Violence and Security

Report Details Challenges to Integration of UK Muslims

July 10, 2017

A task force report directed by Britain's former Attorney General concludes that UK Muslim leaders can enhance integration strategies and counter-radicalization outcomes for UK Muslims by taking public stands against religious discrimination and supporting standard appointment of British imams to mosques.
US-Backed Syrian Forces Breach Raqqa Wall

July 10, 2017

US-backed Syrian forces report a major tipping point in the final battle to defeat the Islamic State (IS) caliphate, with IS leaders in flight following the success of coalition forces in breaching the walls of the IS Syrian capital city of Raqqa.
Delayed UK Report Points to Dangers of Saudi Funding

July 10, 2017

British political elites are accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of delaying the release of a long-awaited report on foreign funding of Islamist extremism in the UK to avoid diplomatic tensions with Saudi Arabia, which is believed to be a significant source of support for radicalization of UK Muslims.
Islamist Crisis in Philippines Offers Lessons for US

July 10, 2017

According to a US military expert, the siege in the Southern Philippines by the country's armed forces against an amalgam of local and foreign Islamist militant groups reveals critical deficiencies in the use of cultural and informational tools used by the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in the struggle to counter the globalization of violent Islamism.
Security Experts Warn IS Defeat Will Not End Jihad

July 10, 2017

Western security analysts are warning that the Islamic State's (IS) apparent defeat in Iraq and Syria will not end Islamist terrorism but instead will reinforce Islamist apocalyptic ideas and structural conditions of human insecurity that will quickly reinvigorate another generation of global jihadis.
IS Embeds Militants Among Mosul Civilians

July 10, 2017

In the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State's (IS) Iraqi capital city of Mosul, IS has embedded remnant militants among Mosul civilians to stage terror attacks and perpetuate the spread of extremist Islamist ideology and practices.
Telegram Is Latest App-of-Choice for IS Global Jihad

July 10, 2017

International counter-terrorism experts have identified encrypted messaging application Telegram as the preferred digital user platform for the Islamic State (IS), implicating the "app" as the "command and control center" for recent IS terror strikes and prompting the Russian government to pressure Telegram's Russian founder to share encryption information with state authorities.
IS Threat Continues amid Shrinking Territory

July 10, 2017

Despite a huge contraction in its core Iraqi and Syrian caliphate territories and a precipitous plunge in all of its major income streams, the Islamic State (IS) presents an intensifying short-term threat to Western security, as IS strategists are shifting their jihadi focus to terror attacks in the Euro-American space.
G7 Leaders Push for Business Action on Online "Extremism"

July 10, 2017

The BBC reports that, at a recent meeting in Sicily, leaders from the G7 group of countries called on internet service providers and social media companies to ramp up action on deleting "extremist" content from their platforms.
Report Identifies Saudi Arabia as Funder of Islamist Extremism in UK

July 05, 2017

A new report by a prominent British think tank has identified Saudi Arabia as the leading source of foreign funding for the dissemination and promotion of radical, violent Islamism inside the UK, consistent with the Gulf Kingdom's strategy of globalizing Wahhabism.