Using force not a solution to extremism: PM
Objective of establishing Rehmatul Lil Alameen Authority is to raise the moral standards of our society, says PM Imran APP December 10, 2021 PM Imran said that children have access […]
UN body concerned at rise of racist hate speech in Switzerland
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has flagged up a rise in racist hate speech over social media channels in Switzerland.This content was published on […]
The Dilemma Over the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan
The mob killing of a Sri Lankan is the culmination of a fire lit decades ago, when a doctrinaire interpretation of Islam was allowed to thrive in a politically driven […]
Social media platforms doing little to combat online hate speech in the Arab world: Experts
Precious little has been done in the Arab world to hold Facebook and other social networking platforms to account for distributing extremist ideas, bigoted views and hate speech. (AFP/File Photo) […]
Racism on the rise in Switzerland
Racism on the rise in Switzerland, says government report The Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled racism and hate speech, with racial discrimination in Switzerland affecting more and more young people, says […]
Islamism still prime security threat to West: Blair
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair warned on Monday that “radical Islam” remained a “first-order security threat” to the world despite two decades confronting the issue across the globe. (AFP) […]
Egypt issues instructions to remove books on extremism from mosques
Egyptian policewomen, wearing protective face shields, stand at attention at the Sharm el-Sheikh international airport. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/mg3ky The ministry called on imams to complete these tasks […]
Pakhtun transition
Pakhtun transition Mohammad Ali Babakhel Published July 14, 2021 – THE ongoing sociopolitical changes defining transition in most Pakhtun areas raise many questions. Is Talibanisation only a Pakhtun phenomenon? Why were the […]
Indonesia: Youth dismiss violent extremism but are prone to intolerance
Youth dismiss violent extremism but are prone to intolerance: Survey Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim spoke out against mandatory hijab rules in schools after a video of a father […]
What will happen to Swiss minors stuck in Syrian camps?
Foreign affairs Despite multiple pleas from international bodies, Switzerland refuses to repatriate adult detainees from Syrian camps, a policy that effectively leaves seven Swiss children stranded in the war-torn country.This […]
Another nail in the coffin of a Palestinian state
YOSSI MEKELBERG April 24, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/86ugy In the middle of a pandemic, rising tensions with Iran, and the Israeli prime minister sharing his time between his corruption trial […]
Turning the Tables – How Mullah-ism is Destroying Pakistan
Adeel ShahCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 21st April 2021 Adeel Shah, UK In a country where the flag of mullah-ism is ubiquitous – at mosque podiums, loudspeakers in busy marketplaces, rallies all across […]
Hostage to extremism
Hostage to extremism Zahid HussainPublished April 14, 2021 IT is not for the first time that a religiously motivated group has disrupted civic life but what happened this week is extremely serious. The […]
Hostage to extremism
Hostage to extremism Zahid Hussain Published April 14, 2021 IT is not for the first time that a religiously motivated group has disrupted civic life but what happened this week is extremely serious. […]
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum, 21, CANNOT return to UK from Syria to fight for British citizenship: Supreme Court unanimously rules rights to fair appeal don’t trump public safety fears
Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria She joined so-called Islamic State group in February 2015 and emerged in 2019 Her British citizenship […]
Root Causes of Violent Extremism in Africa: Understanding Multi-Disciplinary Factors
LEIF ROSENBERGER JAN 19, 2021 Abstract The hypothesis of this paper is two-fold: There are multiple root causes of violent extremism in Africa and there is a nexus among these factors. Toward this end, this paper looks at historical, political, economic, social, psychological, and military root causes of violent extremism […]
Terrorism in Pakistan has declined, but the underlying roots of extremism remain
Madiha Afzal Friday, January 15, 2021 Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series titled “Nonstate armed actors and illicit economies: What the Biden administration needs to know,” from Brookings’s Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, Pakistan saw 319 terrorism-related incidents in 2020, […]
Caliphate: How the New York Times’ Islamic State scoop unravelled
Laila Al-Arian 15 January 2021 The Caliphate podcast has revealed again that the paper needs to confront unpleasant truths about how it handles stories at the nexus of Islam, the […]
UN calls for enhanced international cooperation to tackle terrorism
Vladimir Voronkov, under-secretary-general of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/v6grs Security Council ministerial meeting told that threats have evolved and spread in the 20 years since 9/11 […]
Radical Indonesian cleric linked to Bali bombings will be told of Islamic State’s ‘faults’, his son says
Abdul Rohim, the son of Jemaah Islamiah co-founder Abu Bakar Bashir, says father was a ‘victim’ for believing in teaching of Islamist extremists But a former counterterrorism police general warned […]