The Muslim Post

Opinion: Pursuing ISIS Terrorists, Taming the Mindset Behind

“What else could you expect of your children…turning out to be pianists, perhaps?!” a sarcastic tweet replying to the wide Saudi renouncement of the horrid incident of two young boys killing their mother and wounding their father, under the impression of their parents being infidels! The incident shocked the entirety of Saudi community. What is […]

SPLC president urges Congress to not ignore terrorism from radical right

SPLC President Richard Cohen testified today about the threat of radical-right terrorism before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. He delivered the following oral remarks to the subcommittee chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz, in addition to written testimony: Thank you, Senator Cruz, it’s good to see you again. Our […]

US Airports Beef Up Security After Istanbul Attack

Airports across the United States have stepped up security in the wake of suicide bombings at Istanbul Atatürk Airport Tuesday. Turkish officials have blamed Islamic State group militants for the attack that killed at least 36 people and injured nearly 150 at Turkey’s biggest airport. Additional police force has been deployed across U.S. airports. Following […]

Turkey PM: ISIL prime suspect in Ataturk Airport attack

At least 36 people have been killed in attacks at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport which the Turkish prime minister said was likely carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq of the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) group. Binali Yildirim said three suicide bombers were involved in the attack at Ataturk Airport late on Tuesday evening. “According […]

Pro-ISIS Video Names San Francisco, Vegas as Targets

A video in support of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has listed San Francisco and Las Vegas as potential targets for the group’s sympathizers, as well as celebrating the Orlando massacre. The nine-minute-long video shows San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, the city’s financial district and the Las Vegas strip. The FBI said that it […]

Dozens of pro-government fighters killed in Libya clash

Fierce clashes between Libyan forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Sirte, ISIL’s only stronghold in the country, have left at least 36 dead and almost 150 wounded. Tuesday’s fighting resulted in one of the heaviest tolls in the month-long campaign by the pro-government coalition of armed groups that is trying to […]

Orlando shooting and US media narrative

Omar Mateen was still killing and holding on to hostages inside the gay nightclub in Orlanda. Outside, the US media, the Republican presidential presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio were screaming full throttle, trying to connect the incident with the Islamic State (IS). Interestingly, nobody even hinted at the once-household name of […]

CIA chief says ISIL ‘formidable’ despite setbacks

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) remains “formidable” and “resilient” despite efforts to defeat it militarily, the director of the CIA has warned, adding that the group has tens of thousands of fighters around the world – far more than al-Qaeda had at its height. John Brennan told […]

ISIS Radio: Orlando Shooter ‘Soldier’ of U.S. Caliphate

The Islamic State militant group’s (ISIS) radio station on Monday called the gunman who a day earlier entered an Orlando nightclub with an assault rifle and killed at least 50 people “one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America.” ISIS’s referral to 29-year-old Mateen as a “soldier” of the group’s ‘caliphate’, territorially centered in […]