Countering terrorism
Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Aqaba meetings on ways and means to sustain the efforts against global and regional terrorism ended on Sunday, with a broad meeting […]
Canada struggles as it opens its arms to Yazidis victims of Daesh brutality
March 18, 2018 CALGARY—As leader of one of Canada’s largest refugee agencies, Fariborz Birjandian, a refugee himself, has years of experience welcoming the world’s most vulnerable — Kosovar Albanians fleeing ethnic cleansing, Burmese Karens evicted from Thai refugee camps, and Syrians escaping the civil war. Nothing prepared him for the […]
PM Trudeau urges Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia
Source: The Daily Sabah and the French Press Agency (AFP) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Monday for Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia and discrimination as he paid tribute to […]
New British anti-extremist commissioner provokes Muslim ire
The appointment of Sara Khan to the Commission for Countering Extremism described as ‘deeply disturbing’ The National January 25, 2018 Sara Khan, was previously the director of Muslim women’s consultancy […]
Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul
By Reuters – Jan 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An injured man receives medical assistance after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday (Reuters photo) KABUL — A bomb hidden in […]
Saudi prince says Trump’s move threatens stability
By Reuters – Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A female Palestinian protester waves a Palestinian flag as she throws a stone during clashes with Israeli forces near the Huwara checkpoint, […]
De-radicalization can work for former ISIS fighters
De-radicalization can work for former ISIS fighters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tory leader Andrew Scheer have fiercely debated the fate of radicalized fighters who return to Canada Houssem Ben […]
Anti-Radicalization: Zurich announces plans to tackle violent extremism
This content was published on December 7, 2017 Thomas Würgler, head of canton Zurich police, explains the strategy next to Mario Fehr, head of security in the cantonal […]
Stopping militancy spread in ASEAN a priority for Singapore – minister
Reuters International This content was published on December 5, 2017 Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at the 15th ASEAN Lecture on “ASEAN: Next 50” at the ISEAS Yusof […]
Religious extremism is no new thing
Nov 23,2017 JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Wahhabism, Al Qaeda or Daesh get so charged up and angry? Perhaps to understand, we should go back to the 16th century in Europe and the furious debate about the “divine right of […]
Yes, Daesh is beaten, but religious extremism is not
Osama Al-Sharif | Published — Tuesday 7 November 2017 Time is running out fast for Daesh, the terrorist group that first appeared in late 2013 and within months was able to claim vast swaths of Iraqi and Syrian territories on which it proclaimed its so-called caliphate. In recent days Iraqi […]
The Saudi Prince who could save the world after ousting his powerful cousin and pledging to “destroy extremism”
Mohammed bin Salman was named Crown Prince in June this year, ousting cousin Mohammed bin Nayef, who is 27 years his senior. Now he has his eyes on a much […]
By killing Isis fighters instead of bringing them to justice, we become as guilty as our enemies
For decades, we have been condemning the dictators of the Middle East for their drumhead courts and their mass hangings. But how can we condemn them now, when we are announcing, quite publicly, that we want our own citizens dead if they joined Isis Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices […]
How international development institutions are becoming hubs for addressing violent extremism
Eric Rosand Thursday, October 19, 2017 Observing recent developments in the United States, one might assume that countering/preventing violent extremism (CVE or PVE) is a quickly disappearing policy fad of the Obama administration. These efforts encompass a range of law enforcement and non-law enforcement means to prevent individuals from […]
Hate crimes against UK mosques double in past year, report says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Related Articles Europe UK online terror viewers to face up to 15 years in jail Europe Acid attack threats sent to Muslim homes in UK’s Bradford Europe Outrage in UK over ‘The Muslim Problem’ article in The Sun Europe Muslims in […]
France, “in a state of war”, to vote on anti-terrorism law
Reuters International This content was published on October 3, 2017 1:21 PMOct 3, 2017 – 13:21 FILE PHOTO: French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb speaks to the media outside the Saint-Charles train station after French soldiers shot and killed a man who stabbed two women to death at the main train […]
Secret Teacher: we must play our part in giving Muslim students a voice
Terrorist attacks and negative media portrayals of Islam make it hard for young British Muslims to find their place in society, but teachers can help Read more from the Secret Teacher ‘What happens when they see their religion being hijacked by terrorists and represented in a way that is unrecognisable […]
Brussels exhibit tackles Islam in city scarred by terror
A Visitor walks by an installation by Haitian artist Jean Ulrick Desert, titled The Burqa Project-On The Borders of My Dreams I Encountered My Double’s Ghost for an exhibition “Islam, […]
Indonesia: Religious supremacy and our silence
ASEAN/East Asia Sunday, 10 Sep 2017 by rory asyari IT was inspiring to see thousands of people staging vigils and peaceful rallies in Charlottesville in the United States to pay tribute to those killed during the violence instigated by white supremacists on Aug 12. They denounced the act of white […]
IPOB Crisis: Don’t carry out reprisal attacks, Imam warns Muslims
September 15, 2017 Nasir Ibrahim Nigeria Muslims The Chief Imam of Alfurqan Jumaat mosque in Kano, Bashir Umar, has warned Muslims against engaging in reprisal attacks on […]