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Israeli Security Follows Jihadi Radicalization Efforts
December 08, 2016
While slow inroads by Salafist groups may pose the greater threat for Islamist radicalization inside Israel, Israeli security services are closely watching efforts by Islamist jihadi groups to radicalize Israel's Arab citizens, who have largely rejected violent Islamism.
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Court Sentences Man for IS-Inspired Assassination Plot
December 08, 2016
After a trial that pointed to the capacity of international Islamist extremist groups to use internet technologies to recruit individuals with a profile of social alienation and mental instability, a court sentenced an Ohio man who claimed Islamic State (IS) inspiration for his plot to assassinate US President Barack Obama and attack the US Capitol building to 30 years in prison.
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Morocco Announces Entry into Islamic Finance Market
December 08, 2016
Despite longstanding government concerns about connections between Islamic finance and Islamist extremism, the Moroccan government announced that it will begin issuing sovereign Islamic bonds and will establish sharia banks and insurers in an effort to attract foreign direct investment from the Mideast, North Africa, and Asia.
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Tech Companies Agree to "Extremist" Content Database
December 06, 2016
In an effort, according to the companies, to reduce online terrorist propaganda, a group of social media companies have agreed to establish a joint database through which they will automatically share extremist content that appears on one platform to facilitate its removal from other platforms.
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EU Presses Tech Companies on "Hate Speech" Action
December 06, 2016
Arguing that action by social media platforms under their EU "Code of Conduct" pledge to stamp out "hate speech" has been insufficient, the European Commission has threatened social media companies with binding legislation requiring swift removal of hateful content if these businesses fail to voluntarily step up their anti-hate speech efforts.
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