Violence and Security

European Jihadism Is Expanding, Complex Threat

August 08, 2016

The suggestion by experts on the evolution of jihadism under the umbrella of the Islamic State that European jihadism comprises a complex ecosystem of national, economic, and generational groups, with limited evidence that integration failures cause radicalization, demonstrates that European security efforts to combat Islamist extremism require a "long haul" approach.
Islamist Violence Continues to Terrorize Belgium

August 08, 2016

As part of the group's "reprisals against crusaders" of the West, the Islamic State continued to terrorize Belgium, this time with a machete attack against two police officers in the city of Charleroi by an Algerian national who identifies as a "loyal soldier" to IS.
IS Targets Pakistan's Judiciary

August 08, 2016

An Islamic State cell carried out a lethal attack against members of the Khurassan Bar Association in the provincial capital strategically bordering Afghanistan, signaling the Islamist terror group's continuing commitment to expanding its presence from the Levant into Southwest Asia.
UK Review Finds Islamist Advocacy in Prisons

August 08, 2016

A review by British authorities of extremism in prisons found that the bookshelves of UK prisons contain Islamist literature advocating the killing of nonbelievers and that Muslim chaplains call on prisoners to raise money for organizations linked with international terrorism.
IS European Infrastructure Serves as Global Strategic Model

August 03, 2016

According to a prison interview with a former Islamic State member from Germany, IS has built an extensive European infrastructure that is a model for IS's global operations strategy, including sophisticated recruitment, media, intelligence, and military divisions designed to grow the extremist Islamist organization and to carry out violent jihadi operations.
Turkey Targets US Military with Terrorism Accusations

August 03, 2016

In a newly filed criminal complaint, Turkey's Islamist government accused the US of supporting terrorism and charged that senior US officials, including the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, were directly involved in the coup plot allegedly masterminded by supporters of US-based Fetullah Gulen.
French Lose Faith in Leaders on Islamic Extremism

August 02, 2016

An article in The Economist highlights how the French people, who have endured 14 terrorist attacks in the last two years, are rapidly losing faith in their government institutions to protect them against assaults by Islamic extremists.
Saudi Arabia Exports Radical Islamism Across South Asia

August 02, 2016

Saudi Arabia's longstanding policy of exporting radical Islamism has had dangerous effects in South Asia, where the growth of internationally active jihadi cells and domestic persecution against religious minorities is skyrocketing, while the Saudi state's dependence on the country's Wahhabi religious establishment is putting the country at risk of internal acts of jihadist violence.
Attack on French Church Is a Tipping Point in IS Strategy

July 28, 2016

The terror attack by Islamic State loyalists in a Roman Catholic Church in France this week was an illustration of IS's strategy of expanding its jihadi attacks against soft targets in Europe and reflected the systematic strategy of IS leadership to destabilize European countries from within by polarizing and radicalizing European societies along confessional lines.
Activist Accuses Facebook of Enforcing Blasphemy Law

July 28, 2016

Egyptian-American anti-sharia activist Nonie Darwish says social media giant Facebook suspended her account after she posted comments critical of Islam in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, and has likened Facebook's censorship to the enforcement of "anti-blasphemy" laws in Muslim-majority countries.