Violence and Security

Westernized Jihadi Vernacular Weaponizes Language

August 09, 2017

The emergence of jihadi discourses whose broad appeal is driven by the combination of Western vernaculars with Islamist militant theology complicates efforts to counter extremist Islamism in Western societies and weaponizes language to change ideas and behaviors.
UNESCO Advances "Inclusive" Textbooks in South Sudan

August 08, 2017

Following the country's development of its first national curriculum, the UN Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supported a "capacity building workshop" in South Sudan on the production and evaluation of textbooks that aim to make children "tolerant and welcoming of others," in line with the UN agency's agenda for "global citizenship education."
Iran Dismantles IS Cell

August 08, 2017

In a sign that Islamist sectarian competition is disrupting the domestic order of the biggest patron-state exporters of radical Islamism, Iranian Intelligence announced the dismantling of a domestic Islamic State (IS) cell that was planning a series of attacks on the country's Shiite religious sites to coincide with the upcoming inauguration ceremony of Iran's President.
Post-IS Iraq and Syria Shift Islamist Threats for NATO

August 08, 2017

The defeat of the Islamic State (IS) in its core territories of Iraq and Syria is leading to adaptation by IS and al-Qaeda toward a model of societal-penetration radicalization and terrorist insurgency within NATO member states and on the alliance's borders in the Balkans, Africa, and the Caucasus.
UN Official Pushes UK to Double Refugee Acceptance

August 07, 2017

The Evening Standard reports that Volker Turk of the UN High Commission for Refugees has called on the UK to double the number of refugees it accepts, amounting to at least 10,000 asylum seekers, after the year 2020.
Taliban Uses Burqa as Cover for Suicide Attack

August 04, 2017

A Taliban suicide bomber used the cover of a burqa, the full-body covering for women prescribed by fundamentalist Islamism, to perpetrate a lethal suicide bombing attack against a NATO patrol in eastern Afghanistan.
Australia Stops Islamist Land and Air Terror Plots

August 04, 2017

Austrialian police have released details in the arrest of individuals for what is being described as an Islamist plan to execute a sophisticated series of terror attacks, involving the disbursal of chemicals in public spaces in Australia and the detonation of an improvised explosive device on an Etihad Airways flight from Australia to the United Arab Emirates.
Islamist Extremism Puts down Roots in Kazakhstan

August 02, 2017

Homegrown Islamist extremist ideology and movements have put down deep roots in the socioeconomic poverty and political corruption of Kazakhstan, contributing to the broader destabilization in the geopolitics of Central Asia and to the region's growing importance as a connective space for jihadi activities in Europe and Asia.
Turkey Decries Criticism by US Official

August 02, 2017

Recent comments by the US Special Envoy for the Global Coalition against the Islamic State (IS), critiquing Turkey for continuing to support al-Qaeda and for turning a blind eye to jihadis and weapons crossing from the country into Syria, provoked an official complaint from the foreign ministry in Ankara to Washington.
UK Court Convicts "Three Musketeer" Jihadis in Terror Plot

August 02, 2017

A British court has convicted the self-styled "Three Musketeer" Islamic State and al-Qaeda supporters whose plot to attack British military facilities in the name of radical Islamism was prevented by the country's intelligence services.