Religious Extremism

Islamist Extremists Threaten Pakistan Women's Rights Activists

April 09, 2021

Prominent Islamist conservative clerics and the local Taliban in Pakistan are creating a climate of hate and pressure to silence the women's rights group, Pakistan Women's March, using the country's media and courts to smear the activist group as foreign intelligence agents and "blasphemers" against Islam.
Turkey Combines Economic Investment with Islamism in Sub-Saharan Strategy

April 07, 2021

Turkey’s Islamist regime is combining foreign direct investment, economic development, Islamist education and charitable organizations, including training centers for imams and curriculum support, to advance the country’s soft power penetration into sub-Saharan Africa.
Turkey's Political Islamists Reject Anti-Extremism Charter in France

April 06, 2021

The European political Islamist group founded by the mentor of Turkey's Islamist president has refused to participate in drafting and signing of France’s new anti-extremist charter aimed at upholding France's secularist constitutional principles.
Maldives Experiences Islamist Radicalization

April 06, 2021

The Maldives has experienced a sharp, measurable increase over the past two decades in Islamist radicalization at home as well as exportation of jihadist fighters to IS operational fields abroad.
Reintegration Strategy for Boko Haram Deserters Challenge for West Africa

April 02, 2021

State leaders across West Africa face complex policy challenges with strategic implications in regard to reintegration mechanisms for deserters from Boko Haram jihadist cells, as deradicalization and social integration requires a combined local and regional approach.
Saudi Arabia’s Campaign in Middle America

March 30, 2021

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has hired an Iowa-based lobbying and public relations firm to build Saudi influence across middle America and to rebrand the KSA as a purveyor of "moderate Islam cooperating in the war on Islamist terror" as well as an essential investor in America's higher education, commercial, and arms sectors.
Jihadist Groups Wary of China's Global Geopolitical Assertiveness

March 30, 2021

Various Jihadist groups are in opposition to China's assertive global geopolitical dominance, as China's Belt and Road Initiative (BR)I) and its repression of Uighur Muslims has intensified regional and international jihadists organizations awareness of Chinese soft and hard targets domestically and internationally.
Turkey Seeks Balance Between Global Islam and Economic Constraints

March 26, 2021

According to the Monohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, Turkey’s political leadership is using tactical diplomatic maneuvers to win Transatlantic support, including lifting of economic sanctions for human rights violations and rogue state behaviors.
Neo-Ottoman Domestic & Foreign Policy Pushed in Turkish Textbooks

March 26, 2021

A recent study of Turkish school textbooks revealed Turkey's state-controlled public school curriculum is weaponizing Islamism for achieving a domestic nationalist project defined by Turkish ethnicity supporting a neo-Ottoman foreign policy of "Turkish world domination. »
Swiss Referendum on Burqa Ban Evokes Backlash from Islamic Groups

March 17, 2021

Swiss voters narrowly approved a ban on facial coverings in public, evoking strong condemnation from the country’s Federation of Islamic Organizations and Central Council of Muslims, which argued that the ban targets the Islamic burqa and therefore discriminated against the country’s Muslim population.