Federal DHS grants on extremism concern Muslims in Michigan
The week before Donald Trump was inaugurated last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a Lebanese-American group in Dearborn $500,000 as part of a government effort to counter violent extremism known as CVE. The department also gave Dearborn Police $51,000 as part of the program. But the grants drew backlash from Arab-American and […]
Trump travel ban targeting Muslims will not make America safer
The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Trump administration’s policy barring people from several predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S., ruling that the travel ban was an appropriate use of executive power aimed at strengthening national security. In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that the policy – which targets travelers from Iran, Libya, […]
Warning signs of mass violence – in the US?
By Nadia Rubaii, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Max Pensky, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York. Protesters with opposing views face off at a ‘Free […]
As Africa Faces More Terrorism, Experts Point to Saudi-spread of Fundamentalist Islam
On June 5, Saudi Arabia and its allies, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of funding extremist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State. In response, Qatar said it was the victim of a policy of “domination and control” by its larger neighbor and […]
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 Emerging Threat: Highly Educated Youth Gravitate to Radicalization
The on-campus mob slaying of a journalism student and the arrest of a female medical student for allegedly planning a suicide attack underscore concerns that some of Pakistan’s highly educated youth are gravitating toward violent extremism and radicalization. Security experts say the unrelated incidents show that religious militancy isn’t limited to the disenfranchised and uneducated […]
Americans Have Double Standards On Religious Violence
Americans exhibit a double standard when it comes to religious violence, extending far greater benefit of the doubt that attackers claiming to be Christian aren’t really Christian than they do for attacks carried out in the name of Islam, a survey has indicated. Responding to a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, released Thursday, […]
Report: Islamist Terrorism Is Long-term Threat at Home, Abroad
Islamist terrorism will never be fully eradicated, and the threat to the U.S. homeland is real: These are among the sobering conclusions of a new U.S. Institute of Peace study that traces the origins and evolution of Salafist jihadism, a phenomenon it says blindsided the U.S. in September 2001. “The Jihad Threat: ISIS, Al Qaida […]
Police Probe Extremist Motive in Ohio State Attack
Police investigators are seeking more information about Monday’s stabbing attack on Ohio State University to find out whether the Somali refugee who injured 11 people had extremist motives. The knifeman, who authorities have identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, drove his grey Honda into civilians on the university campus on Monday morning before exiting his […]
The Appeal of ISIS Is Political, Rather Than Religious
Since 9/11, there has been a trend of referring to terrorist attacks as “new terror,” which falsely and unhelpfully severs current acts from the longer history of political violence. There has been considerable discussion too about whether the current terrorism of jihad is a new phenomenon. Conversations revolve around its locus in increased religiosity and […]