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Critics of Planned Islamic Concert Receive “Islamophobic” Label
July 16, 2018
Muslim organizations in France have deployed the term “Islamophobic” against critics of planned Islamic concerts, including a musician whose most well-known song is entitled “Jihad,” at the site of the 2015 Islamist terrorist attacks at the Bataclan theatre in Paris.
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IS Militants Kill Guards at Saudi Prison
July 16, 2018
The Islamic State’s (IS) digital magazine has reported that IS militants staged an attack against security guards at a major prison in Saudi Arabia, with an unknown number of casualties.
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Report Reveals Scope of Women’s, Minors’ IS Involvement
July 16, 2018
According to a new report from the British think tank International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, women and minors from over 80 countries have been affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) caliphate, which also claimed more than 700 cases of infants born in the core IS caliphate territories of Iraq and Syria.
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IS Sleeper Cells Hunker down in Remote Iraqi Villages
July 16, 2018
Fighters from Iraq’s anti-Islamic State (IS) Popular Mobilization Units report that sleeper cells of IS fighters have hunkered down in remote Iraqi villages to avoid capture, indicating the militants’ commitment to long-term resilience in jihadi activities with the goal of forming an Islamist caliphate in IS former core territories.
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Turkey Moves Closer to Islamist Republic Status
July 16, 2018
The swearing-in of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of Turkey under a new constitution that transfers expansive powers from the legislative and judicial branches to the executive has moved the NATO member-state one step closer to Islamist Republic status, as the ruling party advocates a neo-Ottoman regime that prioritizes Islam in government and society.
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