Violence and Security

Court Sentences San Diego Man for Supporting IS Terrorism

January 17, 2018

A federal US court sentenced a San Diego man to 10 years in prison for obstructing federal authorities’ inquiry into an American-Canadian group of Islamic State (IS) fighters and for illegal possession of a weapons cache related to material support for Islamist terrorists in Syria.
Germany Expands Paramilitary Force to Counter Islamist Extremism

January 17, 2018

German security officials are expanding an elite paramilitary force comprising urban police units with expertise in biochemical attacks and hostage rescue operations, with the formation of a second unit in Berlin to complement the existing Bonn unit serving as a response to an assessment of the growing threat from Islamist extremist-terrorist activity across Europe.
IS Branch Claims Attack on US Convoy in Niger

January 17, 2018

A news outlet in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania reported that an African branch of the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a lethal attack against a US convoy in Niger, a reminder of the ongoing resilience of a diverse range of Islamist radical groups operating across East and sub-Saharan Africa.
US Faces Homeland Threat from Expanding IS Networks

January 17, 2018

A two-year review by US judicial and security authorities on Americans in high-ranking, Islamic State (IS) leadership positions reveals the growing threat to homeland security from the expanding radicalization and recruitment networks of Islamist extremist groups inside the US.
Boko Haram Strikes with Lethal Attacks in Cameroon

January 17, 2018

Islamist extremist group Boko Haram carried out two lethal attacks in Cameroon near the border with Nigeria, timed to push back against an anti-jihadist operation launched by four West African countries facing chronic assaults from the various factions of the militant group committed to implanting sharia across the Continent.
Israeli PM Says Intel Foiled Islamist Terror Attacks on NATO Soil

January 17, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned an audience of NATO member-state ambassadors about the ongoing threat of jihadi groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda to Western interests, revealing that his country’s intelligence service has prevented multiple Islamist terror plots aiming to bring about mass civilian casualties on European soil.
Authorities Investigate Arson at Two Kosher Stores in France

January 16, 2018

French authorities are investigating what is believed to be an arson attack on two kosher markets in a suburb of Paris, only weeks after they were defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, on the third anniversary of a lethal terror attack by Islamic State followers on a kosher market in another Paris suburb.
EU Officials Push Companies for "Hate Speech" Progress

January 10, 2018

In a statement on their meeting this week with representatives from internet companies on their efforts to remove from their platforms "illegal content," including "online terrorist propaganda and xenophobic, racist or hate speech," European Commissioners warned that failure to speedily remove such content could result in EU legislation addressing the issue.
Islamist Groups Fracture over Response to Jerusalem Status

January 10, 2018

The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State released an online video exhorting its followers to execute Hamas members in Gaza, denouncing them for their failure to wage worldwide jihad against Americans and Jews in the wake of last month's decision by the US regarding recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Islamist Activists Square off in Campaign on Religiosity of Gazans

January 10, 2018

Competing Islamist leaders are squaring off in the Palestinian Territory of Gaza, as the "Grand Fajr/Dawn Campaign" launched by Islamist activists using morning prayer patrols for mosque attendance and Ramadan messages for imposed fasting is generating pushback from other Islamic scholars ruling that Islamic law forbids compulsion that "annoys or disturbs" people.