A History of Wahhabism and the Hijacking of the Muslim faith
December 16, 2015 Source: Inspire to Change the world By Catherine Shakdam, who is a political analyst, writer and commentator for the Middle East with a special focus on radical […]
Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen
Adrian Cadiz World News /14 Jan 2018 James Dorsey Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raises questions about Saudi Crown Prince […]
Lies! Swiss pressure on Koran distributing group grows
This content was published on October 19, 2017 3:14 PMOct 19, 2017 – 15:14 Apart from canton Bern, the group is also not welcome in Zurich and Basel City (Getty […]
A Little Knowledge of Islam Is a Dangerous Thing
By Omair Ahmad on 14/09/2017 Without understanding the context of words such as Wahhabi, Salafi and Takfiri, reportage on Islamic militancy may obscure more than it reveals. Reporting on militancy in the name of Islam without understanding the context of some of the words used may obscure more than they reveal. […]
German Study Finds Radicalized Muslims Have Little Actual Knowledge Of Islam
A group of professed Muslim radicals “had no basic knowledge about Islam,” according to a new study. By Antonia Blumberg WACHIWITResearchers analyzed 5,757 WhatsApp messages found on a phone seized by police following a terrorist attack in the spring of 2016. Extremists and Islamophobes alike have attempted to paint violent […]
Extreme Islam: What makes a young British woman turn to Salafism?
They’re heavily veiled, believe in polygamy and have to follow thousands of rules. Yet increasing numbers of young and educated British women are converting to Salafism. Academic researcherAnabel Inge managed to gain unprecedented access to them – though at first they mistook her for a spy Anabel Inge Salafism, often […]
Probe opened into suspected Swiss-based Islamic extremists
“READ!” NOV 15, 2016 – 16:17 German police officers carry seized evidence during an anti-terrorism raid in Berlin on November 15 (Keystone) Switzerland has opened criminal proceedings against several people suspected of links to terrorist organisations, after morning raids at hundreds of homes in Germany. The investigations have been opened […]
Jordan: War comes to the home front
Sep 27,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Sunday’s gunning down of Nahed Hattar, a controversial leftist political activist and journalist, in front of a courthouse in Amman has shocked Jordanians. It was the first assassination of someone on the basis of his political beliefs and daring opinions in the […]
Controversial Texts, Mystery Funds: On The Trail Of Saudi-Style Islam In India
All India | Sreenivasan Jain (with inputs from Sonal Matharu and Manas Singh) | Updated: September 25, 2016 by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Much is made of funds pouring in to promote Saudi-style Islam in India (known as Salafism or Wahhabism), and of its influence, but what is the ground […]
Bangladesh’s secularist tradition is being subverted by Salafism
Summary Shashi Tharoor| The Daily Star Roy’s brutal murder (his wife was maimed, but survived) – together with the fatal stabbing of another atheist blogger, Washiqur Rahman, barely a month […]
Tunisian gunman took break from travel agent job to shoot tourists
The cousin of Yassine al-Abidi, who gunned down 20 foreign tourists at Tunisia’s Bardo museum, shows a photo of Yassine during an interview with Reuters in Tunis March 20, 2015. (Reuters) Reuters, Omrane Superieur, Tunisia Saturday, 21 March 2015 Shortly before he and a friend gunned down 20 foreign tourists […]
Saudis overtaking Qatar in sponsoring Syrian rebels
Last week, a 12-member delegation from the Syrian opposition visited Saudi Arabia, for an unprecedented two-day official meeting. Saudi authorities had consistently declined to meet the opposition, despite repeated requests. This was partly because the kingdom has opposed Muslim Brotherhood dominance in the Syrian National Council and then the National […]
Human rights groups condemn ‘war crimes’ by Syrian rebels
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stamp on their bodies. Amid the chaos, the prisoners protest their innocence, but their cries go unheeded. Their captors – apparently fighters from […]
Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria
By Ben Hubbard and Zeina Karam, Saturday, October 13, 5:40 PM Washington Post BEIRUT — Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaeda joined Syrian rebels in […]
Secretive sect worries even Islamic extremists
EL-ARISH, Egypt — A fringe group so extreme that it worries even Egypt’s Muslim fundamentalists is secretly reviving itself with greater firepower and followers in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula. Disciples of the group known as Takfir wil-Hijra, dubbed “Takfiris,” lead secretive, isolated lives where anything and anyone that does […]
Libyan Sufis mark prophet’s birthday despite tension
TRIPOLI — Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, defying radical Salafi Muslims pressuring them to scrap the centuries-old tradition. Chanting hymns to the beat of drums and cymbals, marchers choked the narrow alleys of the walled old […]