The new risks of criminality, terrorism and extremism
Jul 22,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Developments in recent years across the region, especially the crises in Iraq and Syria, have facilitated a wide network of criminality. The […]
I used to work in US intelligence advising presidents on risk. The biggest threat to our country today is the Republican Party
Donald Trump and his coterie of criminals have done more in two years to weaken the United States than the Soviet Union was able to achieve in decades […]
Intolerance toward Muslims in Germany growing, survey finds
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES Istanbul Published 13.07.2019 Around half of the German population has negative feelings toward Islam, according to a new study, revealing the growing intolerance for the […]
Germany steps up warnings about right-wing Identitarian Movement
Jul 11, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) classified the Identitarian Movement as an extreme right-wing group on Thursday, a sign that authorities are increasingly worried about […]
Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings
This content was published on July 5, 2019 By Alexandra Ulmer and Omar Rajarathnam KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some […]
Father, Neighbor, Killer: Germany’s Chilling New Far-Right Terror
The recent politically motivated assassination of a prominent local leader in Germany has raised concern about the growing threat of far-right extremism in the country. As investigators search for […]
Germany’s far-right scene in spotlight: Political murder, execution style
KLAUS JURGENS Published 01.07.2019 Far-right terrorism is not something that Germany can simply sweep under the carpet, but rather an alarming reality that all European countries must first face and […]
Germany slow to hear alarm bells in killing of Walter Lübcke
Calls for action to protect public servants and defend democracy as far right responds with aggression Philip Oltermann in Berlin @philipoltermann Tue 2 Jul 2019 If two employees of […]
More arrests as Germany widens probe of pro-migrant official’s murder
Assassination exposed existence of well-organised far-right terror network By AFP – Jun 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Luebcke was shot in the head at close range on the terrace of his […]
Sri Lanka police overturn local council ban on Muslims
Sri Lanka has been under a state of emergency since the Easter Sunday suicide bombings blamed on a local jihadi group AFP/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI 25 Jun 2019 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s […]
Four held for setting ablaze watchman cabin of Ahmadi Mosque
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times has the best collection to overcome sectarian differences among the Muslims Four held for setting ablaze watchman cabin of Ahmadi worship place Source: Dawn TAXILA: […]
U.N.’s Bachelet says 55,000 linked to IS in Syria and Iraq should be tried or freed
This content was published on June 24, 2019 GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that 55,000 former Islamic State fighters, including foreigners, and their […]
The silent murder of Walter Lübcke
FARID HAFEZ @ferithafez 19.06.2019 On June 2 this year, Walter Lübcke, a regional politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was found dead in his home. Lübcke was found with […]
Police question man over mysterious death of German politician
CDU’s Walter Lübcke was found with a gunshot wound to his head on the terrace of his home Philip Oltermann in Hamburg @philipoltermann Sun 9 Jun 2019 Walter Lübcke […]
Why only fellow jihadists can change a suicide bomber’s mind
Source: The Times Efforts to rationalise with would-be suicide bombers appear to be futile. Research has shown that the part of their brain that decides whether to act has already […]
The neuroscience of terrorism: How we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains
Source: Physics.Org by Nafees Hamid And Clara Pretu The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical Spanish […]
Freed Sri Lanka Buddhist monk vows to expose Islamist militancy
May 28, 2019 – 13:34 By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) – A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday he […]
Sri Lanka Muslim ministers quit to protest ‘threat to community’
Muslim ministers resign after hardline Buddhist monks demand their removal following deadly Easter bombings. by Rukshana Rizwie & Lisa Fuller Colombo, Sri Lanka – All of Sri Lanka’s Muslim […]
India’s Modi stuns opposition with huge election win
May 23, 2019 By Alasdair Pal and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI/AYODHYA (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory on Thursday, putting his Hindu nationalist party […]
Defeating calls for terrorism, extremism online
May 16,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah attended a timely meeting on Wednesday on the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorism and Violent Extremist Content Online, hosted […]
