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British Government Review of Muslim Brotherhood Critiqued for Lack of Clarity
December 21, 2015
The British Government's release of its yearlong internal review of the Muslim Brotherhood ("MB") provoked criticism from some counter-terrorism experts, who chastised the report for its failure to provide practical value for Western policy planning, given the unclear language whereby the MB is not defined as a terrorist group, yet membership in the MB and a wide network of affiliate Islamic organizations is characterized as "possible indicators of extremism."
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Jihadi Subculture Is a Form of Soft Power for Violent Islamism
December 21, 2015
Terrorism experts analyzing the expansive and complex subculture of militant jihadism made up of the continuous production of music, fashion, and poetry assert that this subculture glorifies extremist Islamism as a way of life and serve as a significant soft-power recruiting tool for the Islamic State ("IS").
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Canada's Multiculturalism Approach Is Viewed as Opportunity for Islamist Extremism
December 21, 2015
The Ontario branch of al-Huda, the religious school that San Bernardino killer Tashfeen Malik attended in Pakistan, has become a lightning rod for security concerns in Canada surrounding the country's multiculturalism policies.
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OIC Chief Pushes Free Speech Limitations
December 21, 2015
Speaking recently in Morocco at a media forum for Africa, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") continued the organization's push for global limitations on free speech under the guise of "not harming Islam and its values."
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IS Exports Caliphate Terror to Southwest Asia
December 21, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") has made significant inroads in expanding the footprint of its caliphate into Southwest Asia, establishing the Khorasan Province in Afghanistan as a base to project into Iran and Central Asian states and exporting the brutal Islamist practices of beheadings, hostage-taking, and extortive taxes.
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