Violence and Security

UN Report Spotlights Chinese Rights Violations Against Uighurs

August 15, 2018

A new report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination indicates widespread human rights violations by Beijing against China’s Uighur Muslim population as part of policies to counter Islamist radicalization that human rights and security experts warn are risking the radicalization of Uighurs.
US Assessment Indicates Significant IS Troop Presence in Syria

August 15, 2018

The US Defense Intelligence Agency has found that the scope of the Islamic State (IS) extends beyond limited pockets in northeastern and southern Syria, suggesting a need to reassess the scope of US-led coalition and Syrian government forces necessary for a definitive military defeat of the jihadi terrorist group.
Danish Burqa Ban May Produce Blowback

August 07, 2018

Denmark’s passage of legislation banning women from wearing full-face religious and non-religious coverings in the public sphere has sparked renewed debate that the burga/niqab prohibition may cause blowback by giving traction to Islamist radical ideology and to the segregation of Muslim women from mainstream society.
Afghanistan Grants Amnesty to IS, Taliban Fighters

August 07, 2018

Afghanistan officials are granting amnesty to Islamic State (IS) and Taliban fighters as a means of stabilizing conditions on the ground to give traction to US-backed peace talks between the Islamist Taliban and the government in Kabul.
Interview Reveals Extent of Saudi Involvement in Radicalism

August 06, 2018

The first press interview given by the mother of al-Qaeda founder and 9/11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden offers a window into the sweeping global networks of Islamist radicalization and jihadist activities supported by and penetrating the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Allies Prepare Final Coalition Push Against IS in Syria

August 03, 2018

As US-led coalition forces prepare to oust Islamic State (IS) fighters from the areas of Syria that remain under the group's control, experts caution that the termination of the IS caliphate in Syria and Iraq will not mean the end of threats by the jihadist entity against civilian and state targets in Syria and beyond.
IS Uses Slow Peace Process in Philippines to Gain Traction for Jihad

August 03, 2018

Islamic State (IS) militants in the Philippines have taken advantage of the protracted pace of ratifying a peace agreement granting greater autonomy to the Muslim-majority region of Christian-majority Mindanao to carry out jihadist actions like this week's lethal suicide bombing against civilians and soldiers in the southern part of the country.
Islamist Competition Leads to Taliban-US Dialogue

August 03, 2018

Leaders from the Islamist militant Taliban, which has been waging a long war against the government of Afghanistan and US forces there, have signaled to Washington a willingness for serious stabilization talks that include the option of a longterm American troop presence in the country, mainly due to the Taliban's desire to roll back the inroads made by the more extremist jihadi Islamic State (IS).
IS Militants Kidnap Women, Children in Druze City in Syria

August 01, 2018

Islamic State (IS) jihadists continued to resist the ending of the caliphate presence in Iraq and Syria, abducting 20 women and 16 children as part of deadly attack of suicide bombings and siege against the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in Syrian government-held areas in southern Syria.
IS Takes Jihad, Rape, Sexual Enslavement to Afghanistan

August 01, 2018

The globalization of Islamic State (IS) jihadist activities to countries like Afghanistan, despite the military defeat of the core caliphate in Iraq and Syria, has meant the pervasive application of rape and sexual enslavement of young girls and women in the Southwest Asian country.