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IS Systematically Enslaves and Sells Yazidi Women
November 11, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") had established systematic practices for the enslavement, bondage, and sale of Yazidi women (an indigenous religious minority in the Mideast) who were captured from the 2014 assault on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq, as verified in the testimonies of escapees.
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Islamic Finance Leaders Convene in Washington
November 11, 2015
Private sector leaders and government officials from key Islamic capital market countries convened for two days of lobbying and business relations in Washington, promoting the competitive price advantages and high returns of sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
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Islamist Groups Reportedly Used Chemical Weapons in Syria
November 11, 2015
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ("OPWC") is reporting that the Islamic State ("IS") and other Islamist opposition forces in Syria have utilized chemical weapons in the twin battles to overthrow the al-Assad regime and to expand the territory of the caliphate.
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IS Attack on Russian Plane Signals Significant Tactical Shift in Expanding Caliphate
November 05, 2015
If Western intelligence confirms that the Islamic State ("IS") perpetrated the lethal attack this past weekend against a Russian passenger flight over the Egyptian Sinai, this may signal a significant tactical shift in IS's fight to globalize its Islamic caliphate, by combining the armed struggle for territorial expansion with an escalation in generalized terror strikes against anti-caliphate civilian assets.
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Defeat of IS Requires Long View Beyond Military Solution
November 03, 2015
Some conflict resolution experts propose that the defeat of the Islamic State ("IS") in its core territories of Iraq and Syria will require long-term development policy support from the West, particularly on issues of inclusive governance, infrastructural recovery, and local tribal communication networks, in order to avoid the conditions that have been hospitable to the rise of IS.
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