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German Intel Warns Salafist Minors Are Growing Domestic Threat
September 19, 2018
A recent report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution points to a growing domestic security and societal threat from the radicalization of children and teens exposed to Salafist Islamists preaching extremist ideology and violence, with mosques and public schools targeting Muslim citizens and new refugee arrivals requiring policy adjustments and innovations.
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OIC Uses Financial Power to Promote Economic Integration
September 11, 2018
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, which belongs to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Islamic Development Bank Group, and the League of Arab States have signed an agreement aiming to accelerate “intra-Arab trade,” showing the OIC’s use of soft power to achieve regional economic integration among its members.
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UK Reports Islamist Terror Links with IS Afghanistan
September 05, 2018
According to an intelligence report from Britain’s Secretary of Defense, Islamist terrorist groups, including foreign fighters who returned to the UK after fighting with the Islamic State (IS) in the Iraq-Syria caliphate, are working actively with the Afghan branch of IS and have the capacity to perpetrate terrorist activities inside the UK.
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US, UN Sanctions Highlight IS Active Presence in Southeast Asia
September 05, 2018
The US and UN have sanctioned three Islamic State (IS) members identified with the jihadist group’s operations in Malaysia and the Philippines, a move highlighting the expanding penetration and active presence of the Islamist extremist organization in Southeast Asia.
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Structural Focus Is Key in Defeat of Global Jidhadism
September 05, 2018
Recent media reports of the drone kill of infamous al-Qaeda bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri risk elevating the importance of individuals over the networks and ideology that continue to give traction to the capacity of al-Qaeda and myriad other Islamist extremist organizations to perpetrate the violence and extremist views that define global jihadism.
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