is […]
Jun 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh After the terrorist attack on the Jordanian access point for Syrian refugees in Rakban, Jordan has found itself in an open and unstoppable confrontation with terrorist groups. Therefore, it stands to reason that any forthcoming confrontation could take on a bigger dimension, […]
Jun 19,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Every day, the new tactics of Daesh prove more efficient in achieving two major goals — conducting terrorist attacks and piling pressure on the security apparatuses of many countries. Since the declaration of “the caliphate”, security challenges around the world have taken on […]
GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY Bones, suspected to belong to members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, are seen in a mass grave on the outskirts of the town of Sinjar, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/ARI JALAL/FILES Islamic State is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious […]
May 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint ultra hardliner Avigdor Lieberman as defence minister is alarming and provocative in the extreme. Lieberman was added to the Netanyahu Cabinet after the resignation of defence minister Moshe Yaalon who accused Netanyahu of recruiting extremists […]
By Laila Azzeh – May 26,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Experts participate in a session titled ‘The Secret of Attraction: ISIS Propaganda and Recruitment’ in Amman earlier this week (Photo courtesy of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) AMMAN — Faced with mounting economic hardships, young people are attracted to Daesh’s rhetoric and methods of […]
The Mirage by Jamal Sanad Dr. Al-Suwaidi The Mirage is an expression of His Excellency Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi’s perspective that the struggle in which many Arab and Muslim countries are currently engaged against extremist groups and organizations is not limited to the realm of military and security operations; it […]
Unit uses local community groups to spread its anti-extremism message – without revealing its government links Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer The Home Office has defended the existence of Ricu saying they are only to ‘stop people becoming suicide bombers’ Getty Images The UK government has launched a secret propaganda campaign […]
theguardian: by Libby Brooks — Sikh, Jewish and Christian representatives attend campaign launch following death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah Representatives of faith groups and politicians at the campaign launch in Glasgow. Photograph: Laura Paterson/PA Ahmadi Muslims in Scotland have launched an anti-extremism campaign following the death of the Glasgow […]
Durham regional police are investigating after an Ajax mosque received two threatening phone calls in one week. Waqqas Syed, president of the Islamic Society of Ajax, said the first call came in on April 8 and the second on April 16. “When we heard the first message we thought it […]
THE Prime Minister has given his full support to a campaign against extremism in Scotland following the murder of the popular shopkeeper in Glasgow. Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/an-absolutely-shocking-murder-david-7794912#F6sRGAcCyKtiZ2fk.99
Source: Buzz Feed News By Mike Giglio, BuzzFeed News Middle East Correspondent, Munzer al-Awad, BuzzFeed Contributor. It’s far easier to join ISIS than to leave. Members of a hidden community of […]
Source: Time By Simon Shuster / Düsseldorf, Germany Programs to integrate Muslim communities may have helped Germany so far avoid the Islamist violence in neighboring France and Belgium During his lunch […]
cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-rcmp-1.3508257 Kevin Omar Mohamed is alleged to have encouraged terrorist activity through social media, his lawyer says A man has been detained in a “preventive” arrest on fears of terrorism following an RCMP national security investigation in Toronto that police say is unrelated to the attacks in Brussels. Kevin Omar […]