Dr. Mike Evans: Fighting Terrorism Is a Human Right
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, for saving Egypt from a human rights catastrophe. JERUSALEM, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — BY MIKE EVANS President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, […]
Pakistan Launches Application to Combat Cyberextremism
In an effort to combat extremism online, Pakistan’s government has launched an application that will allow its citizens to report websites that publish extremist content and hate speech. Called Surfsafe, it was developed by Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) and works in both Android and iOS devices. NACTA is a government body responsible for […]
Precision Strikes Kill 150 IS Terrorists in Syria, Coalition Says
The U.S.-led counter-Islamic State coalition says precision strikes killed about 150 IS terrorists Saturday in eastern Syria. A statement from the coalition said the strikes took out an IS headquarters and command-and-control center near as-Shafah, Syria, in the Middle Euphrates River Valley. “Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the ground, who continue to be engaged in […]
What Will ‘Actually Solve’ Terrorism Problem?
National Counterrorism Center NCTC This is the second of James Kitfield’s in-depth analysis of the continuing challenges posed by America’s so-called “forever wars” in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the height of its powers several years ago, ISIS was attracting an estimated one thousand new foreign fighters each month. While U.S. officials always believed that the […]
De-radicalization can work for former ISIS fighters
Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, recently revealed that 60 foreign fighters who joined ISIS and other terror groups in Syria and Iraq are now back and living in Canada. Their fate has sparked fierce debate in Canada’s Parliament between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Scheer has expressed concerns about the national security threat posed by these […]
Pentagon Says It Killed 801 Civilians in ISIS War
It’s been 16 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, but America’s fight against terrorism doesn’t appear to be dissipating whatsoever––and innocent civilians are paying the ultimate price as a result. In a report released Thursday, the Pentagon claimed U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have “unintentionally” killed 801 civilians since the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) […]
Saudi vows new Islamic alliance ‘will wipe terrorists from the earth’
Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered Sunday in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance. “In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries… with no coordination” among national authorities, Prince […]
Experts Say Extremism Can Be Fought by Involving Civil Societies
Fighting terrorism starts with building relationships between communities and security forces, according to Miles Taylor, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The key to preventing terror attacks is to detect threats early, and the key to that “Is in our community,” Taylor said. And, that includes establishing a continuous connection with […]
UpFront special: Islam, ISIL and the Papacy
In this UpFront special on religion, prominent Pakistani Islamic scholar Tahir ul Qadri weighs in on why ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, also known as ISIS) is an “enemy” of Islam and discusses Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law. Also on the show, we debate whether Pope Francis is as unorthodox as […]
Muslim leaders arrive in Berlin on European tour against terrorism
The point of departure, the Champs Elysees in Paris, was symbolic: a policeman was murdered on the world-famous avenue in April in the name of political Islam. A bus-load of imams are on a six-day tour of European cities hit by attacks in recent years to denounce terrorism, including Brussels, Nice, Toulouse and London. After […]