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Pakistan Continues to Undermine US on Radical Networks
December 19, 2018
Bilateral relations between the United States and Pakistan continue to deteriorate due to empirical evidence that Pakistan’s state security and intelligence architectures are abetting Islamist radical networks working with the Afghan Taliban and other jihadi groups to destabilize the government of Afghanistan.
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Islamist Terror Group Expands as Threat to Southwest Asia
December 19, 2018
The Southwest Asian Islamist extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba has strengthened its ideological and operational capacity over the last decade by integrating itself into Pakistan’s military-intelligence complex and using the region as a platform for cross-border attacks.
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Islamist Extremists Expand Use of Drones
December 19, 2018
According to research compiled by the Washington-based New America Foundation, Islamist extremist groups are expanding their use of drone technology in their military operations, with the latest evidence pointing to the introduction of drones for jihadi activities in Africa, augmenting similar trends in the Middle East.
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Indonesia's New "Heresy App" Signals Hardening Islamization
December 18, 2018
Indonesia's government has launched a new "heresy app" available on Google, which will allow users to report accusations of heresy in Islam and to file complaints against unregistered religious communities or groups considered non-conforming to state-determined religious orthodoxies.
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Proposed Turkish Budget Reflects Islamist Shift
December 18, 2018
Turkey's Parliamentary Planning and Budget Committee has approved a 2019 government budget that includes massive increases in allotments to government agencies responsible for mosque construction, Koranic instruction in public schools, and Islamic schools that train imams.
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