Violence and Security

Boko Haram Drives Humanitarian Crisis in Nigeria

September 23, 2016

Boko Haram's years-long guerrilla war to make Nigeria a sharia state has generated a massive domestic humanitarian and refugee crisis that, along with spillover effects from the jihadi war into neighboring countries, is causing a pervasive destabilization of the security environment throughout Africa.
Boko Haram Killing Spree Targets Civilians and Military Personnel

September 23, 2016

Boko Haram jihadists carried out a series of lethal assaults this week that included the murder of Nigerian Christians returning from a church service, a village attack that included civilian beheadings, and an ambush of a military convoy related to government counter-insurgency efforts.
Hungarian PM Calls for Deportation of Illegal Migrants

September 23, 2016

In a recent interview, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban argued that EU member states should deport all illegal migrants to a detention facility outside the bloc, where government authorities would process the applications of those seeking asylum in the EU.
UNESCO Seeks Education Measures to Counter Extremism

September 21, 2016

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization recently held a meeting in New Delhi, India, to discuss with government officials and others how countries can use educational measures to combat "violent extremism" and to present UNESCO's new global guide for teachers on the subject.
UN Mandate Holders Seek Punishments for Hate Speech

September 21, 2016

A group of UN human rights mandate holders have called on countries to base their migration policies in the global human rights agenda and to ensure that those guilty of "incitement of violence or hatred against migrants" are held accountable.
EU Expands Authority to Sanction Terror Supporters

September 21, 2016

The Council of the EU has approved a legal framework that permits the supranational organization to independently identify terrorist groups and individuals, including the Islamic State, al Qaeda, and their supporters and associates, in order to ban their EU travel and freeze their assets within the bloc.
France Struggles with Islamist Radicalization in Prison

September 21, 2016

An article in The Economist explores the complications encountered by French policymakers and officials who are struggling to isolate those convicted of Islamist extremist activities from other inmates to reduce the amount of radicalization that occurs in the country's prison system.
IS Claims Minnesota Terror Attacker as Foot Soldier

September 19, 2016

The Islamic State has claimed the Somali-American man who went on a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota mall as a "soldier" of the global jihadi organization in what appears to be either a lone-wolf or an aspirational attack that is part of the corrosive influence of international Islamist terrorism.
Al Qaeda Sows Fear Between American Muslims and Non-Muslims

September 19, 2016

Al Qaeda's social media sites are recycling propaganda messages by its best-known English-language recruiter to turn Muslims and non-Muslims in America against each other, using the US presidential election campaign to cultivate Muslim-American fears of Islamophobia, and using regular Islamist terror attacks to cultivate non-Muslims' fears about global jihadi expansion.
Experts Predict Shift of IS Front Line to US and Europe

September 19, 2016

Security experts anticipate that Islamic State operatives relocating from the contracting Mideast territorial footprint of the caliphate will make Europe and America the new front line for jihadi attacks and recruitment and radicalization activities.