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IS Targets Afghan VP in Mass-Casualty Attack
July 23, 2018
The latest episode of violence in the cycle by the Islamic State (IS) and Taliban in Afghanistan was a suicide bombing that reportedly killed and injured over 100 people in Kabul, targeting the returning former Vice President and General Abdul Rashid Dostum, whom IS has condemned as an apostate from Islam.
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Saudi, British Media Deal Will Increase Wahhabi Soft Power
July 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned media conglomerate Saudi Research and Marketing Group has scored a major media agreement with Britain’s Independent news website in a move Saudi leaders view as an increase in Saudi Wahhabi soft power at the expense of competition from Iranian, Qatari, and Turkish brands of Islamism.
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Pakistan’s Elections Highlight Plight of Religious Minorities
July 23, 2018
The predominance of Sunni Islamist extremist platforms and candidates in upcoming Pakistani national elections is highlighting the embattled conditions for the country’s non-Sunni and non-Muslim citizens, who are subjected to systemic violence and discrimination.
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Brussels’ Islamization Presents Policy Challenge
July 23, 2018
The disproportionately rapid growth of Brussels’ Muslim population, along with evidence of radicalization and external interference from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, suggests the capital city of NATO and the EU will face growing policy challenges related to socio-political tensions related to Islamization.
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Jihadist Groups Aim at Caliphate in West Africa
July 23, 2018
Senior government officials in Niger are warning that the cluster of jihadist groups operating across West Africa, including both indigenous and exogenous al-Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates, are a growing existential threat aiming to impose a caliphate in the states of the Lake Chad region.
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