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Small Events Signal Creeping Islamist Radicalization in Indonesia
July 11, 2016
The recent closure of a food shop in a provincial capital of Indonesia has provoked widespread discussion among local experts regarding the gradual, yet measurable, spread of radical Islamist ideas, parties, and laws opposed to socio-political and religious pluralism in the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
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IS Demonstrates Resilience in Face of Military Defeats
July 11, 2016
Islamic State leaders have responded to recent military defeats in Iraq and Syria by adapting field tactics to suicide bombings and civilian terrorism and by increasing attention in IS propaganda platforms to focus on covert penetration and local disruption, worrisome signs of IS's strategic approach and ideological appetite for an unrelenting, unending jihadi war.
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Brexit Raises Questions About Islamic Finance in London
July 11, 2016
Islamic finance experts are divided over the potentially negative impacts of the UK's vote to leave the EU on capitalization, legislation, and expertise to support London's aspirations to become the world's leading sharia-finance center in the West.
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Bin Laden's Son Threatens Revenge Attacks Against US
July 11, 2016
Osama Bin Laden's son has issued an audio message threatening revenge attacks against the US at home and abroad as part of a broader branding effort by al-Qaeda's leadership to grow youth support for the Islamist extremist organization's jihadi operations.
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Islamism in Bangladesh Presents Policy Challenges
July 11, 2016
Effective responses to the increasing episodes of violence by radical Islamists in Bangladesh present a serious policy challenge to the country's political elites, who have failed to address the penetration of al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives among returning Islamist fighters.
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