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Iranian Regime Releases Blueprint for Future Dominance
October 31, 2018
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a draft version of the "Islamic-Iranian Blueprint for Progress," a roadmap for the regime's strategy for sustaining the Islamization of the country's domestic socio-political and economic institutions and reinforcing Iran's capacity to weaponize the Islamic revolution at home and abroad.
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UN Body Finds French Ban on Veil Violates Rights
October 24, 2018
The UN Human Rights Committee has identified a French law banning the wearing of face coverings, including the Islamic veil, in public areas as a violation of international human rights law, rejecting the government’s arguments that the ban encourages inclusion and enhances security in French society.
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UK’s Upcoming Release of Islamist Preacher Raises Alarms
October 17, 2018
The impending prison release this week of Islamist radical imam Anjem Choudary, who led the banned Islamic State-affiliated group al-Muhajiroun and whose followers perpetrated major terrorist events in London, has spawned security warnings from deradicalization experts and police protection units.
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Amazon Hosted Islamist Extremist Group on Platform
October 10, 2018
Amazon is caught in a firestorm for what the internet giant has declared was the unintentional hosting, as part of its online charitable donations program, of an Islamist extremist "charity," underscoring complex challenges involved in the convergence of Islamist extremism and internet platforms.
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OIC Calls for Respect of Islam, Limits to Free Speech
October 03, 2018
The Foreign Ministers’ Council of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issued a statement at the opening of the UN General Assembly calling for the conditionalizing of free speech according to the responsibility to respect “ethical, moral, and legal obligations” relating to Islam’s “revered personalities and symbols.”