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Khashoggi Killing Reveals Face of Wahhabi Extremism
December 10, 2018
The continued international focus on the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has revealed the degree to which the Wahhabi Islamist culture driving the Mideast's largest Islamic theocracy extends to foreign policy behaviors that fly in the face of international law and human rights.
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Violence in South Africa Hints at Creeping Islamist Extremism
December 10, 2018
Security experts and police officials in South Africa are warning about the growth of Islamist extremism by Sunni-affiliated al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) groups linked to a spate of attacks against mainly Shiite mosques and to Islamist propaganda materials aiming at social mobilization by playing on the country's high levels of economic inequality.
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Islamic Bank Plans Bonds for Social Responsibility, Block Chain
December 10, 2018
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the multilateral financing arm of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has announced work with the International Sharia Research Academy for Islamic Finance, to design sharia-compliant bonds marketed as socially conscious finance, aiming at retail investors and utilizing block-chain technology.
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France Will Repatriate Children of French IS Jihadists in Syria, Iraq
December 10, 2018
The French Foreign Ministry announced that children of French nationals who fought with the Islamic State (IS) in the Syria-Iraq theater will be repatriated to France, citing the best interests of the children as the priority in a case-by-case approach to the repatriation policy that currently excludes foreign fighters and wives of combatants.
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Algeria Implements Niqab Ban for Public Sector Workers
December 10, 2018
Algerian authorities have implemented a ban on wearing the niqab by public-sector workers, citing concerns regarding identification as the reason behind the policy.
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