Report: Isolation fuels Islamic and far-right extremism in Britain
London (dpa) – Pockets of Britain where immigrants live in clustered communities are stifling social integration, setting back gender equality and fueling Islamic and far-right extremism, a government report has found. The year-long review from Dame Louise Casey accused government leaders of ignoring or condoning “regressive, divisive and harmful cultural and religious practices for fear […]
Columbus Mosque Focuses on Online Extremism, Radicalization After Ohio Attack
Friday’s sermon at the largest Somali-run mosque in Columbus, Ohio, has focused on online extremism, radicalization and the relationship between Somali parents and their children in response to the recent Ohio State University attacks. “We chose our Friday sermon this week to address issues that concern our community, the challenges they are facing as a […]
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 […]
Terrorist massacre of Pakistani Christian village thwarted
The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) issued cautious praise for government security forces, after an all-out massacre of a Christian community near Peshawar, northern Pakistan, was prevented by security forces on Friday morning. The targeted Christian community – 30 families on the Pakistan-Afganistan border – was infiltrated by four suicide bombers from the Jama-ul-Ahrar faction […]
Al-Azhar: Extremism is Caused by Forsaking True Sunni Islamic Teachings
Cairo – In a speech to Muslims worldwide and the West, Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb had renounced all radical takfiri-inspired actions, saying that such deeds are in no way related to the teachings of Islam’s fundamental Sunni sect.
Muslim extremist pleads guilty in The Hague
Malian citizen Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi’s trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is a legal first. He is the first Islamic extremist to appear before the court and he’s the first person to be accused of “destroying cultural artefacts.” It’s also a first in that he’s pleaded guilty. “With deep regret and great […]
Muslim extremists target world’s priceless treasures
From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, extremist fighters have regularly turned their sights on the priceless vestiges of peoples’ cultural heritage – for being un-Islamic. The International Criminal Court on Monday will open the trial of Ahmad Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi, an extremist on a charge of war crimes for the destruction of shrines at the […]
Twitter Suspends Thousands Of Accounts Over Extremism
Twitter said Thursday it has suspended 235,000 accounts as part of its crackdown on accounts that have violated policies on the promotion of extremism and terrorism over the last six months. With the latest move, the total number of suspended accounts in the past year has reached 360,000. In February, the microblogging platform announced that […]
The roots of terrorism
THE post-Quetta commotion is heading towards a predictable denoucement: those who pointed fingers at the security apparatus have been chastened, the government has pleaded guilty to its indictment by the COAS and a new body to oversee implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) has been created. Is that enough? Those who had asked the […]
Deconstructing extremism in Punjab
Over the years, Punjab has been considered as hotbed of extremism, especially its southern region where huge landholdings are coupled with high unemployment and low literacy rates. The districts in the region have witnessed mushroom growth of madaras (religious seminaries), along with hefty foreign financial aid for establishing large infrastructures for medical, housing and educational […]