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Polling Shows Weak Support Among Saudi Populace for Religious Tolerance
January 06, 2020
According to a survey in Saudi Arabia conducted by the Institute for Near East Policy, only 20% of those surveyed favored "interpreting Islam in a more moderate, tolerant direction."
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Consolidation of Islamist Groups in West Africa Poses Threats of International Terrorism and Population Displacement
January 06, 2020
The possibility that the US and its European allies may draw down their military presence in West Africa raises the likelihood that the range of Islamist extremist groups already active in the region will consolidate their presence.
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Rights Groups Charge Iran with Killing Hundreds in November Protests Against Islamist Regime
January 03, 2020
A group of well-respected human rights groups concur that Iran's Islamist regime killed between 300 to 1500 civilians during a two-week period in November 2019 when the country was rocked by popular protests against the economic failures and cultural repression imposed by the country's Islamic theocratic government.
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Central Africa's Security Environment Deteriorates Under Assaults by Islamist Extremists
January 03, 2020
The regional security environment in West Africa continues to deteriorate because of the operations of Islamist extremists, evidenced in the recent murder of 18 civilian villagers by jihadist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist militant force active in neighboring Uganda.
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US Conducts Preemptive Strike on IRCG Head Who Masterminded Shiite Islamist Expansion
January 03, 2020
The US Secretary of Defense confirmed that yesterday’s drone strike killing General Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Force (IRGC), as well as of senior leadership in pro-Iran militia active in Iraq, was a preemptive strike against plans for the IRGC to attack American military and diplomatic personnel across the Mideast.
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