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Pakistan's Islamists "Rebrand" to Avoid US Crackdown
February 14, 2017
In a move widely viewed as an effort to help Pakistan, whose military-intelligence apparatus has deep ties to Islamist terror groups, avoid punitive measures under tightening US immigration and counter-terrorism laws, Jama’at-ud-Dawa, one of Pakistan's most violent Islamist groups, plans to "rebrand" itself by registering under another name as a political party.
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Post-IS Syria Reveals Complex Threats to Mideast Order
February 14, 2017
While US national security experts view the campaign to defeat Islamic State (IS) forces in their Syrian capital of Raqqa as a critical first step to Mideast stability, the politics of this strategy are revealing the longer-term threats unleashed by IS to US vital interests in the region.
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Taliban Use Ethnic Minorities to Expand Islamist Control
February 14, 2017
In a shift producing a notable expansion in the militant Islamist movement's control over Afghanistan, the Taliban is successfully expanding its recruitment efforts beyond core Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan to incorporate the country's ethnic minorities and Central Asian Islamists.
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Jihadis Turn to Private Military Contractor Model
February 14, 2017
Extremist Islamists are adapting to their global aims a modern operations model in the form of jihadi private contractor (PMC) consulting firms that run fighter training and recruitment programs, with the pilot PMC, Malhama Tactical, originating in the Muslim-majority republics of the North Caucasus.
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Militant Islamism Is on Rise in Belgian Society
February 14, 2017
According to a new report by Belgium's threat-assessment coordination body, the Organisation for Threat Analysis Coordination (OCAM), militant Islamist ideas and practices are spreading throughout Belgian society in mosque sermons and diverse media modalities.
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