Violence and Security

Syrian Child Survivors of IS Face Long-term Trauma

August 01, 2017

Child survivors from areas of Syria formerly under Islamic State (IS) control are facing long-term, post-trauma physical and psychological challenges, including the effects of malnutrition and diseases like polio and of shock from being forced to witness beheadings and social forms of militant Islamist terror.
Philippines Security Warns of Islamist Threats to ASEAN Meeting

August 01, 2017

Philippines state security forces are on high alert for potential threats from former Maoist hitmen-turned-pro-Islamic-State militants as foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convene throughout the week in Manila.
Nationalist Islamists Attack Istanbul Synagogue

August 01, 2017

Hardline nationalist Islamists recently attacked Istanbul's famous Neve Shalom Synagogue, part of the broader trend of anti-Semitic discourse, practices, and incitement to violence against Jews by members and supporters of Turkey's Islamist government.
German Security Was Aware of Hamburg Knife Attacker

July 31, 2017

The perpetrator of a knife attack that killed one person and wounded five others in a Hamburg supermarket was a failed asylum seeker from the United Arab Emirates who was known to German security officials as a radicalized Islamist.
US Confirms IS Losses of Propaganda, Finance Leaders

July 31, 2017

The US military's Central Command confirmed the death of seven key leaders in the Islamic State's propaganda and finance structures, losses that significantly degrade the caliphate's global operations capabilities.
Dutch Court Rejects Defunding of School with Former IS Links

July 31, 2017

In a case reflecting the growing controversy over the impact of Islamism in the Dutch confessionalized private school system, the State Council of the Netherlands has ruled that the Ministry of Education must finance an Islamic school whose administration once included an Islamic State (IS) supporter.
MB Says Islamists Squeezed It out in Syria

July 28, 2017

A leading figure in Syria's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) claims that the MB has been squeezed out of any potentially moderating role in postwar Syria because the Assad opposition has been captured by the expanded and radicalized Islamist scene in the country.
June Featured Islamist Expansion in UK Public Sphere

July 28, 2017

A review of legal cases, policy debates, and public developments in the UK reveals a marked expansion in Islamist violence in the public sphere and a tendency toward soft-pedaling government policy responses toward jihadist beliefs and actions under the banner of preserving multicultural tolerance.
IS Ramps up Anti-Shiite Propaganda Against Iran

July 27, 2017

The Islamic State's (IS) major online propaganda platforms show a decided increase in anti-Iran propaganda, with direct sectarian appeals to Iran's Sunni minority to attack and replace the Shiite regime with an IS model of Sunni Islamism.
Fatwas Signal Support for IS Use of Nuclear, Chemical Weapons

July 26, 2017

Although Islamic State (IS) supporters have used relatively low-cost and easily available conventional weapons to this point, radical imams have issued fatwas approving the use of nuclear and chemical weapons for jihad.