A nation on the brink
Extremist thought to the point of exclusion of the other is the first step to its ultimate form of violent terrorism Shahzad Chaudhry December 10, 2021 The writer is a […]
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 […]