Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage
Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. Here is a timeline of the explosions and subsequent events on Sunday Many of the […]
Facebook joins Europol talks to fight Islamist propaganda
Facebook took part this week in key talks with European police agencies on how to stop and eliminate violent and terror-related Islamic jihadist posts, in an evolving battle against such propaganda. Representatives from the giant social network travelled to The Hague for Thursday’s unprecedented talks at Europol’s headquarters in the city, officials said Friday. They […]
After Sinai Massacre, Why Are Muslims Killing Muslims?
Radical Islamist militants converted the Al Rawdah Mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai peninsula from a scene of prayer to a slaughterhouse on Friday. Jihadis detonated an explosive device and shot revellers dead as they left the compound, which the gunmen had surrounded. In all, at least 235 people were left dead and 130 injured, according […]
Muslim Leaders Outline Tools To Identify ISIS Recruitment, Prevent Terrorist Attacks [VIDEO]
A day after a self-proclaimed jihadist carried out the latest terrorist attack in New York City, more than three hundred Muslim and Interfaith leaders have published a new report, WISE Up: Knowledge Ends Extremism, to combat terrorism. They are requesting a sit-down, face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump and House and Senate leadership. The effort […]
Recruiting for Jihad, an Expose on Islamic Extremist Groups in Europe
Recruiting for Jihad is a Norwegian expose on the practices extremist Jihadists follow to recruit young men to fight for ISIS. During filming, Adel Khan Farooq, one of the two filmmakers, had unprecedented access to a radicalized network of Islamists in Europe. He met them through Norwegian-born Ubaydullah Hussain, a notorious recruiter, currently serving a […]
Does Bannon’s Rhetoric Make America Less Safe?
An expert on jihadists says recent comments by chief White House political strategist Stephen Bannon apparently has refocused militants’ attention on the United States, raising danger levels, Think Progress reported Wednesday. Bannon’s picture wound up on the front page of al Qaeda-affiliated al Masra, which highlighted his negative remarks on Islam and nationalist policies that […]
Trump Is Our Own Worst Enemy
The jihadis shoot their propaganda across the internet in search of the Western world’s frightened and dispossessed. On Twitter and Facebook, from YouTube to Google Play, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) traffics in lies, bombarding Western Muslims seeking adventure, compatriots or an outlet for their religious fervor. The message is stark, terrifying: Your countries […]
Jihadists Could Use US Travel Restrictions as Recruiting Lure, Analysts Say
Jihadist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaida could use the recent U.S. travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations as a way to recruit followers, according to some analysts. While the Trump Administration has been arguing the ban on those seven nations is temporary in nature, some analysts are concerned that terrorist organizations have received more […]
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 […]
Malian Musicians’ Peace Caravan Brings Message of Reconciliation
In 2012, a coup kicked off a diaspora of Malians from which the country has not yet recovered. Malians fled by the hundreds of thousands and ended up in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania. After a Tuareg rebellion, a coup in Bamako, and then a jihadist takeover of the north, religious extremists held sway and […]