Key findings on Muslim population in US
A US-based think tank has conducted a study to answer some of key questions about Muslims and Islam in the United States Source: World Bulletin / News Desk The growth […]
Invitation to radicalisation
Jan 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI One million Israeli settlers in the West Bank is the current target of the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, as reported by the Palestinian press. The expansion of existing settlements and the construction of new ones has been a priority of successive […]
Islamic State video ‘shows killing of five men it says spied for UK’
Source: BBC Islamic State militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who it says were […]
You won’t hear it, but news from Afghanistan is bad
Voices You won’t hear it, but news from Afghanistan is bad Isis men are now fighting in their thousands in the country we arrived to “liberate” 14 years ago, quite apart from tens of thousands of Taliban “pushing” in to their “heartland” around Sangin Robert Fisk @indyvoices Member of Afghan […]
Countering militants’ ideology
I.A. REHMAN — UPDATED DEC 24, 2015 DAWN.COM 11 COMMENTS Throughout the past fortnight or so, people have been plied with reports, surveys and much rhetoric about the progress of the National Action Plan (NAP) but little has been offered to enable them to share the mood of complacency evident […]
Prevent will discourage the very students who can help fight extremism
Source: The Guardian By Hicham Yezza It’s the stuff of farce. A Muslim postgraduate student of counter-terrorism, spotted reading a textbook entitled Terrorism Studies in the library, isaccused by his own […]
‘Too many players in Syria crisis diminish Jordan’s role’
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Khetam Malkawi AMMAN — Following the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution that supports international efforts to seek a political solution in Syria, local analysts differed in forecasting the scope and influence of Jordan’s role in these efforts. The […]
Is Indonesia winning its fight against Islamic extremism?
Source: BBC Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but are its local Islamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism? As I thread my way through crowds […]
Saudi Arabia’s Uncomfortable History With Radical Islam
POST WRITTEN BY Yassin K. Fawaz Mr. Fawaz is chief executive of the Raddington Group, a DC-based risk management firm. When President Barack Obama told the people of […]
These People Are Fighting Anti-Muslim Hate After San Bernardino
Source: Huffington Post Following last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which was carried out by Muslims who FBI officials say were Islamic State supporters, American mosques and Muslims have been hit with threats and attacks. That includes a severed pig’s head being discovered in front of a Philadelphia mosque, […]
Need for common anti-terrorism strategy
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Although everybody approves of the necessity to have an efficient strategy to fight Daesh, the shape and objectives of this strategy are still profoundly paradoxical. Since the first day the international coalition launched the strikes against Daesh, a state of confusion emerged, […]
The needless interrogation of a Belgian academic is exactly what Isis wants from us
Voices Watching our Parliament’s grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain Robert Fisk @indyvoices Writer and researcher on radicalism and extremism, Montasser-al-De’emeh Getty Now that we’re all supposedly […]
Muslims in America Condemn Extremists and Fear Anew for Their Lives
Source: The New York Times Only hours after news broke that a suspect in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., had a Muslim name, the well-practiced organizations that represent […]
Critics denounce ‘Muslim’ label on California shooters
Source: Aljazeera The religion of the attackers who went on a shooting rampage in California should not be become the main focus of the investigation, critics say, after the FBI announced the deadly assault was an “act of terrorism”. Fourteen people were shot dead and 21 wounded after Syed Rizwan […]
Abandoning Libya is a mistake
LINDA S. HEARD Published — Wednesday 2 December 2015 The self-assigned capital of Daesh, Raqqa, is being pounded from the air, forcing fighters to send their families across the border to Mosul for safety. For the West, the Paris attacks have been a game changer. Now that Daesh commanders have […]
‘Rambo’ appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
Source: Reuters Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he […]
Muslim marine’s response to Donald Trump goes viral
(CNN)Shocked by Donald Trump’s call for the creation of a national database to register all Muslims living in the country to prevent terrorism, one former U.S. marine came up with the perfect comeback. Tayyib Rashid, who describes himself as an “Ahmadi Muslim—Marine—American—Dad—Husband” on his Twitter account, wrote to the 2016 […]
How The FBI Invents Terror Plots To Catch Wannabe Jihadis
Source: Buzz Feed News Nobody would describe James Cromitie as a terrorist mastermind. Certainly not U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon, who in June 2011 sentenced him to 25 years […]
Need to tackle the environment that enables jihadists
Nov 21,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI Demonising Islam and stereotyping 5 million French Muslims will not bring Paris its peace. The eight terrorists who launched the attacks in the French capital were not the product of Daesh in Raqqa, they arrived there already ripe for recruitment as a […]
Three Reactions ISIL is Hoping we will have
Three Reactions ISIS is Hoping We Will Have Five days after the Paris attacks, our national security analyst, Ryan Mauro, examines what the Islamic State wants us to do and why. BY RYAN MAURO Thu, November 19, 2015 http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/three-reactions-isis-hoping-we-will-have The Islamic State believes it can use its enemies’ hands for […]