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Iran's Conservatives Seek to Undermine Reformer's Legacy
January 23, 2017
The hardline conservatives in Iran's Islamist theocracy have moved into high-gear to rewrite the history of Islamist reformer Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose recent death has re-energized political and media debate in Iran about the value of liberalizing reforms to the country's hardline Islamist regime.
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Indonesia Detains Possible IS Jihadis Deported from Turkey
January 23, 2017
Indonesian officials arrested a group of 17 individuals deported from Turkey as possible jihadis en route to Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, reflecting the Indonesian government's concern with growing Islamist radicalism in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
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IS Land Contraction May Expand Global Jihad
January 23, 2017
The success of the Islamic State (IS) in global jihadi recruitment and mobilization suggests that, despite a contraction in the core caliphate territories in Iraq and Syria, IS is likely to increase its attempted terrorist attacks in Europe, the US, and other regions.
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Turkey Reforms Education to Include Jihad Curriculum
January 23, 2017
Turkey's Minister of Education has announced plans to further the government's use of public education as an active tool in the Islamization of society by incorporating teaching on the concept of jihad as a compulsory component in the middle school and high school curriculum.
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Saudi Grand Mufti Targets Vision 2030 Reforms
January 23, 2017
In a statement widely viewed as a warning to the country's Deputy Crown Prince to avoid the introduction of any political-cultural reforms as part of the "Vision 2030" economic modernization program, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, the top religious authority in the Wahhabi Islamist Kingdom, has condemned cinemas and music concerts as corruptions of Islam.
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