November 16, 2015 The Paris terror attacks – particularly the methodical shooting of unarmed civilians – have shocked the world and generated new tough talk from policymakers. But the West cannot ignore how some of its violent policy prescriptions over the past 35 years have contributed to the crisis, writes […]
ANTI-JIHADI STRATEGY Steering Swiss youngsters away from radicalisation By Simon Bradley NOV 17, 2015 – 17:00 Three teams of Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers carried out attacks last Friday […]
By AFP – Nov 16,2015 – Palestinians carry the bodies of Ahmed Al Ayeh, 28, and Laith Manasra, 21, during their funeral in the Qalandia refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Monday (AP photo) QALANDIYA, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces shot dead […]
Nov 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB In fighting the scourge of radicalism and religious fundamentalism, one of the strategies is to use religion. Proponents of this approach vary from those who insist that Daesh and its ideology is simply built on a warped understanding of religion to those who […]
Voices France’s unresolved Algerian war sheds light on the Paris attack The French-Algerian identity of one of the attackers demonstrates how France’s savage 1956-62 war in Algeria continues to infect today’s atrocities. Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 16 November 2015 60 comments 2K People weep as they gather to observe a […]
Huff Post: by Dave Norman — Early Saturday morning I was sitting in a meeting with leaders of the church that I pastor. We discussed the painful acts of terrorism […]
Posted 15 hours ago by i100 Staff UPVOTE When Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris were attacked at the beginning of this year by al-Qaeda, the world mourned for the dead – but many were quick to assign blame in the wrong places. Every time a jihadist terror group […]
Sep 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The Iraqi delegation to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that arrived in Geneva Tuesday for the consideration of Iraq’s fourth periodic report on the extent of the country’s adherence to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights took […]
JUL 26, 2015 – SWISSINFO.CH By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he wanted to use a four-day trade mission to southeast Asia to spur lucrative business deals and to forge new political alliances to counter Islamist extremism. The trip, which begins in earnest […]
Jul 27,2015 – Jordan Times Congress is currently considering legislation that would create a whole new bureaucracy within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deal with “countering violent extremism” (CVE). According to the proposed bill, DHS will be required to reallocate funds for a new office with expanded powers […]
Can the Middle East tackle Islamist militancy? 25 July 2015 From the sectionMiddle East BBC.COM Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi offers a personal view on the difficulties presented by trying to tackle Islamist extremism in the Middle East. If you watch Saudi television, as I sometimes do, you will […]
by Douglas Murray July 25, 2015 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6218/britain-islam The real question is why, when it comes to the most extreme, anti-Western nation-destroyer of them all — a country committed to the annihilation of a UN member state — Her Majesty’s government would not only permit it to have […]
Arab News © Provided by Arab News Daesh extremists have made it a priority to mold children under their rule into a new generation of militants, luring them into becoming fighters, suicide bombers and executioners. Academics in the kingdom have urged parents to play an active role in protecting their […]
Source: Sunday Express A LEADING Muslim has said that families who radicalise their children should be shunned by the community. By James Murray Sat, Jul 4, 2015 MOSQUE’S APPEAL FOR […]
Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk, the Independent’s multiple award-winning Middle East correspondent, based in Beirut It didn’t create these Islamists – but it helped lay the foundation for their […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights advocate In separate attacks last week, ISIS terrorists killed thirty-nine tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and […]
HUMAN RIGHTS UK parties target ‘extremism’ as election approaches Critics say the UK’s home secretary is using Muslims as a ‘political punchbag’ in a bid to shore up right-wing support. Simon Hooper | 28 Mar 2015 London, United Kingdom – The British government has been accused of declaring “political […]
HUMAN RIGHTS UK parties target ‘extremism’ as election approaches Critics say the UK’s home secretary is using Muslims as a ‘political punchbag’ in a bid to shore up right-wing support. Simon Hooper | 28 Mar 2015 London, United Kingdom – The British government has been accused of declaring “political […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Because of the ferocious reputation of Isis – created by the “Islamic Caliphate” but assiduously cultivated in the West – we forget thatWednesday’s attack is a mere copy of the far more ruthless assault on foreign tourists launched by Egyptian Islamists during the Mubarak era. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Because of the ferocious reputation of Isis – created by the “Islamic Caliphate” but assiduously cultivated in the West – we forget thatWednesday’s attack is a mere copy of the far more ruthless assault on foreign tourists launched by Egyptian Islamists during the Mubarak era. […]