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Taliban Commit War Crimes in Move to Expand Sharia in Afghanistan
October 02, 2015
The Taliban have committed mass murder, gang rape, and other civilian atrocities in their ongoing offensive to hold the strategic city of Kunduz and to expand the reach of sharia rule in Afghanistan.
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Violent Islamism Feeds on Conditions Created by Fundamentalist Islamist States
October 02, 2015
The jihadist resilience of the Islamic State ("IS") project to create a global caliphate continues to draw strength from the extremist interpretations of Islam propagated and globally funded by regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as from the radicalizing dynamics caused by the repressive domestic conditions associated with such regimes.
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Female Brit Jihadis Show Libya Emerging as Key Zone for IS Activities Across Continents
September 28, 2015
The social media accounts of three female British jihadis point to Libya as an emerging geographical zone of Islamist extremist activity, including the consolidation of the Islamic State's ("IS") control in North Africa and Libya as a transit zone for jihadi fighters heading to the Mideast and for jihadi attacks against European targets.
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Resilience of Islamist Militants Complicates US Train-and-Equip Program in Syria
September 28, 2015
Confirmed reports that trainees turned over US weapons from the train-and-equip program for anti-radical forces in Syria to militants in the al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Nusra Front, have raised concerns about the resilience of extremist Islamist forces and ideas in Syria.
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Saudi Role on UN Human Rights Council Raises Red Flags
September 28, 2015
Saudi Arabia's role as a member of the advisory committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") has provoked an outcry from UN member states opposed to the potential impact of Saudi Arabia, a sharia-law state and egregious violator of international human rights standards, on special advisory and rapporteur appointments, as well as policy formulation of the UNHRC.
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