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Jihadis Launch Suicide Attacks on Afghan Mosques
October 25, 2017
Twin suicide bombing attacks against a Shiite and Sunni mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed more than 60 people, underscoring the impunity with which myriad jihadi groups, including the Taliban and local affiliates of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, are operating in the geopolitically crucial region of Southwest Asia.
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IS Ideologues Seek to Sustain Global Salafist Support
October 25, 2017
Islamic State (IS) leadership is using Islamic religious concepts of territory and martyrdom to reframe the military defeat in the caliphate heartland of Iraq and Syria as a victory for faithful Muslims worldwide.
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Al-Shabab Attacks Renew Debate over Defeating Somalian Islamism
October 25, 2017
The recent deadly terror bombings in Somalia have renewed debate among African policymakers concerned with the resilience of the Islamist extremist group al-Shabab, provoking renewed interest in an Africa-led military coalition with Euro-American actors and a Somali-led political approach to incorporating non-violent Islamists into the country's politics and judicial institutions.
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OIC Expands Banking Footprint in Emerging Economies
October 25, 2017
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is using its Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to expand the sharia banking-and-finance footprint into the world's emerging economies, as the IDB inked a memorandum of understanding with the D-8, another global organization of Muslim-majority countries committed to economic integration.
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US Jury Convicts Chelsea Bomber
October 20, 2017
A US federal jury has convicted a New Jersey man, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, of all charges related to last year's bombing in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, with overwhelming material evidence that also suggested Rahimi was inspired by jihadist leaders whose works were mentioned in his personal journal.
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