Religious Extremism

Indonesia's Military Anticipates Increased Threat Level from Islamist Militants

November 25, 2020

The Islamic Armed Forces (TNI) have closed ranks behind the country's president in anticipation of increased Islamist militant threats following the call for a "moral revolution" by the head of the country's radical Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who has returned to Indonesia from his self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia.
The Guardian: Sharia Law Still Rules Despite Saudi Arabia's Promise of Reform

November 24, 2020

Despite the recent reforms announced by Saudi Arabia, The Guardian writes that human rights organizations are raising red flags about the Wahhabi monarchy's penal system based on sharia law, which still includes the death penalty for minors and religious minorities.
Egypt's Al-Azhar Imam Says Offending Islam Violates Free Speech

November 19, 2020

The grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar University has threatened to bring a lawsuit for blasphemy against France in the wake of Islamist violence against French citizens related to the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed, arguing that free speech ends where offense to Islam and Muslims begins
Saudi Arabia's Senior Islamic Council Condemns the Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorists

November 16, 2020

Saudi Arabia's Council of Senior Scholars, the country's highest Islamic religious body and advisor to the monarchy, has issued a condemnation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, the members of which are deviant practitioners of Islam.
Pakistan Regional Court Rejects Sharia Argument for Child Marriage in Latest Case of Christian Girl Abduction

November 13, 2020

As the national debate increases in Pakistan about marriage of minors under Islamic law, the high court in the Sindh Province bordering India ruled the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl and her 44-year-old Muslim neighbor invalid, after the girl’s legal counsel argued that she was abducted forcibly, converted to Islam, and subjected to marriage under sharia law.
History, Demography, Democracy Make France Top Euro Target for Jihadis

November 11, 2020

According to Laurence Bindner, a member of the U.N. Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), France's combination of satirical, anti-clerical secularism, robust speech, and media freedoms make the provocative country a top target for jihadi attacks by Islamist extremists.
Turkey-Iran Deep Connections Draw on Shared Islamist Ideology and Criminal Activities

November 09, 2020

Although Iran and Turkey continue to compete for hegemony in the Middle East, Ankara and Tehran are cooperating against the West and their common adversaries in the region, with NATO member Turkey serving as the gateway to degrade Transatlantic values, institutions and laws.
Turkey's Leadership Highlights Islamic Conquest & Glorifies Historical Crimes Against Religious Minorities

November 04, 2020

The glorification of Islamic conquest and crimes against religious minorities are the main themes in Turkish Leaderships public statements, with the country's president uses historical inflection points to celebrate the current Islamist regime's domestic human rights violations and foreign policy adventurism.
Filipino Military Finds Links between Education and Islamist Radicalization

November 02, 2020

Coordination between the Filipino military and Ministry of Education is being developed as a mechanism to ensure that Islamic schools do not become conveyor belts for youth recruitment, radicalization by teachers and social media platforms promoting Islamist extremism.
Mauritania's Courts Impose Fines & Prison Sentences Under Islamic Blasphemy Laws

October 28, 2020

As Mauritania's legal mechanisms shut down civil and political liberties in the West African Islamic republic, eight individuals were found guilty under the country's sharia-based blasphemy laws, imposing fines and prison sentences.