The Muslim Post

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

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 […]

Somalia Launches Digital Counter-extremism Center

Somalia Launches Digital Counter-extremism Center

Somalia’s government has launched a digital counter-extremism center that aims to dissuade young Somalis from supporting militant groups such as al-Shabab and Islamic State. The Somali Ministry of Information says the center will carry out campaigns on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and state-run media designed to promote stability in the Horn of Africa nation, which has […]

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 […]

US social media networks, Microsoft join hands to fight against terrorism

US social media networks, Microsoft join hands to fight against terrorism

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced Monday the formation of a forum to help make their “consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists.” The four technology giants said the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism will formalize and structure existing and future areas of collaboration and foster cooperation with smaller tech […]

Google reveals new plans to combat online extremist content

Google reveals new plans to combat online extremist content

New York (dpa) – Google pledged to crack down on extremist content online Sunday as the internet giant unveiled a new four-pronged approach. The search engine will follow in the footsteps of online giant Facebook by deploying artificial intelligence to more quickly detect and review extremist content. For its YouTube platform, this will mean ramping […]

Pakistan’s Sindh Province Increases Security Budget to Combat Crime, Extremism

Pakistan's Sindh Province Increases Security Budget to Combat Crime, Extremism

Pakistan has a plan to curb extremism and violence in a key terror-wracked province: add 10,000 police officers, flood the region with security cameras, and enhance protection of a major economic project with China. But analysts and activists question whether boosting security spending in Pakistan’s Sindh province by 10 percent in the new fiscal year […]

Extremists’ prey – the young and vulnerable

Extremists’ prey – the young and vulnerable

“Why do young people join extremist groups? And what can governments do to stop terrorists recruiting youth? To attempt to answer these questions, high-ranking officials, activists and members of international organisations gathered in Baku for the 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue.” Organized by Azerbaijan authorities and the United Nations, this year’s Forum…

VOA Exclusive: Dozens More US Troops Deployed to Somalia

VOA Exclusive: Dozens More US Troops Deployed to Somalia

Dozens of American soldiers have deployed to Mogadishu to train and equip Somali and AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) forces fighting extremism in that country, U.S. military officials told VOA. The troops’ arrival marks the first presence of American military forces in Somalia, other than a small unit of counterterrorism advisers, since March 1994 […]